Bangladesh open 2016 with a four-wicket win! That's the hosts' second-highest successful run chase in T20s. Shakib backs away and throws the bowler off course again. Jongwe slings a wide ball down leg. The dive from Moor is not enough again
Bangladesh vs Zimbabwe, 1st Match at Khulna, Jan 15 2016 - Ball by Ball Commentary
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1st Match, Khulna, January 15, 2016, Zimbabwe tour of Bangladesh [Jan 2016]
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6:15pm Bangladesh lost Soumya early, but Tamim gave the hosts a decent platform. Sabbir then dropped anchor and Shakib finished off the 164 chase calmly. Zimbabwe's openers had dominated in the early exchanges of the match, but a middle-order collapse set them back and eventually led to the downfall.
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Chigumbura: The most important period where we should have maximised we did not. We should work on that.Good to have the senior guys back in the team, but is is important to finish off games. We did not take our chances and I thought the bowlers did a good job. We did not back it up with our fielding.
Mashrafe: It was a clinical performance, batting. Bowling we will have to improve. Tamim was calm, Sabbir was brilliant, and Shakib finished it off. At stage, they looked to score 170-80, but the way Mustafiz and Al-Amin bowled was brilliant.
Hamilton Masakadza has to console himself with the Man-of-the-Match award
Hamilton: I thought I could have put a few more runs on the board. I think usually we have high-scoring games here. I was in, I should have made sure I should have stayed till the end. A lot of good young guys coming through and things are looking good for us in the future.
riad: "Zimbabwe did not score well in the death and later in the chase they allowed Bangladesh to score big."
botha: "2x5 wides from death bowlers, next time Zim would do better to use spinners in the death."
18.5
5w
Jongwe to Shakib, 5 wide
18.4
4
Jongwe to Shakib, FOUR runs
Shakib backs away again, the bowler follows him with a full toss. Whirl of the wrists as Shakib whips over backward square leg
18.3
4
Jongwe to Shakib, FOUR runs
short of a length on middle, Shakib backs away and carves it over to the third man boundary
18.2
1
Jongwe to Nurul, 1 run
slower ball on off, nudged towards mid-on
18.1
1lb
Jongwe to Shakib, 1 leg bye
Shakib steps away outside leg, Jongwe fires a yorker, and pings the pad
end of over 1814 runs
BAN: 151/6CRR: 8.38 • RRR: 6.50
Shakib Al Hasan12 (10b)
Nurul Hasan6 (4b 1x4)
Brian Vitori 3-0-24-0
Luke Jongwe 3-0-31-1
Bangladesh need 13 off the last two overs
17.6
1
Vitori to Shakib, 1 run
full on middle and leg, whipped to long leg
17.6
5w
Vitori to Shakib, 5 wide
Shakib steps out, makes room. Vitori gets the yorker wrong and sprays miles down leg, beating the diving Moor
17.5
1
Vitori to Nurul, 1 run
pretty full and on off, flashed into the covers
17.4
4
Vitori to Nurul, FOUR runs
full on off, Nurul drops to one knee, scoops it fine of short fine leg
17.3
1
Vitori to Shakib, 1 run
Shakib jumps outside leg, Vitori chases him. Driven to long-on
17.2
1
Vitori to Nurul, 1 run
full on middle again, squeezed to midwicket
17.1
1
Vitori to Shakib, 1 run
yorker, right at the base of middle, Shakib angles it to short third man
Vitori...
end of over 1711 runs • 1 wicket
BAN: 137/6CRR: 8.05 • RRR: 9.00
Nurul Hasan0 (1b)
Shakib Al Hasan9 (7b)
Luke Jongwe 3-0-31-1
Wellington Masakadza 4-0-25-1
16.6
•
Jongwe to Nurul, no run
Nurul walks down the track, this short ball is floated outside off to beat the new batsman
Nurul, the debutant joins Shakib
16.5
W
Jongwe to Mahmudullah, OUT
six and out! The off stump is knocked back. Near-yorker length ball, Mahmudullah loses his shape and bottom-edges the ball back to disturb the furniture
Mahmudullah b Jongwe 7 (3b 0x4 1x6) SR: 233.33
16.4
6
Jongwe to Mahmudullah, SIX runs
short and width outside off, Mahmudullah makes room and cuts it. He sends it flying over the covers
16.3
3
Jongwe to Shakib, 3 runs
Shakib makes room, waits for the slower ball, adjusts, and cuts it towards deep cover. They take the third off an overthrow
16.2
1
Jongwe to Mahmudullah, 1 run
length and outside off, guided to third man
Mahmudullah
16.1
1
Jongwe to Shakib, 1 run
back of a length and on middle, Shakib uses his wrists and plays it in front of mid-on
Jongwe returns
end of over 165 runs • 1 wicket
BAN: 126/5CRR: 7.87 • RRR: 9.50
Shakib Al Hasan5 (5b)
Mahmudullah0 (0b)
Wellington Masakadza 4-0-25-1
Graeme Cremer 4-0-32-2
15.6
1
Masakadza to Shakib, 1 run
nudged off the pads to short fine leg
15.5
W
Masakadza to Mushfiqur, OUT
Crucial wicket, Zimbabwe stay in the contest! Full and just a shade outside off, Mushfiq goes low for his pet shot - the slog sweep - and ends up skying it to deep midwicket. Raza is pumped
Mushfiqur Rahim c Sikandar Raza b WP Masakadza 26 (19b 3x4 0x6) SR: 136.84
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