Player of the Match
Player of the Match

4.47pm No Tendai Chatara, so that means the end of the Zimbabwe innings. They fought valiabtly, but were overpowered eventually. Taijul becomes the third Bangladeshi to take a five-for in three successive innings, after Enamul Haque Jnr and Shakib Al Hasan.

Great fighting effort from Brendan Taylor and PJ Moor, but once that partnership was broken, Bangladesh could get past the rest without much fuss. Mehidy was also excellent with his lines and trajectories. Taylor sort of threw it away with an ill-tempered slog, but to be fair to him, he would have thought he had the gap found. It really was a stunner of a catch from Taijul - what a day for him!

Massive 218-run lead for Bangladesh. They can still enforce the follow-on if they wish to, but will they? We will have to wait overnight to find out. That means an end to today's ball-by-ball coverage. Hope you enjoyed it. Be back here tomorrow. Off you go.

"It was a lot easier to bat than we thought. Days four and five we expect it to turn more, but today was surprisingly easy," says PJ Moor.

Farhan: "Follow on should be enforced. The last few overs today might cost Zimbabwe a wicket or two. So, that a fourth day pitch will be a special test for them, given that they only have 9 wickets in hand. It will be a easy chase even they can avoid an innings defeat"

MD. ARIFUR RAHM: "Isn't Khaled Ahmed is quite unlucky as a debutant? two drop catches from his over!"

105.3
W
Taijul Islam to Chakabva, OUT, Taijul gets his fifth. Or has he? The umpires want to be sure. They refer it upstairs. Flicks this straight to short leg who gets down and snaffles it inches from the ground. Just inches. But good enough. Very sharp catch

RW Chakabva c Mominul Haque b Taijul Islam 10 (56m 42b 1x4 0x6) SR: 23.80

105.2
0
Taijul Islam to Chakabva, no run, looped up on off, driven to cover
105.1
0
Taijul Islam to Chakabva, no run, tries to flick and gets hit the pad. Taijul is sure he has his man. Mahmudullah takes the review. This is way too high. Hits the back thigh after missing the flick. Clipping the top of middle, so umpire's call remains

END OF OVER:
105 | 5 Runs | ZIM: 304/8

  • Kyle Jarvis9 (23b)
  • Regis Chakabva10 (39b)
  • Mehidy Hasan Miraz20-3-61-3
  • Taijul Islam40-10-107-4
104.6
0
Mehidy Hasan Miraz to Jarvis, no run, dropped. That's not the first one we've seen go down today. Strides across and flicks this length ball to short leg who can't hold on with very little time to react

Nafis: "No matter what the deficit is, BD won't like to bat last in this pitch. So the question of Following-On Zim is out of question."

104.5
1
Mehidy Hasan Miraz to Chakabva, 1 run, length, spins in, backs away and punches through cover
104.4
1
Mehidy Hasan Miraz to Jarvis, 1 run, comes forward and pushes to cover
104.3
0
Mehidy Hasan Miraz to Jarvis, no run, clipped to short leg and hits him on the full on the right shin
104.2
2
Mehidy Hasan Miraz to Jarvis, 2 runs, pushes away from the body and gets an outside edge to backward point

Zimbabwe 4th innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st68H MasakadzaBB Chari
2nd2BRM TaylorBB Chari
3rd29BRM TaylorSC Williams
4th21BRM TaylorSikandar Raza
5th66BRM TaylorPJ Moor
6th13BRM TaylorRW Chakabva
7th2BRM TaylorDT Tiripano
8th12BRM TaylorB Mavuta
9th11BRM TaylorKM Jarvis