Ponting slumps after Adelaide failures

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Posted by FunKingdom | Posted on 7:55 AM

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Ricky Ponting has fallen out of the world's top 20 batsmen for the first time since 2001 following his double failure in Adelaide as Australia were crushed by an innings-and-71 runs in the second Ashes Test. The man who removed him for a first-innings golden duck, James Anderson, has risen to a career-best No. 3 in the bowling rankings while Graeme Swann has closed the gap on Dale Steyn at No. 1.

Ponting didn't survive the opening over in Adelaide, when he was caught at slip first ball, and could only manage 9 in the second innings before he was removed by Swann. It meant he had only 70 runs in four innings for the series, 51 of those in the second innings in Brisbane as the match was drawn.

Anderson overtook Zaheer Khan to secure third spot following his match figures of 6 for 143. He began the match in stunning style by removing Ponting and Michael Clarke as Australia slumped to 3 for 2 and then, on the final morning, found himself on a hat-trick after claiming Brad Haddin and Ryan Harris.

Swann, meanwhile, bounced back from a disappointing performance in Brisbane by playing a key role in England's innings-and-71-run victory. He took two important wickets in the first innings, but came into his own second time around as he bagged five on a wearing pitch.

He is now just 14 points behind Steyn at the top of the table and, if he performs well in Perth and Melbourne, has a chance to finish the year as the leading bowler in the world. However, Steyn will be looking to consolidate his position when he leads South Africa's attack against India in the Test series that starts on December 16

After conceding 620 runs it's not surprising that Australia's bowlers slipped, with Doug Bollinger sliding four places to No. 13 and Peter Siddle, who hasn't claimed a wicket since his Brisbane hat-trick, slipping three to No. 17.

England also made significant gains on the batting front, with Jonathan Trott continuing his rise after securing a career-best position last week and moving further up to sixth place, while Alastair Cook's mighty form has seen him climb to No. 13 and he now has the most points of his career. Kevin Pietersen is also marching back up the ladder after ending his lean run with a career-best 227.

The one bright spot for Australia has been Mike Hussey's form and he gained ten places following his match double of 93 and 52 in Adelaide. Michael Clarke's second-innings 80 has prevented him from slipping down the list.

New Zealand edge ahead with timely strikes

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Posted by FunKingdom | Posted on 7:54 AM

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New Zealand reduced India to 130 for 4 to hold the advantage at the half-way mark of the chase at the Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bangalore. There were three distinct phases of play during the chase: India dawdled to 10 from four overs, raced to 67 from ten, crawled again to reach 89 for 2 in 16 overs before losing two quick wickets in the rebuilding stage.

The start was tentative, perhaps due to the pressure exerted by the big target and, also, partly due to Parthiv Patel feeling the heat of a comeback. Patel was on 5 after facing16 deliveries before he started to counterattack with a little bit of help from New Zealand. Until then, they had tied him down with a fuller length but helped him break free by feeding him short deliveries. Parthiv slashed and cut his way to a maiden fifty but fell when the heat picked up again.

During the short period that India dominated, Gautam Gambhir also laced boundaries on both sides of the wicket. When he held his pose after driving Andy McKay through covers on a bent knee in the eight over, with the score 44 for 0, it seemed India had well and truly broken free of the early shackles. However, New Zealand, as they had done with the bat, came back strongly to retain control.

It happened for them in the tenth over, bowled by Andy McKay. First, Ross Taylor was seen suggesting that McKay try slower ones. Gambhir edged the first one to the fine-leg boundary but cut the next straight to point. Mckay removed Virat Kohli in the same over, by inducing him to top-edge a pull shot to the fine-leg boundary. Nathan McCullum then struck twice in succession to reduce India to 108 for 4. McCullum had Yuvraj Singh swiping to short midwicket and lured Patel into holing out at long-on. Things would have been dire for India had the umpire Ameesh Sahiba upheld a regulation bat and pad catch: Rohit Sharma was on 0 when he inside edged Daniel Vettori on to his pad and Brendon McCullum held the rebound.

50 Overs New Zealand 315 for 7 (Franklin 98*, Taylor 46, McCullum 42) v India


James Franklin played a perfectly-paced innings - ramping it up in the last couple of overs - to propel New Zealand to a strong position in the fourth ODI in Bangalore. His knock provided the perfect climax to New Zealand's refreshing approach today; the openers attacked to take them to 91 for 2 in the 14th over and the middle-order adapted to the fall of wickets by rebuilding at a slower pace before Franklin's final flourish. India, led by Ashish Nehra, soaked up the pressure of the attack by the openers, and seemed to be in the game till the end but Franklin broke their discipline, and ruined their figures, with a stunning assault.

Franklin looted 22 runs in the final over, bowled by Nehra, with some wickedly entertaining big hits: He smashed the second delivery to the straight boundary, the third over long-off, the fourth to midwicket, and the fifth to the wide long-off boundary. It was not, however, a knock of such fury and adrenalin from the start; he had actually built his innings with conventional shots, such as the one in 47th over, when he was batting with the tail and was under some pressure. He sashayed down the track to Yusuf Pathan, who had just picked two wickets, and nonchalantly flicked him wide of the deep midwicket fielder. No manic rush or desperation; he simply carried on with his style, sweeping the spinners and flicking and square driving the seamers to get to his fifty. Only in the final two overs did he explode.

His change of pace reflected New Zealand's overall approach. There were two moments when they could have stumbled: They were at 210 for 5 after Ross Taylor fell, trapped lbw by R Ashwin, first ball after taking the batting Powerplay in the 38th over and they were at 249 for 6 in 43 overs when Daniel Vettori was dismissed. Yet they kept their composure and the innings stayed on track.

New Zealand began in audacious manner in overcast conditions and with some movement - especially in a fine opening over from Zaheer Khan; Brendon McCullum opted for unconventional methods, charging down or shuffling across to create room for his unorthodoxy to flower, while Guptill was aggressive within the framework of traditional batting, lofting his drives and whipping the full deliveries through the on side.

McCullum made his first move in the second over, from Praveen Kumar, by rushing down the track to play a one-handed carve over cover point. That emboldened him to play more such strokes: he smashed Zaheer to the straight boundary, lifted him over mid-off, shuffled to the off to force a boundary on the leg side and lifted Nehra to the long-off boundary. India tried to see if he would make a mistake against spin but McCullum continued to impose himself, deploying both conventional and reverse-sweeps to pick up boundaries against R Ashwin.

It was Guptill who first got the chance to activate this aggressive plan. Praveen tried to bring the lbw into play with a couple of inswingers but Guptill took the risk and flicked him across the line to the midwicket boundary. He then twice lofted Nehra over mid-on and, at that point, New Zealand were sitting pretty on 62 for 0 in 8.3 overs.

Nehra engineered India's fightback, though he was helped by a mistake from Guptill, who carved a full delivery outside off to short extra cover. It wasn't clear whether the error happened because Guptill had played one shot too many and hence was over-aggressive, or whether it was because he had played a half-hearted shot. India had their breakthrough and a foot back in the game. In his next over, Nehra induced Jamie How to edge a length delivery to slips and New Zealand were 70 for 2.

Then Ashwin, who leaked 17 runs in his first two overs and had just been swept for a boundary, tossed one full outside off stump and lured McCullum into swiping it to Rohit Sharma at short midwicket. New Zealand, who were 91 for 3 with McCullum's fall in the 14th over, started to consolidate. Ross Taylor and Scott Styris, perhaps aware of the fragility of the lower order, chose caution over aggression as New Zealand sauntered in the middle overs before Franklin imposed himself in some style.

Unexpected reversals leave IPL preparations in disarray

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Posted by FunKingdom | Posted on 7:53 AM

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The BCCI has convened a special general body meeting (SGM) in Mumbai on Saturday to discuss the reappointment of the board's disciplinary committee. The tenure of the committee, which is investigating the conduct of former IPL chairman Lalit Modi, expired at September's annual general body meeting. The board, however, failed to reappoint or reconstitute it, technically stripping it of its existence. The BCCI secretary N Srinivasan told PTI news agency that the reappointment of the committee was "a minor thing" which had been pointed out by Modi's lawyer, Mehmood Abdi last month.

The SGM, ostensibly to tackle a "minor" issue, will be held in the backdrop of several major, unexpected reversals for a board that is usually used to getting its own way. One of the BCCI's more serious challenges is the stuttering preparation for IPL 2011.

The past six months have been dogged by the controversial termination of two franchises (Rajasthan Royals and the Kings XI Punjab), and a protracted ownership-pattern dispute over a third, (the new Kochi franchise). As a result of the controversies, the player auction has been delayed by several months and going by the BCCI's legal battles, could well be held in the middle of the 2011 World Cup.

The confusion over the eventual number of teams that will be involved next season affects every component of the world's most lucrative domestic league: its teams/ franchises, its players and its very structure. IPL 2011 now faces several scenarios:

  • If both expelled teams take part in the player auction, it will become much harder to prevent them at a later date from playing in the IPL, as any players who sign with them would then be left without a team.

  • The league is currently slated to have eight teams playing each other home and away, just like in the first three seasons. A ninth team would naturally result in an unbalanced schedule, while 10 teams could increase the overall number of fixtures and once again rake up the issue of player burnout.

  • The board is considering delaying the player auction until March, by which time its legal issues are expected to be resolved, and it will know how many teams will be playing. That would, however, result in the player auction clashing with the World Cup and will prevent teams from being able to use their players in promotions and advertising campaigns, potentially causing them to breach their obligations to their sponsors.

Rajasthan are already back in the league less than two months after being 'terminated' due to an interim stay order from Justice Srikrishna, the arbitor in the case. While the board has appealed against Srikrishna's ruling to the Bombay High Court, legal opinion suggests it will be difficult to overturn his order. There is also believed to be a sentiment within the IPL governing council that the cases of Rajasthan and Punjab are "reasonably strong", and that the BCCI's leadership is going after too many people at the same time.

Srikrishna has restored Rajasthan's rights under the franchise agreement, including the right to take part in the player auction. Srikrishna also stated that the BCCI could not make any rules that would adversely affect Rajasthan, for example changing any of the league's rules, hampering the board's ability to alter its plans as the legal cases unfold. Srikrishna may have stepped down from the Punjab hearing, but it is believed that the stay in favour of Rajasthan could have a bearing on their case when it comes up for hearing.

Punjab accused the board of "deliberately" delaying its proceedings so that the December 6 deadline for the retention of select players in each team would expire, leaving Punjab looking in from the outside. The Bombay High Court ruled in Punjab's favour, and extended the deadline to December 8, handing the BCCI yet another setback, and suggesting Punjab has a case against the board.

The longer the cases drag on, the harder it becomes for the board, and the franchises, to plan for the 2011 tournament.

Swann bowls England to innings victory

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Posted by FunKingdom | Posted on 7:51 AM

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England have one hand on the Ashes after Graeme Swann bowled them to victory with a five-wicket haul in Adelaide, where neither rain nor the lower order could save Australia on the fifth morning. The significance of the win cannot be underestimated, as it gives England a 1-0 advantage heading in to the third Test in Perth, which starts in a week and a half.

The triumph came when Swann turned a ball through the gate to bowl Peter Siddle, completing his five-for and confirming the margin of an innings and 71 runs. It was a devastating morning for Australia, who began the day hopeful that they could survive for a draw with six wickets in hand, but it took England less than 90 minutes to skittle the remaining Australians.

Last time England took a series lead in Australia, it was 1986-87, and they did not give it away. And as the holders of the urn, Andrew Strauss and his men will retain the Ashes unless Australia can win at least two of the remaining three Tests, a monumental task given that they have now gone five Tests without tasting victory, stretching back to the series against Pakistan in England.

There will be changes for both teams at the WACA, with England forced to look to Chris Tremlett or Tim Bresnan, due to a series-ending abdominal injury to Stuart Broad. Australia will have to find a new opener as Simon Katich's Achilles tendon problem has ruled him out of the rest of the series, while Xavier Doherty and Marcus North will also face a nervous wait to see if they keep their places.

North could have saved his position by salvaging a draw for Australia on the final day, but he was one of the wickets to fall cheaply as England wrapped up the contest before lunch. The visitors knew a thunderstorm was expected later in the afternoon, and after they made the initial breakthrough by getting rid of the established Michael Hussey for 52, they tightened the noose on Australia's lower order.

Hussey and North resumed at 4 for 238 after the loss of Michael Clarke from the last ball of play on Monday, and it took only six overs for England to get a sniff of victory. Hussey was dropped by Matt Prior off the bowling of Swann but didn't survive a second chance when he top-edged a pull off Steven Finn and was comfortably taken at midwicket by James Anderson.

There was a roar from Anderson as soon as he had the ball safely in his hands, knowing that the in-form Hussey was the big breakthrough England required. Brad Haddin followed soon afterwards for 12 when he edged behind off Anderson, and England were in to Australia's long tail, with North carrying the home team's slim hopes at the other end.

Anderson quickly found himself on a hat-trick when Ryan Harris made unwanted history by completing a king pair, leaving a ball that swung back in and struck him in line with the stumps. Out of desperation more than belief, Harris asked for a review, but there was no way he was going to be saved, and neither were Australia.

There was no hat-trick for Anderson when he began his next over but he didn't really mind, as in the meantime Swann had removed North, the last of Australia's specialist batsmen, for 22. This time the review system did overturn a decision; Tony Hill gave North not out as he came forward with bat and pad close together, Swann wanted a referral, and the replays showed it was pad first, hitting the stumps, and a potentially career-busting blow for North.

Swann bowled outstandingly on the final day, and deserved his 5 for 91. In the absence of Broad for much of the innings, he sent down 41.1 overs, and collected the final two wickets when he sneaked the ball under the bat of Doherty for 5 and then finished off Siddle.

And it all happened under the most perfect, sunny skies. If Australia were hoping for storms, their prayers were not answered. In truth, they never recovered from the hurricane that struck on the first morning when they were 3 for 2. And now, England need only one more victory to retain the Ashes.

Hussey's contrast, and the Gabba flattened

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Posted by FunKingdom | Posted on 1:44 AM

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Michael Hussey's has been a curious international career so far. In his first three years he was so good that his average was closer to the Don than anyone else's had been (among those who'd played at least 15 Tests). Graeme Pollock, George Headley and Herbert Sutcliffe all averaged a touch above 60, but Hussey strode above them all with an average of 80.58, having made 15 scores of 50 or more in 19 matches.

Then came the inevitable slump. The next couple of years, which, unfortunately from his point of view, were extremely busy ones for Australia, also coincided with a terrible run for Hussey - the average dropped from almost 85 to 52 in 21 matches. During a span of six series in a little over a year, only once did he remotely resemble a run machine, when he scored 394 in four Tests in India. Three times in those six series his average dipped below 23. When he scored 34 and 20 in the second Test against India earlier this year, his career average dipped below 50 for the first time since his first Test.

It's since moved back up beyond 50 but Hussey will have a job on his hands to keep it above that benchmark, especially since Australia have tours to Sri Lanka and South Africa scheduled over the next 10 months. A break-up of Hussey's career numbers shows that while he has generally been unstoppable at home, he has been a much lesser force when he travels. His home average is more than 65, but apart from Bangladesh, in each of the other countries he has played in he averages less than 45, and in countries other than India, less than 40. As the table below shows, Hussey's home and away numbers are extremely skewed - even more than Mahela Jayawardene's - but while Jayawardene has attracted plenty of negative comment for his stats, Hussey has so far escaped similar censure.

Michael Hussey, home and away
VenueTestsRunsAverage100s/ 50s
Home29257666.059/ 9
Away/ neutral26169938.613/ 12
Career55427551.5012/ 21

Among Australian batsmen who've scored more than 1500 away runs over the last two decades, Hussey's average is among the poorest, with only Mark Taylor and Michael Slater faring worse. One of the factors that has hurt Hussey when he has played outside Australia is his conversion rate: out of 15 scores of 50-plus, he has converted only three into hundreds; in Australia the corresponding numbers are nine out of 18. The ratio of Tests per 50-plus score is almost the same both home and away - 1.61 in Australia and 1.73 overseas - but the difference in conversion rates means the difference in averages is significant. The Gabba Test against England was another example of this, when he got a start and almost ended up converting it into a doube-hundred.

Australian batsmen at overseas and neutral venues since Jan 1990 (Qual: 1500 runs)
BatsmanTestsRunsAverage100s/ 50s
Steve Waugh64447356.6215/ 17
Adam Gilchrist41263449.6910/ 9
Ricky Ponting69546049.1818/ 22
Damien Martyn34239145.989/ 10
Simon Katich35268445.497/ 14
Matthew Hayden47341542.689/ 13
Michael Clarke34226541.946/ 10
Justin Langer50326841.368/ 17
Mark Waugh67401040.509/ 24
David Boon28169740.405/ 7
Michael Hussey26169938.613/ 12
Mark Taylor43269337.926/ 13
Michael Slater41247035.285/ 9

The 2008-09 season was a poor one for Hussey at home - in five Tests against New Zealand and South Africa he scored one half-century and three ducks - but apart from that he has averaged more than 55 in every season. It's hardly surprising that his home average is the highest among all Australians since 1990.

Australian batsmen at home since Jan 1990 (Qual: 1500 runs)
BatsmanTestsRunsAverage100s/ 50s
Michael Hussey29257666.059/ 9
Ricky Ponting80685160.0921/ 34
Matthew Hayden56521057.8821/ 16
Michael Clarke31229357.328/ 9
Michael Slater33284252.629/ 12
Steve Waugh69456550.1614/ 20
David Boon34260649.168/ 11
Justin Langer55442848.6515/ 13
Damien Martyn33201546.864/ 13
Adam Gilchrist55293645.877/ 17

Hussey's aggression against Graeme Swann might have surprised some, but perhaps the answer lies in the table below: spinners seldom get him out in Australia, and he mostly scores heavily off them. His average against spinners at home is almost 100, which is more than twice his overseas average. In the Ashes series in England, Swann dismissed Hussey twice, at an average of 43.50, and went at 2.93 runs per over. In the Gabba Test, Hussey scored 66 off 100 balls from Swann, a run rate of nearly four per over. If past record is any indication, Hussey could well continue his domination of Swann through the series.

Hussey against pace and spin overseas
Bowler typeRunsBallsDismissalsAverage
Pace104222692837.21
Spin65714271543.80
Hussey against pace and spin at home
Bowler typeRunsBallsDismissalsAverage
Pace168333723056.10
Spin8931767999.22

The Gabba flattened
The last sentence of last week's column read thus: "Luckily for those who prefer a more even contest between bat and ball, an Ashes Test at the Gabba is already underway." Those words of wisdom were written after the first day of that Test, when England had been bundled out for 260, but events over the next four days demonstrated the perils of speaking (or writing) too soon. England's top three batted, batted and then batted some more, so that by the end of the fifth day the Test match ended with the highest runs-per-wicket number in the entire history of Tests at the Gabba. And by some distance too: the average of 62.04 was more than 14 runs clear of the previous highest, which was also in a Test involving the same teams but 45 years ago.

In fact, not only is it the highest average at the Gabba, it's also among the most batsman-dominated Tests ever played in Australia. Only twice has a Test in Australia produced a higher average, both in Sydney: in 2003-04 the game against India, Steve Waugh's last Test, had an average of 69.88, while the one against West Indies in 1992-93 produced 64.52 runs per wicket.

Last week's match is also the only contribution by the Gabba to the top 19 matches in Australia in terms of averages, which shows how unusual it is for Brisbane to produce flat decks. Adelaide, on the other hand, figures in the list five times, Melbourne and Sydney four times each, Perth three times and Hobart twice. (Click here for the full list of matches.)

Bangladesh on course chasing 191

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Posted by FunKingdom | Posted on 1:42 AM

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Junaid Siddique and Raqibul Hasan were in control of the chase at the halfway mark, despite Tamim Iqbal throwing away a brisk start, leaving Bangladesh well placed to level the five-match ODI series at 1-1.

Tamim's breezy 44 meant Bangladesh needed to score only around three runs an over after his dismissal, and Siddique and Raqibul were doing the job with ease during an unbeaten 43-run stand for the third wicket. While Siddique was quick to drive and loft anything pitched up, Raqibul used his feet efficiently against spin, working the ball around for singles. Chigumbura rotated his bowlers, even turning to the medium pace of Chamu Chibhabha, but Siddique and Raqibul stood firm.

Tamim had earlier got Bangladesh off to a quick start as they came out to bat before lunch. Prosper Utseya opened for Zimbabwe with offspin, and was greeted with a six and a four over mid-off as his three overs went for 19. At the other end, Chris Mpofu surprised Imrul Kayes with sharp bounce and away movement to induce an edge to Tatenda Taibu. Mpofu could have had another one in the same over, but Elton Chigumbura dropped a sitter as Siddique hit airily to mid-off.

Undeterred, Tamim drove the first ball after lunch straight in to the non-striker's stumps, and got across to glance the next two deliveries past short fine leg for boundaries. When Siddique too got going with a perfect back-foot punch through cover, it seemed Bangladesh had learned from the disaster chase two days ago, when most of the batsmen threw away their wickets with reckless shots to fall nine short of 209. But old habits came back to haunt them when Tamim, who had seemed in no trouble as he raced to 44, holed out to Mpofu off Ray Price, looking to send the ball out of the ground again after having hit the previous delivery for six.

Bangladesh slowed down a touch after Tamim's dismissal, with Price being miserly. But unlike the Bangladesh spinners, who had kept up the pressure from both ends, Utseya continued to leak runs. Siddique made Zimbabwe pay for the dropped chance, and along with Raqibul, who replaced Mohammad Ashraful, consolidated the innings.

Abdur Razzak and Shakib Al Hasan did what they have become increasingly adept at, putting the squeeze on Zimbabwe's batsmen on a typically slow Mirpur surface, before Razzak finished them off for 191 with a late hat-trick. The left-arm spin duo picked up nine wickets for 69 runs in 18.2 overs as Zimbabwe struggled almost throughout their innings. Except for a brief period, when 57 came in eight overs during a busy seventh-wicket stand between Craig Ervine and Prosper Utseya, the runs were hard to come by.

Ervine and Utseya showed the way to stuttering top and middle-order batsmen, who had thrown away starts to leave Zimbabwe struggling at 132 for 6 after 37 overs. However, Razzak returned to remove Utseya with the last ball of the 45th over, and then trapped Ray Price and Chris Mpofu leg before with the first two deliveries of the 47th, ensuring Zimbabwe failed to bat 50 overs. Ervine, who played with an urgency that eluded the batsmen preceding him, was stranded on 42.

Ervine had given direction to an innings that was going nowhere as soon as he arrived at the crease. The flighted deliveries from the spinners were driven down the ground and through extra cover, and when the bowlers shortened the length, he went back to work the ball into gaps. He also used the sweeps, conventional and reverse, to good effect. Meanwhile, Utseya targeted the vacant deep-midwicket region, repeatedly swinging the left-arm spinners against the turn over the infield. He also made room outside leg to cut the short deliveries.

At 189 for 6, with more than five overs to go, including four of the batting Powerplay, Zimbabwe were targeting a total in excess of 225, which could have proved difficult to chase. However, Razzak and Shakib orchestrated the late collapse, ensuring Bangladesh would chase well under 200.

Zimbabwe had struggled in the middle overs against the rampant spinners, with Keith Dabengwa and Tatenda Taibu using 104 deliveries for a 48-run stand for the fourth wicket. They were unable to rotate the strike, repeatedly finding the fielders as the slow bowlers kept it flat and tight on the stumps. Both batsmen's dismissals highlighted their frustration at being unable to score: Dabengwa spooned a full toss back to Shakib, while Taibu was given out lbw after missing an attempted reverse sweep for the umpteenth time. Four overs later, Elton Chigumbura swung wildly at Shakib and was bowled as Zimbabwe slid to 132 for 6.

The start hadn't been as bleak for Zimbabwe when Brendan Taylor and Regis Chakabva had taken them to 50 for 1 by the tenth over, despite the early fall of Chamu Chibhabha. However, the introduction of spin as early as the seventh over brought results for Bangladesh. Taylor tried to manufacture a shot against Shakib, skipping down the track and looking to go over extra cover. He only got as far as Raqibul Hasan - playing in place of Mohammad Ashraful - who timed his leap perfectly to take the catch.

In the next over, Chakabva offered a chance to Tamim Iqbal at short fine leg, top-edging a sweep. Tamim ran in and swooped down on the ball, but dropped the takeable catch. The miss didn't cost Bangladesh much as Razzak deceived Chakabva with flight and turn in his next over and Mushfiqur Rahim effected an easy stumping. From 50 for 1, Zimbabwe had slipped to 56 for 3. A period of slow and painful consolidation followed as Dabengwa and Taibu tried to work out how to score against spin without taking too many risks, but the runs were not coming easily.

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