ZIM vs BAN 2nd T20I Highlights - Bulawayo (17 July 2026)

OUT! CAUGHT! Another one bites the dust. Saif comes from around the stumps and bowls a round-arm delivery. Short and outside off. Musekiwa clears his front leg out of the way, looking to slog it across the line, but that angle from round the wicket makes it awkward for him to deal with. Gets a leading edge, the ball loops up to short third, and Mohammad Saifuddin makes no mistake with a simple catch. Zimbabwe are 109/8, in the chase of 187 runs.

Fullish, on off, Richard Ngarava blocks it back to the bowler.

Swing and a miss! Pitches it up, well outside off. Richard Ngarava gets on his front foot, trying to loft it straight down the ground, but misses on the outside edge. 

Short, on middle, angling in, Richard Ngarava opens his stance and tucks it through square leg for a brace.

Again a shorter one, on around middle. Richard Ngarava tucks it to mid-wicket. 

Drags his length back yet again, around middle and leg, Richard Ngarava tucks it to short fine leg. 

Spears in a full one, on middle. Evans clears the front leg away and heaves it to deep mid-wicket for a single.

A slower delivery, full and outside off. Richard Ngarava reaches out in front to tonk it down the ground, but the ball dips and beats the under edge.

Full toss, on off, Richard Ngarava creams it between mid off and cover, but the ball slows in the outfield and Towhid Hridoy from mid off hunts it down just before the ropes. Three runs taken.

WIDE! Miles outside off, on a fullish length. Brad throws his bat at it, but misses to put bat on ball to hit it over cover. It is beyond the tramline and is called a wide.

Slips in a full toss, on middle. Brad tries to heave it over mid-wicket, but is a bit late on the shot. Hits it off the inner half and it rolls to square leg.

Taskin goes searching for a yorker, but again bowls a low full toss, on the stumps. Evans clears out his front leg and drags it off the toe end towards Rishad Hossain at deep mid-wicket. Just one.

 FOUR! Hit hard and well enough! Dug in short by Taskin, on top of middle and leg. Richard Ngarava stands tall and pulls it over square leg. Beats the deep mid-wicket fielder to his left. One bounce and into the fence for four.

WIDE! Sprays it far down leg, full in length. Let through.

SIX! He has picked the bones out of it! Full and wide outside off. Evans walks out of the crease, gets under the ball and pumps it solidly over the sightscreen for a massive six.

Deceptive slower one, short and on off. Brad Evans initially thinks to leave, but then ramps it late over the keeper, getting a bit of an egde. It goes on the bounce to deep fine leg for a single.

Angled across, on a good length, outside off. Richard Ngarava swings hard to pull across the line, but the ball skids and beats the inside edge.

 Just out of reach! Fires in a low full toss, on middle and off. Richard Ngarava tries to clip it over mid-wicket, but closes the bat face months early and gets a thick leading edge. The ball pops over the cover fielder and they cross for a single.

 Deception! Slow and full, outside off. Brad moves far across the stumps to play the scoop shot but misses to connect.

A full toss, sliding across the left-hander, outside off. Evans reaches out for it, looking to drive, but can only get a bottom edge. The ball trickles away to the right of mid-wicket, the fielder there fumbles the pickup, and the batters pick a couple more.

 Back of a length and around off, Richard drags it down to long on for a single.

 FOUR! Put away in disdain! A little bit wide from around the stumps, very full outside off. Brad Evans stays deep in the crease, gets the bat under the ball and carves it over cover, finding the gap in the deep for a boundary. 50 needed off 16 balls.

Beaten! A deceptive slower one, on a length, outside off. Brad leans back to cut it square on the off side, but misses to get any connection.

 SIX! WALLOP! Evans is playing a fantastic hand here. Half-volley, on off. Brad Evans gets to free his arms. He clears the front leg and golfs it powerfully over long off for a big six. 44 needed from 14 now.

 FOUR! This is turning out to be a big over. An attempted yorker on the stumps. Evans smartly moves outside off and plays the scoop shot, well over the short fine leg fielder for a boundary. 15 runs off the over with a ball to go.

 Big swing and a miss! Evans curses himself for not putting bat on the ball. Back of a length, a slower one by the looks of it, wide outside off. Brad Evans has a massive swing at it, only to miss out.

WIDE! Pushes it far outside the tramline, on off. Richard Ngarava reaches out but cannot connect.

Wide yorker, outside off. Richard Ngarava carves it back to the bowler.

Clever bowling! Slower one, around off and full. Richard Ngarava clears the front leg to dump that ball to Harare. Tries to smoke it over deep mid-wicket, but is undone by the lack of pace and is beaten all ends up.

Short and slow, outside off. Richard Ngarava drags it across off the back foot and pulls it to widish long on for just one run. Bangladesh won't mind that at all. This is excellent death bowling from Saifuddin.

OUT! CAUGHT! A stunner from Emon and Saifuddin gets the reward for his disciplined bowling. Full and around off, from around the stumps, with the pace taken off it. Evans goes deep in his crease and gets down low for the sweep, but the change of pace deceives him completely, and he can't generate the elevation he's looking for. Ends up miscuing to deep mid-wicket, where Emon sprints across to his left, throws himself airborne, and clings on tight even as he tumbles to the ground. Zimbabwe are 149/9, needing 38 runs from 10 balls.

A bit down the leg stump, on a length. Blessing Muzarabani looks to tuck it to the leg side, but the ball grazes the thigh pad and rolls back to the keeper.

 Chance of a run out, missed! Full and outside off, this is punched away to cover. Blessing sets off for the single but gets sent back. There's a bit of a mix-up between the two in the middle, though they scramble through unscathed in the end as the fielder misses his shy at the batting end. The ball rolls to the leg side, but it is backed up.

 Appeal for stumping! Full and outside off. Ngarava clears his front leg out of the way going for the slog, but misses completely. The keeper gathers it cleanly and whips off the bails in a flash, up goes the appeal for a stumping, and it's straight upstairs to the third umpire. The replay shows Ngarava's back foot did lift off the ground, but the keeper, Nurul Hasan, is just that fraction too slow to whip the bails off, and Richard manages to drag it back in the nick of time. NOT OUT!

A flighted delivery, full, and around off. Ngarava tries to heave it across the line, but gets a top edge. But luckily for him, the ball sails over the fielder at backward point, and they hustle back for a couple.

Tossed up, full, around off. Ngarava mistimes this one too, but it drops just short of the sweeper coming in from cover, and they scamper through for a single.

OUT! KNOCKED HIM OVER! Rishad wraps things up in style and finishes with a 4-wicket haul. BANGLADESH WIN BY 34 RUNS! And they level the series 1-1, pushing it into a decider. Full and around off. Blessing dances down the track going for the big shot, but plays all over the wrong line and the ball beats him for pace and reach, cannoning into the off stump.