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Cricket: Bangladesh and Zimbabwe fifth and final ODI
12 Dec 2010 at 03:00hrs | Views
The fifth and final ODI of the series between Bangladesh and Zimbabwe.
Everyone is hoping for good weather today(Sunday 12 Dec), since the since the fourth match was called off due to a soggy outfield.
With Bangladesh leading 2-1, the best Zimbabwe can do is draw the series, coach Alan Butcher admitted that would be a good result for Zimbabwe after losing 4-1 in Bangladesh in 2009. Zimbabwe have lost their previous four ODI series in Bangladesh. Sunday's one-dayer is the last scheduled international match for both sides before the 2011 World Cup, and may be the final chance for fringe players to make their case. Both teams have settled bowling attacks, but there are still spots to be fought for in their batting line-ups.
Hamilton Masakadza, one of Zimbabwe's most important batsman over the past few years, has been in poor form and will be under pressure from Regis Chakabva for a place in the team. An experienced batsman for Bangladesh, Mohammad Ashraful, will also be struggling for a place, with Raqibul Hasan and Naeem Islam likely to keep him out again. Craig Ervine has had a couple of starts in the series, but has still only got one half-century in his 13-match ODI career. Ervine said he had been working hard on playing spinners in the nets, and it was paying off in the series. In the first two ODIs he was the only batsman who looked capable of dealing with Bangladesh's left-arm spinners in the middle overs.
Abdur Razzak has a chance to break two records in the match in Chittagong. He has the chance to be the first bowler to take four wickets in four consecutive ODIs if he repeats his efforts of the first three matches in the last one. With 13 wickets in the series, he is also three wickets away from the record for the most number of wickets by a bowler in a five-match bilateral ODI series.
Zimbabwe (probable): Brendan Taylor, Hamilton Masakadza, Regis Chakabva, Elton Chigumbura, Tatenda Taibu (wk), Craig Ervine, Prosper Utseya, Graeme Cremer, Shingirai Masakadza, Raymond Price, Chris Mpofu
Bangladesh (probable): Tamim Iqbal, Imrul Kayes, Junaid Siddique, Raqibul Hasan, Shakib Al Hasan (capt), Mushfiqur Rahim (wk), Naeem Islam, Suhrawadi Shuvo, Mashrafe Mortaza, Abdur Razzak, Shafiul Islam. agencies
Everyone is hoping for good weather today(Sunday 12 Dec), since the since the fourth match was called off due to a soggy outfield.
With Bangladesh leading 2-1, the best Zimbabwe can do is draw the series, coach Alan Butcher admitted that would be a good result for Zimbabwe after losing 4-1 in Bangladesh in 2009. Zimbabwe have lost their previous four ODI series in Bangladesh. Sunday's one-dayer is the last scheduled international match for both sides before the 2011 World Cup, and may be the final chance for fringe players to make their case. Both teams have settled bowling attacks, but there are still spots to be fought for in their batting line-ups.
Abdur Razzak has a chance to break two records in the match in Chittagong. He has the chance to be the first bowler to take four wickets in four consecutive ODIs if he repeats his efforts of the first three matches in the last one. With 13 wickets in the series, he is also three wickets away from the record for the most number of wickets by a bowler in a five-match bilateral ODI series.
Zimbabwe (probable): Brendan Taylor, Hamilton Masakadza, Regis Chakabva, Elton Chigumbura, Tatenda Taibu (wk), Craig Ervine, Prosper Utseya, Graeme Cremer, Shingirai Masakadza, Raymond Price, Chris Mpofu
Bangladesh (probable): Tamim Iqbal, Imrul Kayes, Junaid Siddique, Raqibul Hasan, Shakib Al Hasan (capt), Mushfiqur Rahim (wk), Naeem Islam, Suhrawadi Shuvo, Mashrafe Mortaza, Abdur Razzak, Shafiul Islam. agencies
Source - Byo24
