Taylor ton lifts spin-weary Zimbabwe
Chittagong: Brendan Taylor hit a brilliant unbeaten century as Zimbabwe posted a decent 221-9 in the fifth and final One-Day International against hosts Bangladesh here on Thursday.
 Brendan Taylor hit a brilliant unbeaten century as Zimbabwe posted a decent 221-9 in the fifth and final One-Day International against hosts Bangladesh. © AFP |
Taylor hit seven fours and four sixes and took 19 runs in the last over to guide Zimbabwe to their best score in the five-match series, which the visitors had already lost 3-1 after being shot out for 44 in the previous match Tuesday. The Bangladeshi slow bowlers again spun a web around the Zimbabwe batsmen, but Taylor first put on 62 with a promoted Elton Chigumbura and took the score past 200 single-handedly after they were reduced to 113 for seven.
Chigumbura, with a breezy 38, was the only other notable scorer in the Zimbabwe innings.
Bangladeshi captain Shakib Al Hasan, who elected to field at the spin-friendly Zohur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium, fellow left-arm spinner Abdur Razzak and right-hand spinner Mohammad Mahmudullah each picked three wickets.
Bangladesh won the last three matches impressively but lost the first game. They opted for the same squad that won the previous two matches.
Zimbabwe made two changes, bringing in middle-order batsman Forster Mutizwa in place of out-of-form Charles Coventry and Christopher Mpofu for Kyle Jarvis.
| Scoreboard |
| Zimbabwe |
| H Masakadza | c Siddique b Razzak | 10 | |
| M Vermeulen | c Siddique b Razzak | 7 | |
| B Taylor | not out | 118 | |
| E Chigumbura | c Rahim b Mahmudullah | 38 | |
| M Waller | b Mahmudullah | 0 | |
| S Matsikenyeri | c Rahim b Mahmudullah | 8 | |
| F Mutizwa | c and b Shakib | 5 | |
| C Chibhabha | c Siddique b Shakib | 0 | |
| AG Cremer | b Shakib | 10 | |
| R Price | lbw b Razzak | 13 | |
| C Mpofu | not out | 0 | |
| Extras | lb1, w11 | 12 | |
| Total | for nine wickets | 221 |
| Fall of wkts | 1-12, 2-18, 3-80, 4-80, 5-104, 6-113, 7-113, 8-145, 9-199 |
| Bowling |
| Nazmul Hossain 10-2-27-0, Abdur Razzak 10-0-56-3 (3w), Shakib Al Hasan 10-1-29-3, Enamul Haque 10-0-41-0, Mahmudullah 9-0-52-3 (4w), Naeem Islam 1-0-15-0 AFP |
