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Twenty-two wickets fall on Day One

Staff Reporter, Bogra
It was the day of the bowlers at the Shaheed Chandu Stadium here yesterday as 22 wickets tumbled on the opening day of the three-day practice match between the Zimbabweans and GP-BCB National Cricket Academy.
As a 5000-strong crowd watched the batsmen's processions, the visitors gained a 163-run lead after scoring 133 for two in their second innings after first being bowled out for just 89 and then bowling out the hosts for a paltry 59. Zimbabwe's captain for the match Hamilton Masakadza struck eight boundaries in his unbeaten 55, adding 75 for the second wicket with Stuart Matsikenyeri, who made 42. Batting mainstay TatendaTaibu remained not out on 19 with Masakadza. The right-hander later refused to blame the wicket. "It was the right decision to bat first after winning the toss,” said Masakadza adding, "Our batsmen simply failed."
Even though the batsmen had some say in the late afternoon session, bowlers ruled the roost on a good batting wicket in the teams' first innings. As many as seven batsmen fell for ducks.
Opting to bat first, Zimbabwe openers Masakadza and Vusimuzi Sibanda added a quick 35 but once Nazmul Hossain cleaned up
both by the ninth over, the floodgates opened. Left-arm seamer Sajidul Islam trapped Tatenda Taibu in front for 16 and then went on to dismantle the lower order. He picked up five for 14 while Nazmul had four wickets. However slinger Rubel Hossain was given the full treatment by the visitors, giving away 46 in just six overs.
The local batsmen went after the Zimbabwe attack but their risk backfired. Only Marshall Ayub and Kamrul Islam made it into the double figures while the rest simply wilted. Seamer Edward Rainsford took the key wicket of captain Nayeem Islam for just eight.
Marshall's hour-long innings of 18 runs ended when military medium-pacer Elton Chigumbura bowled him.
The pacemen thrived under the conditions and the only sign of spin came when left-arm spinner Saqlain Sajib was introduced very late in the day. Nayeem praised his bowlers but hoped that the batsmen can turn around.
"The bowlers did their job really well but we (the batsmen) failed. I hope we can turn around in the second innings," said the right-hander who is in line for the tri-nation one-day series. BRIEF SCORES
ZIMBABWEANS: First innings 89 all out in 21.3 overs (Masakadza 21, Sibanda 15, Matsikenyeri 8, Taibu 16, Williams 1, Chigumbura 4,
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Dabengwa 2, Cremer 6', Price 0, Mupariwa 0, Rainsford 0; Sajidul 5-14, Rubel 1-46, Nazmul 4-28) and second innings 133-2 in 33 overs (Masakadza 55’, Sibanda 5, Matsikenyeri 42, Taibu 19’; Nazmul 1-18, Saqlain 1-35).
GP BCB ACADEMY: First innings 59 all out in 23.4 overs (Jahurul 0, Faruque 6, Mithun 3, Nayeem 8, Marshall 18, Kamrul 12, Saqlain 0, Sajidul 5, Nazmul 2, Rubel 0, Raihan 0*; Rainsford 3-27, Mupariwa 2-18, C h i g u m b u r a 3 - 7, Masakadza 1-5).