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Tigers fly to first win

Must-win match against South Africa today

Sports Reporter
Bangladesh finally bounced back in the unofficial T20 tri-series when they brought highflying
Zimbabwe down to earth with a six-wicket victory at the Harare Sports Club ground yesterday.
After a good performance from the bowlers, the Tigers’ batsmen found their feet in chase of a 150-run winning target, thanks largely to Nasir Hossain's unbeaten 31-ball 41 to avenge their 11-run defeat in the first match. The win also ensured that the Tigers', who lost their first two games, were still in the contention forthe tournament.
Fresh from the victory, Mushfiqur Rahim's men meet favourites South Africa in their must-win return-leg match at the same venue today. The tournament will be over for Richard Pybus's charges if they suffer another defeat against the South Africans, who won their first game against the Tigers but surprisingly lost their second match against the impressive hosts.
Back to the match, Hamilton Masakadza continued his extraordinary run of form by hitting his third consecutive fifty but the right-hander's effort was not good enough for the home side to post a challenging total on the board as the Bangladesh bowlers fought back brilliantly from their disappointing show in the previous game.
Masakadza, along with Vusi Sibanda, got off to a confident start after the home side decided to bat first for the third consecutive time but the pair failed to repeat their heroics against South Africa with the latter being run out for 12 to end the opening
stand in the fourth over.
Masakadza looked confident as usual and was threatening to pose a stiff challenge for the visitors, but there were limited contributions from the rest of the top order, mainly due to a disciplined effort from Bangladesh1 s slow bowlers.
Left-arm spinner Abdur Razzak went wicketless but did a valuable job in keeping a lid on the scoring with an economy rate of just five, while the other left-arm spinner Elias Sunny and off-spinner Mahmudullah Riyad also put in notable contributions to restrict Zimbabwe to 149 for eight.
In the ninth over of the match, Zimbabwe skipper Brandon Taylor seemed to be taking the game away from the Tigers, smashing 16 runs from medium-pacer Ziaur Rahman's first three deliveries, but Zia was lucky as Taylor played one shot too many and a top-edged hoick ended up in Mahmudullah’s hands at deep midwicket.
Then man-of-the-match Mashrafe Bin Mortaza took two vital wickets in the late stages, including that of Masakadza, who made 56 off 54 balls with the help of five fours and a six.
Once Masakadza departed, Bangladesh seized control in the final overs as Zimbabwe slipped from the healthy position of 118 for 3 to lose five wickets for just 31 runs in the last five overs of the innings.
In reply, Bangladesh got off to a flying start, thanks to Mohammad Ashraful who took charge of keeping abreast with the asking rate, hitting all over the park. But the right-hander once again showed his callousness to end his innings for 19 runs. Then Tamim Iqbal's unfortunate run-out saw
Bangladesh in trouble but the middle order played solid cricket to recover from the early wobbles.
Young Anamul Haque once again learnt how tough the going is at the international level as the right-hander was dismissed for a shaky 11, but captain Mushfiqur Rahim, his deputy Riyad and Nasir Hossain made sure that Bangladesh bag their first victory on tour.
Mushfiqur made 31 off 23 balls with a six while Riyad, who hit the winning shot off Elton Chigumbura, remained not out on 29 off 14 deliveries with the help of three fours and a six.
Nasir grabbed a great opportunity to show his potential by striking a 31-ball 41 that featured three fours.
Unsurprisingly, Bangladesh skipper Mushfiqur Rahim was a relieved man after
the victory.
“Yes, I'm happy. We needed to focus on our processes and not the outcome. The bowlers did a great job. We had a belief that we could get wickets. In the last game we did well with the ball but if we want to win we have to do well in all three departments and we did that today,” said Mushfiqur.
SCORES IN BRIEF
ZIMBABWE: 149-8 in 20 overs (Sibanda 12, Masakadza 56, Taylor 27, Matsikenyeri 27, Cremer 10, extras 6; Mashrafe 2-28, Sunny 1-27, Abul 1 -26, Zia 1 -18, Riyad 1 -28)
BANGLADESH: 153-4 in 17.3 overs (Tamim 13, Ashraful 19, Anamul 11, Mushfiqur 31, Nasir 41 not out, Riyad 29 not out, extras 9; Jarvis 1-18, Cremer 1-30)
Result: Bangladesh won by six wickets. Man-of-the-match: Mashrafe Bin Mortaza (Bangladesh)