The Zimbabwe cricket team toured Bangladesh in October 2018 to play two Tests and three One Day International (ODI) matches.[1][2][3] Bangladesh won the ODI series 3–0.[4] Bangladesh's regular Test captain, Shakib Al Hasan, was unavailable due to injury. Therefore, Mahmudullah was named as captain of the squad in his absence.[5]
| Zimbabwean cricket team in Bangladesh in 2018–19 | |||
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| Bangladesh | Zimbabwe | ||
| Dates | 19 October – 15 November 2018 | ||
| Captains |
Mahmudullah (Tests) Mashrafe Mortaza (ODIs) | Hamilton Masakadza | |
| Test series | |||
| Result | 2-match series drawn 1–1 | ||
| Most runs | Mushfiqur Rahim (270) | Brendan Taylor (246) | |
| Most wickets | Taijul Islam (18) | Kyle Jarvis (10) | |
| Player of the series | Taijul Islam (Ban) | ||
| One Day International series | |||
| Results | Bangladesh won the 3-match series 3–0 | ||
| Most runs | Imrul Kayes (349) | Sean Williams (226) | |
| Most wickets |
Mehedi Hasan (4) Mohammad Saifuddin (4) Nazmul Islam (4) | Kyle Jarvis (5) | |
| Player of the series | Imrul Kayes (Ban) | ||
Originally the tour was scheduled to take place in January and February 2019. However, in May 2018, it was announced that the series could be moved to October 2018, because of security concerns around the Bangladeshi general election, scheduled to take place at the same time.[6] In July 2018, both the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) and Zimbabwe Cricket (ZC) confirmed that it would be brought forward to October 2018.[7] The fixtures were confirmed later in July 2018, with the Sylhet International Cricket Stadium scheduled to host its first Test match.[8] During the first Test, it became Bangladesh's eighth Test venue.[9]
Zimbabwe won the first Test by 151 runs. It was only their third away win in Tests[10] and their first away win since 2001.[11] Zimbabwe's last win in a Test match was five years earlier, against Pakistan in Harare.[12] Bangladesh won the second Test by 218 runs, therefore drawing the series 1–1.[13]
Squads
| Tests | ODIs | ||
|---|---|---|---|
 Bangladesh[14] |
 Zimbabwe[15] |
Bangladesh[16] |
Zimbabwe[15] |
After the initial squads were announced, Sikandar Raza was added to Zimbabwe's side for both the Test and ODI matches.[17] Soumya Sarkar was added to Bangladesh's squad for the third ODI.[18] Richard Ngarava was ruled out of Zimbabwe's squad for the two Tests, with Christopher Mpofu replacing him.[19]
Tour matches
50 over match: Bangladesh Cricket Board XI vs Zimbabwe
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- Zimbabwe won the toss and elected to bat.
Three-day match: Bangladesh Cricket Board XI vs Zimbabwe
29–31 October 2018 Scorecard |
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- Bangladesh Cricket Board XI won the toss and elected to field.
- No play was possible on day 1 due to rain. Only 9 overs were bowled on day 2 due to rain.
ODI series
1st ODI
2nd ODI
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- Bangladesh won the toss and elected to field.
3rd ODI
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- Bangladesh won the toss and elected to field.
- Ariful Haque (Ban) made his ODI debut.
- Imrul Kayes and Soumya Sarkar set a new record for the highest partnership for the second wicket for Bangladesh in ODIs (220).[4]
- Imrul Kayes scored the most runs for Bangladesh in a three-match ODI bilateral series (349).[20]
Test series
1st Test
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- Zimbabwe won the toss and elected to bat.
- Ariful Haque, Nazmul Islam (Ban), Wellington Masakadza and Brandon Mavuta (Zim) all made their Test debuts.
- This was the first Test to be played at this venue.[21][22]
- Taijul Islam (Ban) took his first ten-wicket haul in Tests.[23]
2nd Test
11–15 November 2018 Scorecard |
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- Bangladesh won the toss and elected to bat.
- Khaled Ahmed and Mohammad Mithun (Ban) both made their Test debuts.
- Mohammad Mithun became the most experienced first-class cricketer from Bangladesh to make his Test debut, with 88 matches.[24]
- Mushfiqur Rahim (Ban) became the first wicket-keeper to score two double centuries in Tests.[25]
- Mushfiqur Rahim also made the highest individual score (219), faced the most balls in an innings (421), and spent the most minutes at the crease in an innings (589) for a Bangladesh batsman in Tests.[26]
- Brendan Taylor became the first batsman for Zimbabwe to score a century in each innings in a Test on two separate occasions.[27]
Notes
- While five days of play were scheduled for each Test, the first Test reached a result in four days.
References
External links
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