ZIM vs BAN 1st T20I Highlights - Bulawayo (15 July 2026)

Tossed up, full and around off, Yasir Ali drags it wide of long on for a single.

Big turn! Ryan Burl flights it up, full and around off, grips and turns away sharply. Mahedi Hasan looks to push it away but gets beaten on the outside edge. Tadiwanashe Marumani grabs it and appeals but turned down.

Short and outside off, Mahedi Hasan punches it to sweeper cover for a run.

Slows it up, full and on off, turns away sharply again. Yasir Ali gets forward to block but the ball spins past the outside edge. Tadiwanashe Marumani collects and breaks the stumps but Ali never left his crease.

SIX! Short and punished! Ryan Burl bowls a half-tracker, around middle. Yasir Ali rocks back quickly and whacks it over the deep mid-wicket fence for a biggie.

Quicker, short and on off, Yasir Ali waits for it and opens the bat face to steer it past short third. Blessing Muzarabani chases after it to stop it as the batters turn around for the third. The throw comes in at the keeper's end, where Tadiwanashe Marumani collects it but is not aware of his surroundings; otherwise, he could have thrown it at the other end, with Ali struggling a bit. Also, 100 is up for Bangladesh. 

Floated, full and on middle, Yasir Ali turns it to the leg side.

A bit short and around off, Yasir Ali punches it to sweeper cover fo a single.

Fires this one, full and on leg, Mahedi Hasan fails to glance it away as the ball goes off his pads to short fine. Leg bye taken.

SIX! Just over! Flighted, full and on middle, Yasir Ali gets down on one knee and plays the slog sweep. It flies towards deep square leg, where Brian Bennett tries his best to leap up and get hand on it but the ball sails over him for a biggie.

FIFTY FOR YASIR ALI! A superb knock under pressure and that after being out of the T20I team for a long time. Quicker, full and on middle, Ali clips it through mid-wicket for a couple of runs. Ali knows that the job is not done here.

Dragged back, on middle, Yasir Ali punches it down to long on for one more.

That goes over the stumps! Just a yard behind the good length, angling in, around stumps. Yasir Ali comes down the track to heave it away but gets beaten on the outside edge. 

Back of a length, on off and middle. Yasir Ali pulls it to deep mid-wicket for one.

FOUR! Exceptional from Hasan! He has had a slow start, but this is exactly the time to go full throttle. Hard-length delivery, on of and middle. Mahedi Hasan shuffles across the stumps and ramps it over keeper for four runs. 

On a length, outside off, Mahedi misses his cut.

FOUR! Whacks it away! Short of a length, around off. Mahedi Hasan steps out of his crease and hammers it over mid off for another boundary. 

WIDE! Bumper, but that goes over the helmet of the batter. Mahedi drops his stance. 

Slower one now, angling down the leg side, Mahedi Hasan walks across and sweeps it to the left of the short fine leg fielder. Blessing Muzarabani does well to roll away and make a stop. Single taken. 

Single won't hurt Zimbabwe. They just need to avoid the boundaries. Back of a length, outside off, Mahedi Hasan arches back and steers it to deep third for a single.

Short, slanting in, on middle and leg, Yasir Ali pulls it to deep square leg for one.

FOUR! Oh my goodness. That should have been taken. Richard Ngarava is the guilty party. This is a good bouncer, on middle and leg. Mahedi Hasan hangs back and tries to pull but gets a top edge towards fine leg. Ngarava moves to his left but never really settles under it and does not even get a hand on it as the ball goes away into the ropes. That also brings up the 50-run stand between these two batters.

OUT! TAKEN! The dropped catch won't be hurting Zimbabwe much. Good-length delivery, outside off. Mahedi Hasan shuffles across and tries to loft it over mid off, but finds the connection from the outer part of his bat. The ball balloons toward the left of the mid on region, where Sikandar Raza keeps his calm and does the job neatly. Bangladesh are 130/6, chasing 171 runs.

Short of a length, angling away from the batter. Mohammad Saifuddin swings and misses.

Short again, in the channel outside off, Mohammad Saifuddin tries to pull it across but fails to connect it yet again. 

OUT! CAUGHT! There comes the big wicket as Richard Ngarava has got the set batter. Zimbabwe will believe they are on top now. Short of a length, outside off. Yasir Ali hangs back and looks to lash it over the cover region, but the ball climbs up bigger than he expected. However, Yasir still goes through his shot but miscues it pretty badly. The ball loops toward cover and Brad Evans reverse-cups it before dropping on his back. 

Bumper on middle, Nasum Ahmed pulls it awya to wide of bacward square leg for one. 

Yorker, on middle and leg, Mohammad Saifuddin jams it to square leg for one.

Slower one, on a good length, outside off, Nasum Ahmed slaps it to deep cover for a single.

WIDE! Another slower one, going down the leg side, Mohammad Saifuddin misses out on his sweep. 

OUT! CAUGHT! Make it four for Richard Ngarava. Can he get his fiver-fer with just one ball left in his spell? Back of a length, pitching on off and shaping inward. Mohammad Saifuddin lifts his front leg up and looks to pull it away, but the ball catches the top edge, before it loops and falls into the cusp of Milton Shumba, stationed in the deep fine leg region. Bangladesh are 134/8 now.

FOUR! SHOT! Fuller in length, angling in, Taskin Ahmed drills it toward the left of the long on fielder for four runs. 

OUT! TAKEN! Zimbabwe are just 1 wicket away from victory. Muzarabani bends his back and offers a good bouncer, over off, angling in. Nasum Ahmed opens his stance to pull it away, but connects with the top half of the bat. The ball flies toward square leg, where Tashinga Musekiwa pouches the catch safely into his palms.  

Back of a length and around middle, Nahid Rana backs away to pull but misses.

Dug into the surface, on middle, Nahid Rana has a heave across the line and misses again.

Nails the yorker now, angling into the leg side, Nahid Rana backs away and swings again but only connects with thin air.

Back of a length, shaping in, down the leg side. Nahid Rana makes room and attempts a pull shot, but it beats the top edge. 

OUT! TIMBER! Blessing Muzarabani hammers the final nail in the coffin and with that, Zimbabwe beat Bangladesh by 32 runs, taking the lead in the series. This is much fuller, angling into the off stump. Nahid Rana makes room like he did in the last ball and swings his bat, but it is nowhere near the delivery. The ball beats the outside edge with a large gap and hits the off stump to uproot it from its place. Such a satisfying sight if you are a pace bowler.