Bangladesh v Zimbabwe, Sylhet

Bangladesh 191/10 & 255/10

Zimbabwe 273/10 & 174/7

Zimbabwe won by 3 wickets

Bangladesh v Zimbabwe 2025 · 1st Test Sylhet International Cricket Stadium, Sylhet 20–23 Apr 2025

How hard each side found the batting

Uneven — Zimbabwe had it tougher than Bangladesh.

Bangladesh

1.08× +8%

Zimbabwe

0.99× -1%

harder to scoretypicaleasier

The lead

On equal conditions, Zimbabwe led by more than the scoreboard showed.

Who won it · by value

Runs, and what they were worth in these conditions

BJ Bennett Zimbabwe

111 +151

Jaker Ali Bangladesh

86 +137

Mominul Haque Bangladesh

103 +120

Nazmul Hossain Shanto Bangladesh

100 +119

SC Williams Zimbabwe

68 +107

Best bowling

Top match figures

B Muzarabani6/72

Mehedi Hasan Miraz5/50

Mehedi Hasan Miraz5/52

WP Masakadza3/21

Top score

Nazmul Hossain Shanto · Bangladesh

Biggest stand

1st wkt · Zimbabwe

Worst collapse

3–18

3 wkts for 18 · Zimbabwe

Match facts

TossBangladesh, bat

ResultZimbabwe won by 3 wickets

Length4 days

Bangladesh

191 /10 (61.0 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
Mahmudul Hasan Joy	c NP Mayavo b VM Nyauchi	14	35	2	0	40.00
Shadman Islam	c BJ Bennett b VM Nyauchi	12	23	1	0	52.17
Mominul Haque	c W Madhevere b WP Masakadza	56	105	8	1	53.33
Nazmul Hossain Shanto	c W Madhevere b B Muzarabani	40	69	6	0	57.97
Mushfiqur Rahim	c BJ Bennett b WP Masakadza	4	18	0	0	22.22
Jaker Ali	c BJ Curran b W Madhevere	28	59	6	0	47.46
Mehedi Hasan Miraz	c NP Mayavo b B Muzarabani	1	4	0	0	25.00
Taijul Islam	c NP Mayavo b WP Masakadza	3	19	0	0	15.79
Hasan Mahmud	b B Muzarabani	19	30	4	0	63.33
Khaled Ahmed*	not out	4	3	1	0	133.33
Nahid Rana	b W Madhevere	0	4	0	0	0.00

Extras 10 (b 3, lb 4, nb 3)

Total 191/10 (61.0 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
R Ngarava	14.0	2	37	0	2.64
B Muzarabani	19.0	4	50	3	2.63
VM Nyauchi	15.0	2	74	2	4.93
W Madhevere	3.0	2	2	2	0.67
WP Masakadza	10.0	4	21	3	2.10

Fall of wickets

1-31 (Shadman Islam, 8.5)·2-32 (Mahmudul Hasan Joy, 10.4)·3-98 (Nazmul Hossain Shanto, 31.5)·4-123 (Mushfiqur Rahim, 38.6)·5-136 (Mominul Haque, 42.2)·6-137 (Mehedi Hasan Miraz, 43.1)·7-146 (Taijul Islam, 48.2)·8-187 (Hasan Mahmud, 59.3)·9-191 (Jaker Ali, 60.2)·10-191 (Nahid Rana, 60.6)

Zimbabwe

273 /10 (80.2 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
BJ Bennett	c Jaker Ali b Nahid Rana	57	64	10	0	89.06
BJ Curran	c Mominul Haque b Nahid Rana	18	55	2	0	32.73
NR Welch	b Hasan Mahmud	2	12	0	0	16.67
CR Ervine	c Jaker Ali b Nahid Rana	8	39	1	0	20.51
SC Williams	c Mahmudul Hasan Joy b Mehedi Hasan Miraz	59	108	6	2	54.63
W Madhevere	b Khaled Ahmed	24	33	4	0	72.73
NP Mayavo	lbw b Mehedi Hasan Miraz	35	54	5	0	64.81
WP Masakadza	c Nazmul Hossain Shanto b Mehedi Hasan Miraz	6	42	0	0	14.29
R Ngarava*	not out	28	44	1	1	63.64
B Muzarabani	st Jaker Ali b Mehedi Hasan Miraz	17	16	2	1	106.25
VM Nyauchi	c Taijul Islam b Mehedi Hasan Miraz	7	18	0	0	38.89

Extras 12 (b 4, lb 5, nb 3)

Total 273/10 (80.2 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
Hasan Mahmud	17.0	4	55	1	3.24
Nahid Rana	18.0	3	74	3	4.11
Khaled Ahmed	15.0	5	30	1	2.00
Mehedi Hasan Miraz	20.2	5	52	5	2.56
Taijul Islam	10.0	0	53	0	5.30

Fall of wickets

1-69 (BJ Curran, 16.5)·2-88 (BJ Bennett, 20.6)·3-88 (NR Welch, 21.3)·4-129 (CR Ervine, 36.3)·5-177 (W Madhevere, 49.3)·6-193 (SC Williams, 54.3)·7-218 (NP Mayavo, 66.3)·8-223 (WP Masakadza, 68.3)·9-259 (B Muzarabani, 74.5)·10-273 (VM Nyauchi, 80.2)

Bangladesh

255 /10 (79.2 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
Shadman Islam	c SC Williams b B Muzarabani	4	10	1	0	40.00
Mahmudul Hasan Joy	c CR Ervine b B Muzarabani	33	65	6	0	50.77
Mominul Haque	c NP Mayavo b VM Nyauchi	47	84	6	0	55.95
Nazmul Hossain Shanto	c VM Nyauchi b B Muzarabani	60	105	7	0	57.14
Mushfiqur Rahim	c CR Ervine b B Muzarabani	4	20	0	0	20.00
Jaker Ali	c NR Welch b B Muzarabani	58	111	4	1	52.25
Mehedi Hasan Miraz	c BJ Bennett b B Muzarabani	11	15	1	1	73.33
Taijul Islam	c NP Mayavo b R Ngarava	1	3	0	0	33.33
Hasan Mahmud	c B Muzarabani b WP Masakadza	12	58	2	0	20.69
Khaled Ahmed	c CR Ervine b WP Masakadza	0	1	0	0	0.00
Nahid Rana*	not out	0	4	0	0	0.00

Extras 25 (b 13, lb 2, w 10)

Total 255/10 (79.2 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
VM Nyauchi	18.0	4	42	1	2.33
B Muzarabani	20.2	6	72	6	3.54
R Ngarava	19.0	0	74	1	3.89
W Madhevere	8.0	1	32	0	4.00
WP Masakadza	14.0	4	20	2	1.43

Fall of wickets

1-13 (Shadman Islam, 3.4)·2-73 (Mahmudul Hasan Joy, 19.5)·3-138 (Mominul Haque, 34.6)·4-155 (Mushfiqur Rahim, 41.4)·5-194 (Nazmul Hossain Shanto, 57.2)·6-210 (Mehedi Hasan Miraz, 61.2)·7-213 (Taijul Islam, 62.3)·8-248 (Hasan Mahmud, 77.4)·9-248 (Khaled Ahmed, 77.5)·10-255 (Jaker Ali, 79.2)

Zimbabwe

174 /7 (50.1 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
BJ Bennett	c Mushfiqur Rahim b Mehedi Hasan Miraz	54	81	7	1	66.67
BJ Curran	c Khaled Ahmed b Mehedi Hasan Miraz	44	75	7	0	58.67
NR Welch	lbw b Taijul Islam	10	19	2	0	52.63
SC Williams	c Nazmul Hossain Shanto b Mehedi Hasan Miraz	9	13	0	1	69.23
CR Ervine	c Jaker Ali b Taijul Islam	10	30	1	0	33.33
W Madhevere*	not out	19	55	3	0	34.55
NP Mayavo	b Mehedi Hasan Miraz	1	4	0	0	25.00
WP Masakadza	b Mehedi Hasan Miraz	12	20	1	1	60.00
R Ngarava*	not out	4	4	1	0	100.00

Extras 11 (b 8, lb 3)

Total 174/7 (50.1 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
Nahid Rana	5.0	0	24	0	4.80
Hasan Mahmud	4.0	1	13	0	3.25
Mehedi Hasan Miraz	22.1	8	50	5	2.26
Khaled Ahmed	3.0	1	6	0	2.00
Taijul Islam	16.0	0	70	2	4.38

Fall of wickets

1-95 (BJ Curran, 20.6)·2-112 (NR Welch, 25.6)·3-127 (SC Williams, 30.1)·4-128 (BJ Bennett, 32.5)·5-144 (CR Ervine, 41.1)·6-145 (NP Mayavo, 42.1)·7-161 (WP Masakadza, 48.3)