Zimbabwe A took a 56-run lead at the end of the second day of their opening four day encounter against Bangladesh A at the Harare Sports Club yesterday. After bundling the visitors out for 268, the Zimbabweans had lost one wicket before the end of day one.

Resuming on 0 for 1, the hosts ended up finishing on a confident 324 for 6. While they did finish strongly, it initially didn't seem like the hosts would be able to post such a score as they had crumbled to 10 for 2 after 10 overs.

However, that's when Hamilton Masakadza and Peter Moore stitched a 135-run stand for the third wicket Hamilton scored 64 while Moor posted a brilliant 104 off 202 balls. After those two batsmen were sent back, Ryan Burl held the innings together with an unbeaten 78. Spinner Taijul Islam and pacer Abu Jayed picked up three wickets each for Bangladesh A.