Crash. Bang. Short and wide, slapped away hard to the cover boundary. Zimbabwe win by 5 wickets. The Bangladesh players shake hands with the batsmen. What a wonderful partnership between the two to take Zim home with 15 overs to spare.
Bangladesh vs Zimbabwe, 1st ODI at Dhaka, Oct 27 2009 - Ball by Ball Commentary
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1st ODI (D/N), Mirpur, October 27, 2009, Zimbabwe tour of Bangladesh
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Shakib: "I thought we didn't bat properly and we didn't execute our plans well. We lost too many wickets early and that lost us the game. Dollar and Rahim played well. There are four more games and I am sure we can come back."
Masakadza (Utseya injured): "It's a great start to the series. Chasing was always better. That partnership between took us home and Chigumbura bowled well also."
Chigumbura is the Man of the Match: "I set the tone with the bowling and finished off the game with the bat. You needed to bowl in the right areas, that's when you create chances. I just knew that we had to get a big partnership and it came on."
That's it from us. Join us for the second ODI. Till then its good bye and good luck.
34.4
4
Razzak to Chigumbura, FOUR runs
34.3
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Razzak to Chigumbura, no run
goes right back to defend to the on side
34.2
1
Razzak to Stuart, 1 run
shorter in length, quicker one, skids on straight, pulled to left of mid-on
34.1
2
Razzak to Stuart, 2 runs
loopy delivery around off and middle, gets the edge but goes wide of slip
end of over 3410 runs
ZIM: 182/5CRR: 5.35 • RRR: 0.31
Stuart Matsikenyeri44 (53b 2x4)
Elton Chigumbura56 (48b 8x4 1x6)
Shakib Al Hasan 10-0-49-0
Rubel Hossain 8-0-59-1
33.6
1
Shakib to Stuart, 1 run
stays back to a length delivery and squeezes it wide of backward point for a single
33.5
1
Shakib to Chigumbura, 1 run
tosses this up and pushed down to long-off without any fuss
33.4
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Shakib to Chigumbura, no run
leans forward to drive it back to the bowler
33.3
6
Shakib to Chigumbura, SIX runs
What a stylish way to reach the fifty. It was short in length and Chigumbura, the star today, pulled it high over midwicket boundary. 12th ODI fifty.
33.2
1
Shakib to Stuart, 1 run
on the middle, worked wide of mid-on
33.1
1
Shakib to Chigumbura, 1 run
flighted on the off stump line, eased down to long-off
end of over 339 runs
ZIM: 172/5CRR: 5.21 • RRR: 0.88
Stuart Matsikenyeri42 (51b 2x4)
Elton Chigumbura48 (44b 8x4)
Rubel Hossain 8-0-59-1
Shakib Al Hasan 9-0-39-0
32.6
•
Rubel to Stuart, no run
length delivery in the zone outside off stump, tries to dab it to third man but is beaten
32.5
1
Rubel to Chigumbura, 1 run
on the leg stump line, again tapped towards mid-on and they take the run
Play held up again. Do we have yet another crowd trouble. Ash went up to the square-leg umpire and had a chat. Not sure whats happening out there. The umpires call the ground authorities. The vice president of the Bangladesh cricket board walks out to discuss things with the umpires.
Play to resume now.
32.4
4
Rubel to Chigumbura, FOUR runs
Wallop. Chigumbura is having a blast out there. Full pitched just outside off and he thrashed it wide of mid-off for yet another boundary
32.3
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Rubel to Chigumbura, no run
short delivery outside off, goes for the upper cut but doesn't connect.
32.2
3
Rubel to Stuart, 3 runs
goes for the yorker, falls short of the block hole, around 131 kmph, Matsikenyeri drives it straight past the bowler
32.1
1
Rubel to Chigumbura, 1 run
length delivery around the off stump line, pushed to mid-off and they take a easy run! The fielding has been pretty poor actually ...
end of over 322 runs
ZIM: 163/5CRR: 5.09 • RRR: 1.33
Stuart Matsikenyeri39 (49b 2x4)
Elton Chigumbura42 (40b 7x4)
Shakib Al Hasan 9-0-39-0
Mohammad Ashraful 1-0-5-0
31.6
•
Shakib to Stuart, no run
on the off and middle, pushed away to point
31.5
1
Shakib to Chigumbura, 1 run
outside off stump, full, driven to long-off
31.4
•
Shakib to Chigumbura, no run
slows up the pace, outside off, driven to covers
31.3
1
Shakib to Stuart, 1 run
just outside off, guided to backward point for a quick single
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