Player of the Match
Player of the Match

12:52pm An action-packed session, where it felt like a notable event was in the offing every few minutes. Zimbabwe rattled through three wickets early but then met a bit of resistance, with Jaker and Mahmud holding fort. Jaker, for almost the entirety of that partnership, trusted his partner with strike - sometimes even letting Mahmud face five balls in an over - but in the end, that came back to haunt Jaker and Bangladesh. Mahmud fell to Masakadza and Khaled followed him back to the shed a ball later, which forced Jaker to swing for the hills and ultimately perish in pursuit of quick runs.

Zimbabwe, of course, deserve plenty of credit for putting pressure on the hosts and asking those questions. Muzarabani was the pick of the bunch and Masakadza, when the time called, turned up for the visitors. Prior to the start of day four, they would have been happy chasing 174, but they will have to bat well on a surface that is still offering enough to the bowlers.

79.2
W
Muzarabani to Jaker Ali, OUT, goes a mile up, and nestles into deep mid wicket's palms! No second new ball needed, and that is a piece of history for Blessing Muzarabani - he becomes the joint-fastest to 50 Test wickets (in terms of matches) for Zimbabwe! Angled in, around off. Jaker moves across his stumps, looking for the mow over cow corner. Gets plenty of height on it but not enough distance, which allows the fielder to settle under it near the fence and snare the chance. Bangladesh bowled out for 255, and Zimbabwe will need 174 to nudge 1-0 ahead in this series!

Jaker Ali c Welch b Muzarabani 58 (183m 111b 4x4 1x6) SR: 52.25

79.1
0
Muzarabani to Jaker Ali, no run, back of a length on off. Jaker sits deep in his crease and hoicks it towards deep mid wicket. Might have come off the toe-end actually

Muzarabani back too

END OF OVER:
79 | 7 Runs | BAN: 255/9

  • Nahid Rana0 (4b)
  • Jaker Ali58 (109b)
  • Richard Ngarava19-0-74-1
  • Wellington Masakadza14-4-20-2
78.6
0
Ngarava to Nahid Rana, no run, Slightly outside off stump, short of length, Rana goes back to defend initially but lets the ball pass to the wicketkeeper

Zimbabwe 4th innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st95BJ CurranBJ Bennett
2nd17NR WelchBJ Bennett
3rd15SC WilliamsBJ Bennett
4th1CR ErvineBJ Bennett
5th16CR ErvineW Madhevere
6th1NP MayavoW Madhevere
7th16WP MasakadzaW Madhevere
8th13R NgaravaW Madhevere