Bangladesh vs Zimbabwe, 1st Test - Live Cricket Score, Commentary

It officially is stumps on Day 3. A truncated day's play?with only 44 overs being?bowled - Bangladesh moved from 57 for 1 to 194 for 4, a lead of 112 runs. It's not match-winning as yet, but they're putting themselves?in a position?of strength. Najmul Shanto has led from the front, having been dropped on 26, he has made the visitors pay, the Bangladesh captain was involved in two good partnerships, 65 for the 3rd wicket?with Mominul Haque and now an unbroken?39-run stand with Jaker Ali. The visitors have bowled well and have stuck to their discipline with Blessing Muzarabani being the best of the lot, they'll know that they're just a couple of wickets away from getting into Bangladesh's tail, but they also realize that they can't afford to leak too many more runs. Weather permitting, this Test is wonderfully set-up and we'll have early starts for the rest of the game to make up for some of the lost time. Do join us nice and early for Day 4. For now, cheers and bye..

16:41 Local Time, 10:41 GMT, 16:11 IST: The two umpires converge, it does look dark and the floodlights have taken effect. They've decided that it's too dark for play to continue - Match stopped due to bad light. Richard Kettleborough takes a reading, the Bangladeshi batters are slowly trudging away, don't think the visitors will be too unhappy. This partnership was going on nicely and they did look in control. The umpires are still out in the middle, we've around 45 minutes plus the extra half-an-hour of play left, but I doubt light will improve for us to have a few more overs

Wellington Masakadza to Jaker Ali, no run, pushed through flatter and at the stumps, Jaker plays with an open stance as he defended

Wellington Masakadza to Jaker Ali, no run, very full and well wide of off, left alone

Wellington Masakadza to Jaker Ali, no run, loopy delivery outside off, a big stride forward as Jaker defended

Wellington Masakadza to Jaker Ali, no run, fraction short and just outside off, punched off the back-foot to cover

Wellington Masakadza to Jaker Ali, no run, flighted delivery outside off, a good stride forward as Jaker blocked

Wellington Masakadza to Jaker Ali, no run, tossed up on off, Jaker leans well forward in defence

Nyauchi to Jaker Ali, 1 run, walks across, stabs it wide of the man at gully for a single as that was outside off

Nyauchi to Jaker Ali, no run, short of length delivery, at the sticks, Jaker Ali pats the ball down into the off-side

Nyauchi to Jaker Ali, no run, covers the line of the delivery and pats it back to the bowler with a shuffle

Nyauchi to Shanto, 1 run, nips in, the batter gets it off the inner-half of the bat and down to fine leg for a single

Nyauchi to Shanto, no run, angled in, on a length, Shanto gets the bat down and stabs it down to mid-on

Nyauchi to Shanto, no run, on a length, angled in, the batter strides out and defends it down to mid-on

Victor Nyauchi [12.0-4-26-1] is back into the attack

The rate has slowed down in the last 30 minutes or so. The umpire just checked his lightmeter. Nyauchi brought back into the attack now.

Wellington Masakadza to Jaker Ali, no run, on the sticks, tossed up, Jaker Ali gets the bat down and defends it out on to the on-side

Wellington Masakadza to Jaker Ali, no run, bends down, covers the line, defends it down into the deck

Wellington Masakadza to Jaker Ali, no run, stabs it down off the back foot to cover

Wellington Masakadza to Jaker Ali, no run, lobbed up, outside off, Jaker Ali gets forward and defends it