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Zim in catbird seat

AlMusabbir Sadi
Zimbabwe consolidated their position against Bangladesh in the second and final Test yesterday when a 150-run fifth wicket partner-shipbetween captainTatcndaTaibu and Brendan Taylor helped the visitors stretch their lead to 290 runs with two days still toplay.
The tourists, having begun the second innings 79 runs ahead, had reached 203-6 when stumps were drawn atthe Bangabandhu National Stadium.
Taibu, who has twice missed a chance to score his maiden Test hundred on the tour - scoring 92 in the first Test in Chittagong and 85 not out in the first innings - was 19
runs short of the magical three-figure mark while Tinashe Panyangaia wasbattingon two.
After speedster Mashrafee-Bin-Mprtuza grabbed three early wickets to reduce the opposition to 37-4, Taibu dug in for another long haul innings mixing caution with aggression.
All three Maslnafee victims -Stuart Matsikenyeri (14), Barney Rogers (20) and Dion Ebrahim (1) -were trapped lbw in an 11-over first spell with the new ball wlrile leftarm spinner Mohammad Rafique, bowling with a severe hamstring injury, had Hamilton Masakadza caught by Rajin Saleh at mid-wicket forone.
Tile tenacious Taibu, however, stood tallandbeganasalvageopera-lion in partnership with Taylor. Their fifth wicket stand, the best against the Tigers, erased the 125 runs produced between himself and Shaun Ervine in Harare last year, The partnership ended with Tbylor being bowled by Enamul Haque for a chance-less 78. His career-best knock was studded with ten boundaries in 135 balls.
The 18-year-old left-arm spinner Enamul, who took seven wickets in the first innings, finally succeeded when he decided to come over the wicket and got the ball to spin back fromtheroughoutsidetheleg-stumn.
Part-timer Mohammad Ashraful’s leg-break produced another quick wicket when wicketkeeper Khaled Mashudglovedabat-pad catch diving to his right to dismiss Elton Chigumbura.
ButTaibu, who cracked mostof his 11 boundaries on the off-side during a 172-baH essay spanning two-and-a-haif hours, saw off the remaining five overs with Panyangara.
The Zimbabwe skipperoffered just one chance when on 67 but Mashrafee failed to react to a sharp catch at slip offthebowlingofRafique.
Earlier, Bangladesh's first innings lasted 17 overs in the morning after resuming on 169-8. Overnight batsmen Mashrafee (26) and Tapash Baisya (13) added 35 valuable runs for the ninth wicket before the home side wereskitlledoutfor211.