English opener Jason Roy scored his 12th ODI century in the second match of the three-match series against Bangladesh in the capital's Mirpur on Friday. Riding on his century, England are looking to put a big total on the board. At the end of 39 overs, England scored 212-5. Roy completed his century off 104 balls, hitting 12 fours and a six. England's batting approach on the tricky Mirpur surface appeared to be working well. They did not appear extra aggressive against the Bangladesh's attack. They have so far played according to the conditions. Also Read: Bangladesh bowl first, look to avoid rare ODI series loss at home Taskin Ahmed took two wickets, Taijul Islam, Mehidy Hasan Miraz, and Shakib Al Hasan picked one each for Bangladesh. Bangladesh lost the first match of the series by three wickets, making the second match a must-win affair for them if they want to win the series. Bangladesh won the toss and chose to bowl first to maintain their record of not losing an ODI series at home in the past seven years. The Tigers fielded an unchanged playing XI; England made two changes.  

British High Commission in Dhaka has hosted a reception to celebrate the England men’s cricket team’s visit to Bangladesh and the upcoming ODI and T20I cricket series between England and Bangladesh. Players from both Bangladesh and England cricket teams, along with technical and coaching staff attended the reception. British Deputy High Commissioner Javed Patel welcomed guests. He said, “I am delighted to see the England cricket team, as reigning ODI and T20I world champions, visiting Bangladesh in 2023 for what I know will be an exciting series."    

After shepherding Bangladesh to a thrilling victory against India from a seemingly lost position, Mehidy Hasan Miraz revealed he had only one thing on his mind, to win the game for his team, even as last man Mustafizur Rahman joined him in the middle with 50 runs still required to win. Bangladesh produced a lacklustre batting display while in pursuit of 187 runs. Najmul Hossain Shanto was dismissed off the first ball, prodding at a delivery outside the off stump to first slip. The hosts adopted an ultra-slow approach against India's quality bowling attack, and it all seemed to have gone horribly wrong when the side lost five wickets in a span of 27 balls scoring just eight runs. Read: Mehidy, Fizz carry Bangladesh to nailbiting win over India Ultimately Bangladesh managed to clinch the win thanks to Mehidy’s extraordinary effort with the bat, and his maturity in guiding Mustafizur through the unbroken, matchwinning last-wicket partnership. “It may sound crazy, but I'm telling the truth when I say that I had the belief we could do it,” Mehidy declared in the post-match press conference. “I was addressing my partners and told them we didn't have to lose hope even after losing quick wickets.” After Mushfiqur Rahim was dismissed for 18 off 45 balls, Mehidy Hasan came to bat at number eight and had an immense responsibility to steer the Tigers back on track. Unfortunately, Afif Hossain failed to accompany him in the pursuit. After Afif, Ebadot Hossain and Hasan Mahmud failed to provide adequate support to Mehidy in the middle. However, Mustafizur Rahman proved to be a sturdy ally, standing out strongly for Bangladesh. Read: Tamim, Taskin ruled out of India ODIs “When Mustafizur arrived in the middle, he told me he wouldn't get dismissed and that he would take any ball that came his way and take it on his body,” Mehidy said, commending his partner's courage. “It really inspired me.” Bangladesh have endured a number of crushing defeats to India in recent years, with heartbreaks including failing to score two runs off three balls in the 2016 T20 World Cup, unsuccessfully defending 12 runs off the last over of the 2018 Nidahas Trophy final, and losing in the last T20 World Cup by just five runs earlier this year. However, Bangladesh were finally able to turn the tides in their favour on this occasion. Mehdiy was determined to end their streak of close defeats against India. “This is a start,” he declared. “We have been too close for too long. We need to play differently from now on.”

Bangladesh pulled off an incredible one-wicket victory over India in Mirpur on Sunday. The outcome was sealed by a remarkable 51-run partnership between Mehidy Hasan and Mustafizur Rahman for the last wicket, propelling the hosts forward in the series.  Despite a dismal batting performance that saw Bangladesh lose five wickets for eight runs in the span of 27 balls - from 128/4 to 136/9 -, a win was unexpected for the Tigers. But Mehidy and Mustafizur led the hosts to a memorable victory against the odds. Mehidy remained unbeaten with 38 runs off 39 balls, featuring four fours and two sixes. Mustafizur also remained not out after scoring 10 runs off 11 balls. In pursuit of 187, Bangladesh got off to a slow start as they lost four wickets within 95 runs. Liton Das top-scored among the top-order batters with 41 runs off 63 balls, while Najmul Hossain Shanto was dismissed off the first ball, prodding a Dipak Chahar delivery towards the first slip. Liton and Anamaul Haque Bijoy managed to steady the ship with a 26-run partnership before Anamul had a close call when the umpire overturned a lbw call after the third umpire determined the ball was missing the leg-stump.

Pakistan resisted a determined chase from the Netherlands to win the third one-day international by nine runs on Sunday and sweep the series 3-0. The visitors scored 206 in 49.4 overs before limiting the Dutch pursuit to 197 all out with four balls left. Naseem Shah took 5-33 in 10 overs of pace for Pakistan and Mohammad Wasim got key wickets in his 4-36. Pakistan captain Babar Azam won the toss, chose to bat first and hit 91 in 125 balls before the No. 3 was caught and bowled by spinner Aryan Dutt. Azam had seven fours and two sixes. Netherlands pacer Bas de Leede finished with 3-50. Read: Sridharan Sriram to take big role in Bangladesh team In reply, Dutch opener Vikramjit Singh was caught behind off Wasim for an 85-ball 50. Singh shared a 71-run partnership for the fourth wicket with Tom Cooper (62 off 105). The Netherlands needed 56 runs off the last 10 overs with five wickets left but Cooper was finally dismissed by Wasim, leaving his team on 174-7 in the 46th. Wasim bowled Dutt to finish the match. Pakistan had already clinched the three-match series. It won the first ODI by 16 runs and the second by seven wickets.

Using barely half its allotted overs, India beat Zimbabwe by five wickets to win their three-match one-day international cricket series with a game to spare. India scored 167-5 in 25.4 overs at Harare Sports Club in reply to Zimbabwe's 161 all out in 38.1 overs after winning the toss and bowlng first on Saturday. Seamer Shardul Thakur took 3-38 and helped reduce the hosts to 31-4 in the 13th over before Sean Williams (42) and Ryan Burl (39 not out) staged a middle order rally for Zimbabwe. Read:Pakistan’s Afridi to miss T20 Asia Cup and England series In reply India lost skipper KL Rahul in the seond over for one, before veteran opener Shikhar Dhawan and Shubman Gill both scored 33. Wicketkeeper-batsman Sanju Samson made a quickfire 43 not out off 39 balls, including three fours and four sixes. He hit the winning six as the visitors reached the target with 146 balls to spare. India has a 2-0 insurmountable lead in the three-match series after winning the opener by 10 wickets. The third ODI is on Monday at the same venue.

Afif Hossain, unbeaten at 85, and Anamul Haque Bijoy, hitting his second fifty in the series, propelled Bangladesh to 256 for nine in the third and final ODI against Zimbabwe on Wednesday at the Harare Sports Club.  Zimbabwe won the first two matches of the series, and they are on the verge of registering a clean sweep over Bangladesh.  Bangladesh suffered their last clean sweep over Zimbabwe back in 2001.  The Tigers need to defend this total to avoid a whitewash against the hosts.  For the third time in the series, Bangladesh lost the toss and were inserted to bat first. Like the first two matches, Bangladesh managed a brisk start as Tamim Iqbal and Anamul Haque added 41 runs in 8.3 overs. Tamim going well until being trapped in a run-out for 19 off 30 balls.  After Tamim’s departure, Bangladesh suffered a mini-collapse with out-form batter Najmul Hossain Shanto and Mushfiqur Rahim fell quickly within the 10 overs of the innings. Both suffered a duck each.  Read: Bangladesh bat first in 3rd ODI vs Zimbabwe In the fourth-wicket stand, Anamul and Mahmudullah Riyad added 77 runs. But the unusually slow batting from Mahmudullah put immense pressure on Bangladesh. Mahmudullah eventually fell for 39 off 69 balls. Afif was firm at the other end of the wicket. But he did not get enough company from Mehidy Hasan Miraz who batted for 24 balls to score 14 runs.  Afif remained unbeaten for 85 off 81 balls with six fours and two sixes.  For Zimbabwe, Brad Evans and Luke Jongwe scalped two wickets each.  Bangladesh have three pacers in their arsenal along with Taijul Islam and Mehidy as the spinners to defend a total of 256. In the last two matches of this series, Bangladesh failed to defend 303 and 290.

Zimbabwe won the toss again, and for the third and final time in the ongoing series, they sent Bangladesh to bat first. Bangladesh have lost the first two matches of the series. Now the Tigers can only have a consolation win on Wednesday. In the first match, Bangladesh scored 303 and failed to defend it. In the second, they posted 290 and failed to defend it too. In both the matches, Sikandar Raza of Zimbabwe hit a ton and guided his team to two outstanding victories. Bangladesh are struggling to field their best XI as Liton Das is suffering from injuries. Mustafizur Rahman also missed a match before staging a comeback for Wednesday's game. The third match of the ODI series is the 400th ODI of Bangladesh. Coming into this landmark match, Bangladesh are eying a win -- the only happiness they can bring back from Zimbabwe. Bangladesh made two changes to the playing XI, overlooking Shoriful Islam and Taskin Ahmed to pave the way for Ebadot Hossain and Mustafiz. Bangladesh vs Zimbabwe 2021: ODI Series PreviewRead: Sikandar, the king of Zimbabwe in this series, will lead them in the last match. Bangladesh (Playing XI): Tamim Iqbal (c), Anamul Haque, Najmul Hossain Shanto, Mushfiqur Rahim(w), Mahmudullah, Afif Hossain, Mehidy Hasan Miraz, Taijul Islam, Ebadot Hossain, Hasan Mahmud, Mustafizur Rahman   Zimbabwe (Playing XI): Tadiwanashe Marumani, Takudzwanashe Kaitano, Innocent Kaia, Wesley Madhevere, Sikandar Raza (c), Clive Madande (w), Tony Munyonga, Luke Jongwe, Brad Evans, Victor Nyauchi, Richard Ngarava

Zimbabwe beat Bangladesh by five wickets in the first of the three-match ODI series on Friday in Harare.  It was Zimbabwe’s first ODI win against Bangladesh in nine years— the last was in 2013 in Bulawayo.  The hosts chased down a target of 304 with 10 balls in hand. Sikandar Raza hit his fourth ODI hundred and remained unbeaten for 135 of 109 balls with eight fours and six sixes.  Align with Raza, Innocent Kaia also hit a ton for Zimbabwe, which was his maiden ton in the format.  In reply to Bangladesh’s total of 303 runs, Zimbabwe lost two early wickets. But they never looked out of the race. In the third wicket stand, Wesley Madhevere and Innocent added 60 runs.  After recovering from the early damage, Zimbabwe made a solid foundation. In the fourth wicket stand, Raza and Innocent added 192 runs on the board. It was the third highest partnership for Zimbabwe in ODIs, and it was the highest ODI partnership of Zimbabwe against Bangladesh.  For Bangladesh, Mustafizur Rahman, Shoriful Islam, Mosaddek Hossain and Mehidy Hasan bagged a wicket each.  Earlier, Opener Liton Das hit 81 and Anamul Haque scored 73 in his ODI comeback to guide Bangladesh to 303 for two after losing the toss and being inserted to bat first.  Read: Bangladesh bat first in 1st ODI vs Zimbabwe Bangladesh lost the three-match T20I series ahead of the ODIs. Right after switching the format, Bangladesh started to display their ODI prowess. Tamim Iqbal and Liton added 119 runs in the opening stand before Sikandar Raza got Tamim for 62 off 88 balls. Anamul, struggling to bring his domestic form into international cricket, finally hit a fifty. He made 73 off 63 balls with six hours and three sixes. After Liton retired hurt, Mushfiqur Rahim, who skipped the previous series against the West Indies due to personal reasons, came to the wicket and scored 52 off 49 balls. Mahmudullah Riyad remained unbeaten for 20 off 12 balls. Bangladesh fielded a three-bowler pace attack that included Taskin Ahmed, Shoriful Islam and Mustafizur Rahman.  The Tigers had won 19 ODIs  on the trot against Zimbabwe prior to today's contest. But these stats did not help them to make a good start to the three-match ODI series against Zimbabwe. The hosts have finally broken the drought of not winning an ODI against Bangladesh for a long time.  “I didn't think we had enough on the board,” Tamim, the Bangladesh captain said after the match. “We could have pushed a little more, we were 15-20 runs short. We knew we had to bat like a Test match in the first 10-15 overs.” Bangladesh’s opener Liton had to retire hurt with a hamstring problem. Had he not left the crease at 81, Bangladesh would have got a few more runs on the board.  Read: BAN vs ZIM ODI Series 2022: What to expect from Bangladesh and squad preview The batter might not be able to take part in the remaining matches of this series as the captain has indicated after the match. The last two matches will be played on August 7 and 10 at the same venue.  Regis Chakabva, the Zimbabwe captain, praised Raza and Innocent for their outstanding effort with the bat. “The way they kicked on after losing early wickets, couldn't ask for anything better. We were happy with the first 20 overs despite not getting any wickets, we felt they were 20-30 short,” he said.

The Bangladesh national men’s cricket team will travel to Zimbabwe this month to take part in a 3-match T20I series followed by a 3-match ODI series against the hosts. The star all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan will not travel with the Bangladesh white-ball teams to take part in the series as the BCB granted him leave for the Zimbabwe tour. Apart from him, all other major members of the national team setup are likely to take part in both the limited-overs contests. Take a look at the full fixtures of the tour as well as head-to-head records between Zimbabwe and Bangladesh. Bangladesh vs Zimbabwe Series 2022: Full Fixtures Bangladesh’s tour of Zimbabwe in 2022 will kick off with the Twenty20 International series on July 30. After that, Bangladesh will play a bilateral ODI series from August 5 to August 10. All the scheduled matches will take place at the Harare Sports Club in Harare. ZIM vs BAN T20I Series 2022 Fixtures First T20I: July 30 Second T20I: August 1 Third T20I: August 2 Read BCB finalises next three BPL dates ZIM vs BAN ODI Series 2022 Fixtures First ODI: August 5 Second ODI: August 7 Third ODI: August 10 Bangladesh vs Zimbabwe H2H: ODI and T20I Records Bangladesh have a stellar recent record against Zimbabwe across all formats. They haven’t lost an ODI against Zimbabwe since 2014. Team Tigers has remained unbeaten against the Zimbabwe ODI side in the last 19 matches. Overall, Bangladesh have won twelve bilateral ODI series against Zimbabwe, while the Zimbabwean T20I side has won six of them. Bangladesh also have a strong record against Zimbabwe in the T20 format, leading the head-to-head battle with 11 wins. Team Tigers has only lost one T20I against Zimbabwe in the last seven meetings. Six bilateral T20I series have been played between Bangladesh and Zimbabwe thus far. Bangladesh won three of them, and the other three ended in draws. Let’s have a look at some notable ODI and T20I records between these two teams. Read: ICC Test Championship: Bangladesh likely to play 34 Tests in next two editions Notable Head-to-Head ODI Records: Bangladesh vs Zimbabwe   Bangladesh Zimbabwe Matches Played (78) 50 wins 28 wins Most Runs Tamim Iqbal (1816) Brendon Taylor (1508) Highest Score Litton Das (176) CK Coventry (194*) Most Hundreds Tamim Iqbal (4) Brendon Taylor (2) Most Wickets Shakib Al Hasan (82) Raymond Price (35) Best Bowling Figures Abdur Razzak (5/29) Bryan Strang (6/20) Most Matches Mushfiqur Rahim (48) Brendon Taylor (56)    Source: https://www.espncricinfo.com/ Read Pant and Pandya star as India wins ODI series vs. England Notable Head-to-Head T20I Records: Bangladesh vs Zimbabwe   Bangladesh Zimbabwe Matches Played (16) 11 wins 5 wins Most Runs Soumya Sarkar (298) Hamilton Masakadza (377) Highest Score Soumya Sarkar (68) Hamilton Masakadza (93) Most Fifties Soumya Sarkar (3) Hamilton Masakadza (3) Most Wickets Mustafizur Rahman (18) AG Cremer (11) Best Bowling Figures Shakib Al Hasan (4/21) Neville Madziva (4/34) Most Matches Mahmudullah Riyad (15) Sikandar Raza and Sean Williams (12)    Source: https://www.espncricinfo.com/ Read Is there any potential suitor to replace Tamim Iqbal in T20I cricket? Bottom Line The current Zimbabwe team is not a competitive one that can pose some threat to the visiting Bangladesh team. As a result, the team Tigers will begin as favorites to win both the ODI and T20 formats in the Zimbabwe vs Bangladesh Series 2022. Tamim Iqbal can set a new record of winning the most consecutive ODI series as a captain if his team wins the fifty-overs format series. On the other hand, the Mahmudullah-led T20I team will get another chance to prepare themselves ahead of the T20 World Cup 2022. Bangladesh players, who have lacked confidence and are out of form on the international stage, should take the tour seriously.