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Bangladesh tour of Zimbabwe (2022)

Congratulations to Zimbabwe! Incredible knock by Raza.

Shame on the ICC for limiting the WC to just 10 teams. These are the kind of games and upsets that make the WC interesting.
 
sam_ahm said:
Congratulations to Zimbabwe! Incredible knock by Raza.

Shame on the ICC for limiting the WC to just 10 teams. These are the kind of games and upsets that make the WC interesting.
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I agree. It should be 12 at least. 16 would be the best.
 
Markhor said:
Didn't think I'd be hooked onto a random bilateral ODI between Zimbabwe and Bangladesh on a Friday afternoon but here we are. Heck of a partnership between Kaia and Raza.

Bangladesh should've gone harder, they batted 50 overs with plenty of wickets in hand. Their fielding has been awful too.



Agreed. Zimbabwe were a very handy team in the 90s that could make any team look foolish on their day if you underestimated them. Unfortunately lack of financial investment means their cricketers just cannot progress.
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Till 2003, they were a proper mid table international team.

Compare that with Ireland, who have good funding and their players regularly play in English circuit as well.
 
Amazing stuff from Zimbabwe. I am now worried about India's tour. Losing against Zimbabwe can harm the rankings.
 
This is not a part of Super League. So, that's one relief for BD.

Still, this should hurt their ranking a lot.

This loss is unacceptable. Zimbabwe were missing their main bowler (Muzarbani).
 
There are very strong rumours that Gary Ballance is going to return to Zimbabwe fold esp keeping in mind the World Cup Qualifiers next year.

Those teams at the bottom of WSL Table (WI, SL, RSA) will be getting more than a little worried now with Zimbabwe and Ireland capable of causing big upsets on their day.
 
sweep_shot said:
This is not a part of Super League. So, that's one relief for BD.

Still, this should hurt their ranking a lot.

This loss is unacceptable. Zimbabwe were missing their main bowler (Muzarbani).
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Yes, not just Muzarabani, they were missing Ervine and Williams as well.
 
Bangladesh received a huge blow as opener Litton Das has been ruled out from the ongoing ODI series against Zimbabwe due to his hamstring injury.

Litton sustained the injury during the three-match series opener against Zimbabwe in Harare, which the hosts won by 5 wickets. Litton, who scored 81 runs, sustained the injury while picking up a single and was forced to retire hurt.

"Litton is ruled out from the tour of Zimbabwe," BCB chief selector Minhajul Abedin said on Friday.
 
Zimbabwe registered their first ODI win over Bangladesh in nine years after a memorable run chase in Harare on Friday.

After recording their first ever bilateral T20I series win at home, Zimbabwe have started the ODI series on a positive note with their fourth successful run chase of 300 or more in ODIs in Harare on Friday.

Conceding 303/2 after opting to bowl first, Zimbabwe's hopes were dashed early when the openers fell inside the first two overs to leave them reeling at 6/2. Wesley Madhevere was run out after a promising stand, but Zimbabwe found Sikandar Raza coming to the rescue again.

In the company of Innocent Kaia, Raza helped Zimbabwe out of the rut and into the driver's seat. The duo kept going, pushing down the required rate with a perfectly-paced partnership.

Kaia completed his maiden ODI ton while Raza compiled his fourth as the duo put on a 192-run partnership, the third-highest ever for Zimbabwe in ODIs. Hamilton Mazakadza and Raza himself hold the record for the highest stand (224 runs) against Afghanistan in 2014.

Even when Kaia was eventually dismissed for 110, Zimbabwe were well on course to seal the game. Raza remained unbeaten on 135 as Zimbabwe registered a memorable win for the ages.

This was their third highest run chase, with the top one coming eleven years ago against New Zealand in Bulawayo. This was also their second ODI win in 2022, having beat Sri Lanka in Pallekele in January this year.

Notably, this is Zimbabwe's first win in ODIs against Bangladesh since they beat them in Bulawayo in May 2013. They had lost 19 successive ODIs to Bangladesh in between.

https://www.icc-cricket.com/news/2721114
 
pakpassfan said:
Not talent. There is talent..I think it's the physical aspect and mind aspect of the Bengalis..just look at West Bengal..they have everything in the world yet they also just produced only one world class player ever
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I don't see any talent. The best proof of talent is result. It's not like Bengali players are in same situation as Barry Richards who missed out on playing international cricket due to an unavoidable situation. Bangladesh has been playing non-stop for the past 22 years, and still loses every other match to Zimbabwe

So much for the second richest cricket board in South Asia lol
 
Joseph Gomes said:
They have produced just 1 world class cricketer in 22 years. When there's no talent, there's only excuse left
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Such posts show the maturity of BD fans who wish to identify why, despite a booming economy and the BCBs immense pull, the team hasn't recaptured the glory days of 2015-16.
 
bujhee kom said:
Such posts show the maturity of BD fans who wish to identify why, despite a booming economy and the BCBs immense pull, the team hasn't recaptured the glory days of 2015-16.
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Even on so called glory days of 2015-16 what has BD cricket got to show?

Knocking England out and going into world cup QF.

Winning couple of JAMODI series at home against Pak and Ind.

Featuring in 2 Asia cup finals only to lose both time

If I am not mistaken, your glory days has only has these achievements. Not so much glory there, isn't it?
 
For me, the team badly needs Rony. He is an incisive bowler. Rony, Al-Amin, Fizz and Taskin is a fine pace quartet.
 
bujhee kom said:
For me, the team badly needs Rony. He is an incisive bowler. Rony, Al-Amin, Fizz and Taskin is a fine pace quartet.
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Al-Amin? He is not even in the squad (hasn't been in a long time). He is forgotten.

I would drop Fizz and give Ebadot or someone else a chance. Fizz has lost his form. Being expensive lately.
 
Rajdeep said:
Even on so called glory days of 2015-16 what has BD cricket got to show?

Knocking England out and going into world cup QF.

Winning couple of JAMODI series at home against Pak and Ind.

Featuring in 2 Asia cup finals only to lose both time

If I am not mistaken, your glory days has only has these achievements. Not so much glory there, isn't it?
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To be honest, that period wasn't too bad for BD. I am talking about 2015 to 2018 period.

- Reached 2 Asia Cup finals.
- Drew 1-1 against England at home (Test).
- Drew 1-1 against a full-strength Aussie side at home (Test).
- Won 3-0 against Pakistan, 2-1 against India, and 2-1 against South Africa at home (JAMODIs but still).
- Beat West Indies in ODI both home and away.
- Whitewashed West Indies 2-0 in home Test series.
- Reached CT 2017 semi-final.
- Won a Test in Sri Lanka and drew the series 1-1.

These were not earth shattering but were pretty decent for a team like Bangladesh. I think it can be considered as the best period for BD ever (so far).
 
sweep_shot said:
Al-Amin? He is not even in the squad (hasn't been in a long time). He is forgotten.

I would drop Fizz and give Ebadot or someone else a chance. Fizz has lost his form. Being expensive lately.
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Is still young enough. Should return.
Maybe worth throwing some of the U19 tigers on yo the deep end. Dare they wear the same jersey as Ice Man? Or Tamim?
 
bujhee kom said:
Is still young enough. Should return.
Maybe worth throwing some of the U19 tigers on yo the deep end. Dare they wear the same jersey as Ice Man? Or Tamim?
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These current guys are underperforming anyway. So, yeah. Some of the U19 guys can be tried out.

Emon should be given a go in ODI.
 
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Champ_Pal said:
Innocent century.

Bangladesh still struggling to produce quality players after all these years of playing cricket. Shakib and Mushfiq are the last 2 quality players they have produced. The rest are all either okish or mediocre.
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Fizz is a once in a generation talent.
 
Bangladesh were already embarrassed in the last match. I don't know what this qualifies as...humiliation?
 
sweep_shot said:
To be honest, that period wasn't too bad for BD. I am talking about 2015 to 2018 period.

- Reached 2 Asia Cup finals.
- Drew 1-1 against England at home (Test).
- Drew 1-1 against a full-strength Aussie side at home (Test).
- Won 3-0 against Pakistan, 2-1 against India, and 2-1 against South Africa at home (JAMODIs but still).
- Beat West Indies in ODI both home and away.
- Whitewashed West Indies 2-0 in home Test series.
- Reached CT 2017 semi-final.
- Won a Test in Sri Lanka and drew the series 1-1.

These were not earth shattering but were pretty decent for a team like Bangladesh. I think it can be considered as the best period for BD ever (so far).
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Best phase is pretty mediocre
 
I would really like to hear commentary on BD current status by [MENTION=79064]MMHS[/MENTION]. He has lot of knowledge about BD cricket and used to write long posts. Current status is pathetic by any standards by supposedly "strong economic power" with "second richest board".
 
RedwoodOriginal said:
Bangladesh were already embarrassed in the last match. I don't know what this qualifies as...humiliation?
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Indeed. Very bad performance so far.

This tour is turning out to be a nightmare. Even if they win the remaining two games, this tour has been a failure.
 
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Extremely sad to see people calling zim's win as humiliation to BD or BD screwed up. Maybe Zim is playing proper and competitive cricket? I have been following zim's cricket for a while now, have you seen how hungry they were after not qualifying for the previous WC? They pretty much hammered teams in the qualifier this year for t20.

Am a huge fan of Raza. He gives his heart out for zim. Really deserves the win. Honestly should be leading zim as well.
 
Bangladesh star ruled out of Zimbabwe series; doubtful for Asia Cup

Bangladesh will be without the services of their star batter during the tour of Zimbabwe, with his participation in the Asia Cup also in doubt.

Litton Das suffered a hamstring injury during the first ODI against Zimbabwe in Harare and has been ruled out for the remainder of the series. The injury also casts a doubt over his availability for the Asia Cup, which gets underway on 27 August.

Das was injured while trying to complete a run on 81. He then complained of pain and had to be stretchered off the field. Bangladesh would post a scorer of 303/2 on the board, with Zimbabwe mounting an incredible chase to win the first ODI by five wickets.

After the match, Bangladesh team physio Muzadded Alpha Sany confirmed the nature of Das' injury. He said, "Litton Das hurt his hamstring while batting in the first ODI. We sent him for a scan during the match.

"He has a grade 2 muscle strain. It takes three to four weeks to recover from this type of injury. So we are not getting Litton [back] during this series."

ICC
 
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light said:
Extremely sad to see people calling zim's win as humiliation to BD or BD screwed up. Maybe Zim is playing proper and competitive cricket? I have been following zim's cricket for a while now, have you seen how hungry they were after not qualifying for the previous WC? They pretty much hammered teams in the qualifier this year for t20.

Am a huge fan of Raza. He gives his heart out for zim. Really deserves the win. Honestly should be leading zim as well.
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Zimbabwe recently won an ODI in Sri Lanka. Sri Lanka won 2-1 but anyone who watched the series can tell Zimbabwe were no mug.

So, yeah. Some credits have to be given to Zimbabwe. They can trouble anyone on their day.
 
Zimbabwe vs Bangladesh, 2nd ODI

Zimbabwe (Playing XI): Takudzwanashe Kaitano, Tadiwanashe Marumani, Innocent Kaia, Wesley Madhevere, Sikandar Raza, Regis Chakabva(w/c), Tony Munyonga, Luke Jongwe, Brad Evans, Victor Nyauchi, Tanaka Chivanga

Bangladesh (Playing XI): Tamim Iqbal(c), Anamul Haque(w), Najmul Hossain Shanto, Mushfiqur Rahim, Mahmudullah, Afif Hossain, Mehidy Hasan Miraz, Shoriful Islam, Taskin Ahmed, Taijul Islam, Hasan Mahmud

Zimbabwe have won the toss and have opted to field
 
BAN 13/0 (2) CRR: 6.5
Zimbabwe opt to bowl
 
Couple of quick wickets, 79/2 (13.3), Bangladesh have looked good so far.

Brad Evans is a pretty good cricketer but he was taken apart by Tamim early on, he is one lad to keep an eye on for Zimbabwe.
 
BAN 178/4 (36.3) CRR: 4.88
Zimbabwe opt to bowl

Bangladesh need to speed up - This Zim batting unit is strong
 
BD - 290/9 (50 overs).

Zimbabwe need 291 runs to win.

Zimbabwe have a good chance to chase this down.
 
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[MENTION=144456]bujhee kom[/MENTION], Fizz has been dropped today. Mahmud is playing.

I think this is a good move. He has been leaking runs for a while.
 
Zimbabwe are struggling today. Innocent Kaia was out quickly.

Zimbabwe - 40/3 (12 overs; target: 291).
 
Tough for Zimbabwe - cannot expect Raza to win games like that

BAN 290/9 (50)
ZIM 50/4 (15.2) CRR: 3.26 REQ: 6.95
Zimbabwe need 241 runs
 
Sikandar Raza is in form of his life.
He is getting better with age.
He has been unreal with bat and ball.
 
Zimbabwe are looking good to win again.

181/4 (34.1 overs).

110 runs are needed from 95 balls.
 
Raza is etching his name amongst greatest Zimbabwe players. No one has batted this well for Zim since Taylor's hot run in 2011-13.

Peter Moor was another name who was always fired up.
 
42.1

Hasan Mahmud to Raza, 2 runs

and he brings up his 100, completes the second, jumps up and removes his helmet and waves to the crowd, well done. Full on the legs and clipped through square leg.


What a player. Respect
 
42.4

Hasan Mahmud to Chakabva, SIX runs

full toss and he swings it over the midwicket fence and brings up his 100, wonderful striking, removes his helmet, raises his bat, the crowd is excited and cheering on.
 
Man, after years, Zimbabwe cricket has come alive!!

Sikandar Raza Butt, you legend!
 
Sikandar Raza take a bow... He has been in wonderful form.
I hope he gets to play in T20 leagues.
 
Really good cricket from Zim and especially their batting side in this series. BD was playing some pretty good ODI cricket in last few months so its a pretty solid stuff from Zim to win the ODI series after winning the T20I series.

BD has a lot to think about as they were going well in ODIs. Congrats to Zimbabwe.
 
No panic from Zimbabwe even when they were 49/4 chasing a big target.

Sikandar showed his experience in that run chase - another superb innings from him.
 
BAN 290/9 (50)

ZIM 291/5 (47.3)

Zimbabwe won by 5 wkts

PLAYER OF THE MATCH
Sikandar Raza
 
Zimbabwe were good but I feel like BD also helped Zimbabwe by playing ordinarily.

In the previous game, there were 4 dropped catches and many misfielding.

In this game, Sikandar was a goner early in his innings but Miraz messed up the run-out.

Top teams are unlikely to do these mistakes.

So, yeah. We can assess Zimbabwe's true progress once they face better teams.
 
Sikandar Raza scored an unbeaten 117 as Zimbabwe staged a great run chase for the second time in three days to beat Bangladesh by five wickets on Sunday and take a winning 2-0 lead in a three-match one-day international series.

The Pakistan-born batsman hit four sixes and eight fours off 127 deliveries and his 201-run fifth-wicket partnership with captain Regis Chakabva turned the tide after Bangladesh posted 290-9 in Harare.

Chakabva played a wonderful supporting role to Raza, who has been consistently outstanding for his adopted country, smashing 102 runs off 75 balls, including two sixes and 10 fours.

Zimbabwe reached 291-5 with 15 balls to spare after the early loss of wickets and a slow scoring rate suggested they had little chance of success at Harare Sports Club.

"Since (coach) Dave (Houghton) came back, we have put a lot of emphasis on a lot of good things and to be able to achieve that, it is such a humbling feeling," said Raza.

"I know I am grabbing the (individual) trophy but Reggie (Chakabva) and Tony (Muyonga) did well. The bowlers also did an amazing job. So, as much as it is me, it is really all of us.

"It is good that I am doing my job, but to have 100s from me and Reggie, that little cameo from Tony, and Luke (Jongwe) the other day, tells you the depth of the squad. I am very pleased for the boys."

Bangladesh skipper Tamim said: "We put up a decent total. During the first game, we had an opportunity to score 20 more runs. Today, I thought our batting was good but we did not execute our bowling well.

"The wicket was good from the beginning but when the spinners came on, it was not as easy as in the first game. All credit must go to Zimbabwe. They were the better team in this series."

Remarkable transformation

Zimbabwe also won the first ODI match on Friday by five wickets against opponents ranked eight places higher and continued a remarkable transformation under recently hired Houghton.

The former national team batting star took over in June with Zimbabwe in the doldrums after 3-0 ODI and Twenty20 whitewashes by visiting Afghanistan.

Houghton told his squad to express themselves, not be afraid of making mistakes and not to be intimidated by opponents, however strong they appeared on paper.

The triumph on Sunday was the ninth in 10 ODI and T20 matches under Houghton as Zimbabwe prepare for the T20 World Cup in Australia from October.

As on Friday, Zimbabwe won the toss and opted to field, and once again the Bangladesh batsmen did well, led by an unbeaten 80 from Mahmudullah Riyad and a 50 from Tamim.

Mahmudullah hit three sixes and three fours in a 126-minute stand while Iqbal needed just 45 balls to claim his half century, which included a six and 10 fours.

Afif Hossain (41) and Najmul Hossain (38) also made significant contributions against a Zimbabwe attack in which the spin of Raza proved most effective as he captured three wickets.

In reply, Zimbabwe lost their first wicket with just one run on the board and when they found themselves at 49-4, even supreme optimist Houghton could hardly have visualised what was about to occur.

Raza and Chakabva -- standing in as series skipper for injured Craig Ervine -- took the fight to the Bangladeshi attack and slowly but surely lifted the total and raised hopes of an unlikely victory.

With 40 overs gone, Zimbabwe were 220-4 and needed 71 runs from 60 balls to win both the match and the series.

The loss of Chakabva, caught by Tamim at midwicket after miscuing a Mehidy Hasan delivery, did not stop the run surge and an unbeaten 30 from ODI debutant Tony Munyonga took Zimbabwe over the line.

https://www.france24.com/en/live-ne...n-chase-as-zimbabwe-win-bangladesh-odi-series
 
sweep_shot said:
BD should try to win 6-0 or 5-1.
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Whenever I say BD fans are arrogant this is what I mean. Being a big Indian fan, and Indian being the top three team in all formatp, I still dont look down on teams like Zimbabwe. After watching cricket for decades, I genuinely believe the opposition will have a chance of winning and competing. But some BD fans, nope it wil be 6-0.
 
Bangladesh toured Zimbabwe last year and won 6-1.

So, 5-1 this time wasn't an unrealistic expectation. But, well done, Zimbabwe. Sikandar was outstanding.

If not for Sikandar, Zimbabwe probably would've lost all games.
 
bujhee kom said:
22 years at the top level and still absolute minnows. I despair.
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It is definitely a wake up call now that they have lost against Zimbabwe.

It is more surprising considering they won in South Africa a few months ago (2-1), beat Afghanistan 2-1, and beat West Indies 3-0. BD didn't play to their potential somehow.
 
Bangladesh have had some good results this year, one bad tour should not change that.

Yes, they have been inconsistent and esp in tests they've had some rough results but in LOIs they have been fairly good, esp the ODIs.

We will see how they go in the Asia cup.

Look, Zimbabwe had nothing to lose, they played with a lot of freedom and confidence after qualifying for the T20 WC. I think it is not yet a time to panic for Bangladesh.
 
As fun as it is to make fun of Bangladesh, we shouldn't take focus off Zimbabwe and Sikander Raza's incredible performance.

Zimbabwe have been on fire recently and deserve credit for playing good, fearless cricket.
 
sam_ahm said:
Bangladesh have had some good results this year, one bad tour should not change that.

Yes, they have been inconsistent and esp in tests they've had some rough results but in LOIs they have been fairly good, esp the ODIs.

We will see how they go in the Asia cup.

Look, Zimbabwe had nothing to lose, they played with a lot of freedom and confidence after qualifying for the T20 WC. I think it is not yet a time to panic for Bangladesh.
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If anything, this series has made it even more evident how rubbish those teams are.

The gulf between India, New Zealand, England, Australia, Pakistan and the rest has increased significantly over the past year.

Although I feel South Africa will get out of this transitional period soon and improve as an ODI team.
 
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sweep_shot said:
It is definitely a wake up call now that they have lost against Zimbabwe.

It is more surprising considering they won in South Africa a few months ago (2-1), beat Afghanistan 2-1, and beat West Indies 3-0. BD didn't play to their potential somehow.
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We absolutely suck, bro. Better to admit it. Any game we win v big 8 is basically deemed as an upset. We start huge underdogs against anyone with a pulse. In 13 years, Lanka won a WC. We'd probably not win the woman's WC with out men's team.
 
bujhee kom said:
We absolutely suck, bro. Better to admit it. Any game we win v big 8 is basically deemed as an upset. We start huge underdogs against anyone with a pulse. In 13 years, Lanka won a WC. We'd probably not win the woman's WC with out men's team.
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I noticed one thing among current Bangladeshi players. They seem lazy and entitled.

In the past (2006-2012), they at least tried to win. They were bad but they at least tried.

This current group seems to give up easily. When RRR becomes 8+, they just give up. Fearlessness is missing. It also feels like senior players no longer care.

It is one thing to lose. It is another thing to lose without a fight.
 
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RedwoodOriginal said:
If anything, this series has made it even more evident how rubbish those teams are.

The gulf between India, New Zealand, England, Australia, Pakistan and the rest has increased significantly over the past year.

Although I feel South Africa will get out of this transitional period soon and improve as an ODI team.
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South Africa did beat India 3-0 at the start of the year and now they've recently beaten England as well... So I don't think there is such a wide gap between those teams you've mentioned and South Africa.

WI, ZIM, IRE, AFG are well behind, I do agree. SL and BAN have done well in patches, but yes, these teams will have to push and cause some upsets against the big guns.
 
sam_ahm said:
South Africa did beat India 3-0 at the start of the year and now they've recently beaten England as well... So I don't think there is such a wide gap between those teams you've mentioned and South Africa.

WI, ZIM, IRE, AFG are well behind, I do agree. SL and BAN have done well in patches, but yes, these teams will have to push and cause some upsets against the big guns.
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Okay we can take South Africa out of that group I guess. The series loss against Bangladesh is a blot on their record but I think everyone can see that they have the players that can elevate their team to greater heights. And they have produced some good results recently too.

The problem that I see with the other teams is that they simply don't have the same quality of talent, or as much of it. So they are probably going to be in the same position of the foreseeable future. Which is one or two upsets against the big teams, but on most occasions a loss.
 
Bangladesh have been fined 40 per cent of their match fee for maintaining a slow over-rate against Zimbabwe in the second One Day International in Harare on Sunday.

Andy Pycroft of the Emirates ICC Elite Panel of Match Referees imposed the sanction after Tamim Iqbal’s side was ruled to be two overs short of the target after time allowances were taken into consideration.

In accordance with Article 2.22 of the ICC Code of Conduct for Players and Player Support Personnel, which relates to minimum over-rate offences, players are fined 20 per cent of their match fees for every over their side fails to bowl in the allotted time.

Tamim plead guilty to the offence and accepted the proposed sanction, so there was no need for a formal hearing.

On-field umpires Forster Mutizwa and Langton Rusere, third umpire Iknow Chabi and fourth umpire Christoper Phiri levelled the charges.
 
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