Bangladesh vs Zimbabwe Match Stats

Dot to begin! Outside off. Burl slashes but misses. 

Another dot! A short one on middle. Evaded. 

OUT! TAKEN! Ryan Burl falls. Mustafizur Rahman does the job. He has been brilliant so far and delivers for his skipper yet again. A slower one on middle, Ryan Burl lofts it down towards long on. Soumya Sarkar runs in, dives forward and takes a stunning catch. 

Around off, this is guided past point for one. 

Just over! Shortish and outside off. Johnathan Campbell looks to flat bat it, it goes off the splice but just over mid off for one. 

OUT! Straight to the fielder! Shorter and outside off. Luke Jongwe guides it to point and Sarkar takes it. Soft dismissal. Bangladesh now well and truly on top. 

On off, this is pushed past cover for one. 

A good short one. Faraz Akram misses his pull. 

SIX! BANG! Gets hold of this one. Faraz Akram, we saw what he can do in the last game. Shorter and on middle, this is pulled over the mid-wicket fence for a biggie. 

Shorter and on middle, this is pushed towards cover for one. 

Dots are gold! On off, a slower one. This is pushed to cover. 

Fuller and outside off, this is driven through covers for one. 

OUT! TAKEN! Is that the gane for the home side? We do feel so. A short one outside off, this skids through. Johnathan Campbell looks to pull, it goes off the top edge towards cover and it is taken. 

Outside off, this is slsapped past cover for one. 

On middle, this is tucked around the corner for one. 

Steps out and then chips it towards the left of long on. Two taken. 

FOUR! Zimbabwe continue to fight! On middle, tossed up, this is dragged wide of mid-wicket and it races away. 

SIX! Over the fence. Just the 27 needed in 18 now. Game on, game well and truly on. Steps out, gets tp the pitch of it and then slams it over the long off fence for a biggie. 

Dots are gold! A lovely slower one outside off. Akram swings early and he is beaten. 

WIDE! Way too short. Wided. Extras will help. 

Two! Outside off, this is driven through covers. Two taken. 

WIDE! Well wide outside off again. Wided. Tanzim is feeling the pressure here. 

Swing and a miss! Outside off. Faraz Akram looks to cut but misses. 

Just the one! Around off, this is pushed towards cover for one. 

On middle, Wellington Masakadza looks to flick but misses. It hits the pad and rolls towards the keeper. A run taken. 

A dot to end. 21 needed in 12 now. Around off, this is pushed towards cover. 

FOUR! Slapped away! Perfect start to the over. 17 needed in 11 now. Shorter and outside off. Wellington Masakadza slaps it over cover and this races away to the fence. 

16 in 10 now! On middle, this is pulled through mid-wicket for one. 

OUT! TAKEN! Yet again, the Fizz makes the breakthrough. Top stuff. A slower one on middle, Faraz Akram does not pick it. He is through the loft, it goes towards deep mid-wicket and it is taken. 16 in 9 needed. 

Another dot! Around off, this lands and angles away. Blessing Muzarabani looks to push at it but misses. 

Swing and a miss again! Aonother slower one around off. Blessing Muzarabani looks to go over the leg side but misses. 

TWO! What an effort. Can this be the difference? This is on middle. Blessing Muzarabani gets hold of this. He slams it towards long on. The fielder runs to his right, takes it but realises the momentum is taking him over the ropes. He throws it back in. Saves four for his side. 14 needed in 6. 

Dropped! Wellington Masakadza is off strike though! Outside off, this is slapped down towards long off. The fielder spills it. A dot now. 

Slower and outside off. Blessing Muzarabani swings but misses. 

SIX! Bang! Gets hold of this and it goes all the way. What a time to hit a biggie. 7 needed in 3 now. Steps out, gets to the pitch of it and lofts it over the long on fence for a biggie. 

OUT! STUMPED! But it is a wide which means Zimbabwe now need 6 in 3 but only have one wicket in hand and Richard Ngarava is on strike. He sees Blessing Muzarabani come down the track and fires it wide outside off. Blessing swings but misses and the keeper does the rest.

OUT! TIMBER! Zimbabwe fall heart-breakingly short. That is probably what Wellington Masakadza did not want Richard Ngarava to do! Short ball, around off, Ngarava swings for the heavens and misses. The ball crashes onto the stumps and you have got to feel for the visitors. So near, yet so far. I remember my ex-colleague covering a WI-Pak Test match where Shannon Gabriel did all the hard work of staying with Roston Chase to try and draw the Test. Only, to see Gabriel swing wildly across to Yasir on the last ball of the penultimate over (which turned out to be the last) and have West Indies lose that match. Same feeling. Dhaka won't mind as Bangladesh win by 5 runs and go 4-0 up!