Bangladesh vs Zimbabwe, 1st Test - Live Cricket Score, Commentary
Series: Zimbabwe tour of Bangladesh, 2018 Venue: Sylhet International Cricket Stadium, Sylhet Date & Time: Nov 03-Nov 07, 10:00 AM LOCAL
Hamilton Masakadza 52(105)
31.6
Abu Jayed to Masakadza, out Lbw!! THREE REDS. SYMBOL OF DEATH. Bangladesh couldn't have asked for a better start to the post-lunch session. Abu Jayed gets this good length delivery to reverse and that meant, a great shape back into the right-hander, Masakadza was a tad late to bring his bat in front of pads and was also done in by the skid off the pitch. Beats the inside edge and strikes him in front of middle and umpire Richard Kettleborough had no doubts in his mind. Masakadza lbw b Abu Jayed 52(105) [4s-4 6s-2]
31.5
Abu Jayed to Masakadza, no run, short and rising at the batsman, Masakadza hops back and punches down the pitch
31.4
Abu Jayed to Masakadza, no run, plonks forward and smothers this good length delivery down the pitch
31.3
Abu Jayed to Masakadza, no run, shout for leg before, but that's missing leg. Nips in from short of length and hits Masakadza high on the pad after beating him on the shuffle-flick. Too high and drifting down
31.2
Abu Jayed to Masakadza, no run, drifts this further down and clips Masakadza's thigh pad after he misses the flick
31.1
Abu Jayed to Masakadza, no run, good length and angling in towards the pads, tucked into the leg-side
30.6
Nazmul Islam to Sean Williams, no run, flighted outside off, Williams drives and finds cover in the way
30.2
Nazmul Islam to Masakadza, no run, overpitched and Masakadza thumps the drive straight to Mahmuddullah at short cover. He knows he has missed out there
30.1
Nazmul Islam to Masakadza, no run, slower through the air and on off, Masakadza pushes it back to Nazmul
29.6
Abu Jayed to Masakadza, 1 run, slanted in on off, Masakadza clips it past short mid and wide enough of mid-on to give him a single
29.5
Abu Jayed to Masakadza, no run, pitched up and Masakadza drives with a straight bat to mid-off
29.4
Abu Jayed to Masakadza, no run, angled in on a fullish length, Masakadza's on-drive is straight to mid-on
29.3
Abu Jayed to Masakadza, no run, fuller than a good length, Masakadza blocks with the bat and pad close to him
29.2
Abu Jayed to Masakadza, no run, good length ball and Masakadza defends it to cover
29.1
Abu Jayed to Masakadza, FOUR, fifty for Masakadza. The skipper is leading from the front. Acknowledges his mates' applause with a bat raise. Williams also congratulates him on his 8th Test fifty. Reaches the milestone with a fantastic shot. Not a bad delivery by Abu, on a length and outside off, Masakadza drives on the rise and beats mid-off to his left. The timing and placement were simply sublime
28.6
Nazmul Islam to Masakadza, 1 run, that's poor from Nazmul. He does not stop this drive from Masakadza and concedes the single to long-off
28.5
Nazmul Islam to Sean Williams, 1 run, over the wicket and flighted outside off, pushed between cover and point for a single
28.3
Nazmul Islam to Masakadza, no run, teased up at a much slower pace - 80.2kph and Masakadza knocks it to extra cover
28.2
Nazmul Islam to Masakadza, no run, slower, fuller and on the stumps, Masakadza blocks
28.1
Nazmul Islam to Masakadza, 2 runs, fraction short and outside off, Masakadza throws the bat on the cut and the thickish outside edge runs away fine, Mominul gives chase and keeps it to a double
27.6
Mehidy Hasan to Sean Williams, no run, punches it from the sticks to extra cover. Bit of oohs and aahs from the close in fielders
26.6
T Islam to Masakadza, 1 run, floaty delivery and Masakadza drills the drive to deepish mid-off
26.5
T Islam to Sean Williams, 1 run, flattish delivery and Williams whips it to the left of the square leg umpire
25.6
Mehidy Hasan to Sean Williams, no run, not short and even though Williams gave himself room to play the cut shot, there was no timing and he ends up chopping it back down the wicket
25.2
Mehidy Hasan to Sean Williams, 1 run, not sure if Williams meant to nurdle it backward of square, but the ball did take the inner portion before rolling into that region
24.5
T Islam to Masakadza, no run, floated up around off, Masakadza defends with the bat and pad close together
24.4
T Islam to Masakadza, no run, oh! That almost trickled back onto the stumps. Taijul slips in the arm-ball and Masakadza is pressing forward on leg-stump, tiny gap between bat and pad and the inside edge brushes the pad before eluding the leg-stump
24.3
T Islam to Masakadza, no run, flatter and sliding in, Masakadza stays leg-side and punches it back
24.2
T Islam to Masakadza, no run, another unconvincing drive from Masakadza, straight back to Taijul
24.1
T Islam to Masakadza, no run, drifts with the arm and Masakadza goes for the drive, another inside edge that rolls safely into the on-side
23.6
Mehidy Hasan to Sean Williams, no run, floated up around off, Williams lunges forward to keep it out
23.1
Mehidy Hasan to Masakadza, no run, comes down the track and almost yorks himself, jammed back to Mehidy
22.6
T Islam to Sean Williams, no run, once again does not come fully forward as he negotiates it from the crease
22.3
T Islam to Masakadza, no run, very slow and on a perect length, Masakadza waits for the ball and pats it to point
22.2
T Islam to Masakadza, no run, slower and around off, Masakadza prods forward and guards it to cover
22.1
T Islam to Masakadza, no run, low dipping full toss and Masakadza drags the drive to mid-on. Went too hard and lost his shape
21.6
Mehidy Hasan to Sean Williams, no run, defended back to Mehidy
20.5
T Islam to Masakadza, no run, once more he's looking to drive to long-off, but the thick inside takes the ball into the on-side
20.4
T Islam to Masakadza, no run, lines up for the inside out drive, but the ball dips in front of him and the inside edge deflects onto the pad
20.3
T Islam to Sean Williams, 1 run, shortens the length and Williams uses the turn to whip it to deep square leg
19.5
Mehidy Hasan to Masakadza, no run, attacking the stumps and Masakadza pats with a wrist roll to short leg
19.4
Mehidy Hasan to Masakadza, no run, floaty delivery and Masakadza is not tempted, big stride in and defended
19.3
Mehidy Hasan to Masakadza, no run, nice and slow from Mehidy, Masakadza turns it to the on-side with the head on top of the ball
19.2
Mehidy Hasan to Sean Williams, 1 run, slides on with the arm, Williams is caught in the crease and the inside edge dribbles to backward square
18.5
T Islam to Masakadza, FOUR, bad delivery and Masakadza puts it away. Half tracker with ample amount of width, Masakadza transfers his weight back and crashes it in front of square, long chase for Ariful and he goes knee first into the ground. Luckily doesn't do any damage
18.4
T Islam to Masakadza, no run, much better. Allows the ball to arrive and then defends with soft hands
18.3
T Islam to Masakadza, no run, slows it up considerably and Masakadza goes with hard hands on the forward defensive, hit on the splice and the ball drops in front of silly point. Needs to be careful
18.2
T Islam to Masakadza, no run, very full in length and Masakadza almost jams the drive back to Taijul
18.1
T Islam to Masakadza, no run, gets beside the line of the delivery and eases it inside out straight to short cover
17.6
Mehidy Hasan to Sean Williams, no run, tossed up on off, Williams presses forward and defends back
17.3
Mehidy Hasan to Masakadza, no run, steps out and meets the pitch of the delivery, turns it to short mid-wicket
17.2
Mehidy Hasan to Masakadza, no run, flatter and quicker at 92.4kph, stays low as well, Masakadza goes back and gets his bat down in the nick of time
17.1
Mehidy Hasan to Masakadza, no run, slower and outside off, Masakadza negates it with a big stride forward
16.6
T Islam to Sean Williams, no run, fuller in length and Williams eases the forward push to mid-off
15.5
Mehidy Hasan to Masakadza, no run, a firmer forward push from Masakadza straight back to the bowler
15.4
Mehidy Hasan to Masakadza, 2 runs, Liton Das anticipated the paddle and started moving from left, but the ball evades him and runs away fine, the fielder in the deep runs around and keeps it to a brace
15.3
Mehidy Hasan to Masakadza, no run, drifts outside off and Masakadza has it covered with a stride forward
15.2
Mehidy Hasan to Masakadza, no run, bit more air and Masakadza push-drives it back to Mehidy
15.1
Mehidy Hasan to Masakadza, no run, tossed up outside off, blocked
14.6
T Islam to Masakadza, 1 run, Islam has been too full in this over. Another overpitched delivery, Masakadza makes room and drives it to long-off to retain strike
14.5
T Islam to Masakadza, no run, down the leg-side, defended to mid-wicket
14.4
T Islam to Brendan Taylor, 1 run, again some away turn on that 88.4 kmph delivery, Brendan Taylor plays it with the turn and drives it wide of cover for a single
14.1
T Islam to Brendan Taylor, 1 run, almost yorker length and it spins away, the outside half of the bat takes it to point
13.5
A Haque to Brendan Taylor, 3 runs, a hint of room on this delivery and Brendan Taylor pounces on it. He doesn't try to hit it too hard, just times the punch well and manages to defeat mid-off. Brendan Taylor charges for the second run and pushes Masakadza to come back for a third
12.5
T Islam to Brendan Taylor, 1 run, flighted and at the stumps, Brendan Taylor plunges forward and pushes it wide of mid-off for a single
12.2
T Islam to Masakadza, no run, some turn for Taijul. Masakadza did well to play inside the line and not go searching for the ball. It spins past the outside edge
12.1
T Islam to Masakadza, no run, flatter delivery at the stumps, inside edges it back on the pads and it deflects to the off-side
11.6
A Haque to Brendan Taylor, no run, defends it to mid-on
11.4
A Haque to Masakadza, no run, gets behind the line and defends it to the off-side
11.3
A Haque to Masakadza, no run, loud appeal from Haque! The first question was whether it hit his pad first or bat. Umpire thinks pad first, he indicates that it is outside the line. And the line is umpire's call shows the replay. It nips back in and Masakadza fails to put bat to it and he was rapped on the pads
11.2
A Haque to Masakadza, no run, on a length and at the stumps, another defenisve shot to cover
11.1
A Haque to Masakadza, no run, on a fuller length and at the stumps, Masakadza plunges forward and defends it to cover
10.6
T Islam to Brendan Taylor, no run, another defensive shot back to the bowler
10.2
T Islam to Chari, 1 run, another delivery down the leg-side. The inside edge takes it wide of Rahim for a single
9.5
A Haque to Masakadza, no run, comes on the front foot and pushes it to cover
9.4
A Haque to Masakadza, no run, this one comes back in off the deck. Masakadza was beaten by the late movement. It clips the inside half of the willow and defelcts to square leg
9.3
A Haque to Masakadza, no run, was shaping up to play the pull shot. The line was outside off and he decides to push it to cover
9.2
A Haque to Masakadza, no run, in the same channel again, it bounces a touch extra. Masakadza uses soft hands to counter it, it ends up at point
9.1
A Haque to Masakadza, no run, on a length and around off, Masakadza plunges forward and defends it to cover
8.6
Abu Jayed to Chari, no run, this one moves back in sharply in the air. It beats Chari for pace and he was late in getting his bat down. It ends up just wide of the off-stump. Was extremely close!
7.5
T Islam to Masakadza, no run, goes on the back foot on this ball and defends it to silly point
7.4
T Islam to Masakadza, no run, 89.7 kmph delivery at the stumps, Masakadza blocks it wide of silly point
7.3
T Islam to Masakadza, no run, drives it to cover
7.2
T Islam to Masakadza, FOUR, it was on a fuller length and Masakadza decides to sweep, not the smartest shot to play. Masakadza executes it well though, he manages to get it fine enough to beat fine leg for a boundary
7.1
T Islam to Masakadza, no run, flatter delivery at the stumps, a straight bat defensive shot back to the bowler
6.6
Abu Jayed to Chari, 2 runs, uses soft hand this time. He lets the ball come to him and opens the face of the bat at the last moment to guide it wide of point for a brace
5.6
T Islam to Chari, no run, flatter delivery at the stumps, Chari defends it to the off-side
4.5
Abu Jayed to Masakadza, no run, on a good length and at the stumps, Masakadza defends it to cover with an angled bat
4.4
Abu Jayed to Chari, leg byes, 1 run, this delivery decks in, Chari was late in getting his bat down. It deflects off the thigh pad to the on-side for a single
3.5
T Islam to Masakadza, SIX, Masakadza has climbed into this one. He clears his front leg on that fuller length delivery and tonks it over long-off. The connection was sweet and it clears the ropes with ease
3.4
T Islam to Masakadza, no run, goes on the back foot and pushes it straight to cover
3.3
T Islam to Masakadza, no run, blocks it to mid-off
3.2
T Islam to Masakadza, no run, attemps a drive, inside half of the willow takes it to mid-on
3.1
T Islam to Masakadza, no run, defends it to the off-side
2.6
Abu Jayed to Chari, no run, on a fuller length and outside off, left alone
1.5
T Islam to Masakadza, no run, wide of off, left alone
1.4
T Islam to Masakadza, no run, a gentle appeal by Rahim for caught behind. It was an optimistic one as it hit the ground first before reaching Rahim. This delivery came back in, it hits the inside edge of Masakadza and deflects back to Rahim
1.3
T Islam to Masakadza, no run, flatter one at the stumps, Masakadza blocks it to the off-side
1.2
T Islam to Masakadza, no run, drags his length back a touch, there was some turn. Masakadza adjusts well and defends it to cover
1.1
T Islam to Masakadza, no run, fuller length delivery at the stumps, Masakadza drives it straight to cover
0.6
Abu Jayed to Chari, no run, fuller length delivery outside off, Chari lifts his bat and lets it go
0.4
Abu Jayed to Masakadza, no run, an absolute peach from Abu Jayed! It was angled in and then curls away from Masakadza who plays inside the line and it fizzes past his outside edge
0.3
Abu Jayed to Masakadza, no run, closer to the stumps but not close enough for Masakadza. He identifies the line early and leaves it alone
0.2
Abu Jayed to Masakadza, no run, this one was too wide of off, Masakadza lifts his bat and lets it go
0.1
Abu Jayed to Masakadza, no run, straightaway some movement in the air for Abu Jayed. It was on a good length and it moved away in the air. Masakadza was foxed by the movement and it defeats his outside edge
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