The
Bangladesh cricket team
The Bangladesh men's national cricket team ( bn, বাংলাদেশ জাতীয় ক্রিকেট দল), popularly known as The Tigers, is administered by the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB). It is a Full Member of the Inte ...
toured
Zimbabwe in 2009. They played five
One Day International
A One Day International (ODI) is a form of limited overs cricket, played between two teams with international status, in which each team faces a fixed number of overs, currently 50, with the game lasting up to 9 hours. The Cricket World C ...
s against
Zimbabwe. Due to Zimbabwe's self-imposed suspension from Test cricket, no Test matches were scheduled; instead, Zimbabwe have entered a team in the
ICC Intercontinental Cup. At the same time as the ODI series against Bangladesh, a Zimbabwe XI will
play a four-day Intercontinental Cup match against
Afghanistan.
ODI series
1st ODI
Bangladeshi captain
Shakib Al Hasan won the toss and elected to field on an easy-paced track at the
Queens Sports Club,
Bulawayo.
Bangladesh's opening bowler
Syed Rasel
Syed Rasel ( bn, সৈয়দ রাসেল) (born 3 July 1984) is a Bangladeshi cricketer, who plays all formats of the game. He is a left-handed medium-fast swing bowler who came up through the ranks of the under-19s, to the Bangladesh A ...
got the tourists off to a good start dismissing Zimbabwean opener
Hamilton Masakadza for a duck in the opening over. After five years out of the International game,
Mark Vermeulen
Mark Andrew Vermeulen (born 2 March 1979) is a former Zimbabwean cricketer, who played Test matches and One Day Internationals. He is a right-handed opening batsman and occasional off spin bowler.
Domestic career
He was former captain of Z ...
and number three
Chamu Chibhabha, stabilised the innings with a second-wicket partnership of 25 from 37 balls, before Chibhabha was dismissed by
Nazmul Hossain for seven.
Joining Vermuelan at the crease was Wicket-keeper
Brendan Taylor, and with the score on 2-25, looked to be giving Vermuelan support with 20 from 39 balls. Starting with a flicked boundary, Taylor was unlucky to be given out leg before wicket (lbw) to Shakib—after an inside edge—breaking the innings highest partnership (49). Joined at the crease by
Charles Coventry, Vermuelan who was lucky to survive a lbw appeal off
Shakib Al Hasan in the 13th over, went on to register his fifth ODI half century from 73 deliveries. Looking to be aggressive, Coventry was caught on the boundary with
Mohammad Ashraful's first ball, after scoring 19.
2nd ODI
3rd ODI
4th ODI
5th ODI
Media coverage
;Television
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Ten Sports (live) – Bangladesh, India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Middle East
References
External links
{{International cricket tours of Zimbabwe
2009 in Bangladeshi cricket
2009–10 Zimbabwean cricket season
2009
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International cricket competitions in 2009