Agence France Presse

Dhaka, January 20:

Fast bowler Douglas Hondo grabbed three wickets in four overs to bowl Zimbabwe to a 22-run victory over Bangladesh in the first one-day match. Chasing 252-run target, Bangladesh were all out for 229 runs. Earlier, Zimbabwe posted a competitive total as Brendan Taylor (58) and Hamilton Masakadza (54) slammed half-centuries.

Bangladesh were well-placed at 119-2 in the 27th over before losing their way. They were in deep trouble when they lost their next four wickets in the space of 24 runs. Hondo wrecked the middle order, dismissing Aftab Ahmed, Alok Kapali and Khaled Mashud.

Zimbabwe were earlier struggling at 14-2 before Taylor and Masakadza propped up the innings with half-centuries.

SCOREBOARD

Zimbabwe

S Matsikenyeri b Mahmud 33

B Rogers c & b Hossain 1

D Ebrahim lbw b Baisya 1

H Masakadza b Mahmud 54

B Taylor b Saleh 58

T Taibu run out 28

E Chigumbura c Mashud b Razzak 41

T Panyangara not out 16

P Utseya lbw b Hossain 6

D Hondo not out 7

Extras: 6 (b1, lb1, nb2, w2)

Total: 251/8 (50 overs)

FoW: 1-3, 2-14, 3-84, 4-107, 5-172, 6-188, 7-226, 8-236

Bangladesh Bowling: Baisya 6-0-27-1, Hossain 7-0-35-2, Razzak 8-1-51-1, Mahmud 10-1-50-2, Kapali 10-0-40-0, Ahmed 4-0-20-0, Saleh 5-0-26-1

Man of the match: Douglas Hondo (Zimbabwe)

Bangladesh

R Saleh c M’nyeri b Mpofu 40

N Iqbal c Hondo b P’ngara 12

H Bashar c M’nyeri b Utseya 39

M Ashraful c Masakadza b Utseya 42

A Ahmed c Rogers b Hondo 1

A Kapali c Taibu b Hondo 4

K Mashud c Masakadza b Hondo 3

K Mahmud run out 34

T Baisya not out 33

A Razzak b P’ngara 0

N Hossain run out 2

Extras: 19 (lb3, nb7, w9)

Total: 229 (48.1 overs)

FoW: 1-34, 2-70, 3-119, 4-128, 5-137, 6-143, 7-165, 8-207, 9-214

Zimbabwe Bowling: Panyangara 7.1-0-31-2, Mpofu 7-0-34-1, Hondo 10-0-36-3, Chigumbura 9-0-62-0, Matsikenyeri 3-0-16-0, Utseya 10-1-37-2, Rogers 2-0-10-0