Zimbabwean cricket team in Bangladesh in 2004–05

Zimbabwean cricket team in Bangladesh in 2004-05
 
  Zimbabwe Bangladesh
Dates 6 January – 31 January 2005
Captains Tatenda Taibu Habibul Bashar
Test series
Result Bangladesh won the 2-match series 1–0
Most runs Tatenda Taibu (330) Nafees Iqbal (205)
Most wickets Douglas Hondo (9) Enamul Haque jnr (18)
Player of the series Enamul Haque jnr (Ban)
One Day International series
Results Bangladesh won the 5-match series 3–2
Most runs Barney Rogers (251) Aftab Ahmed (179)
Most wickets Tinashe Panyangara (7) Manjural Islam Rana (9)
Player of the series Barney Rogers (Zim)

The Zimbabwe cricket team toured Bangladesh in January 2005 to play two Test matches and five One Day International matches. Bangladesh won the test series 1–0 with one match drawn. This was the first time Bangladesh had won both a Test match and a Test series. They also hold the ODI series by 3-2 margin.[1][2][3]

Schedule

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Date Match Venue
January
6 January 2005 1st Test MA Aziz Stadium, Chittagong
14 January 2005 2nd Test Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka
20 January 2005 1st ODI Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka
24 January 2005 2nd ODI MA Aziz Stadium, Chittagong
26 January 2005 3rd ODI MA Aziz Stadium, Chittagong
29 January 2005 4th ODI Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka
31 January 2005 5th ODI Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka

Squads

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 Zimbabwe Test  Bangladesh Test  Zimbabwe ODI  Bangladesh ODI

Test series

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1st Test

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6 January 2005
Scorecard
v
488 (149.3 overs)
Habibul Bashar 94 (128)
Christopher Mpofu 4/109 (29 overs)
312 (131.4 overs)
Tatenda Taibu 92 (241)
Mohammad Rafique 5/65 (41.4 overs)
204/9 (51.1 overs)
Habibul Bashar 55 (80)
Elton Chigumbura 5/54 (16.1 overs)
154 (64.2 overs)
Hamilton Masakadza 56 (130)
Tapash Baisya 2/20 (10 overs)
 Bangladesh won by 226 runs.
MA Aziz Stadium, Chittagong
Umpires: Tyron Wijewardene (SL) and Asad Rauf (Pak)
Player of the match: Enamul Haque jnr (Ban)

2nd Test

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14 January 2005
Scorecard
v
211 (78.4 overs)
Mohammad Rafique 56 (79)
Douglas Hondo 6/59 (22 overs)
298 (118 overs)
Tatenda Taibu 85 (218)
Enamul Haque jnr 7/95 (35 overs)
285/5 (142 overs)
Nafees Iqbal 121 (355)
Tinashe Panyangara 3/28 (21 overs)
286 (103 overs)
Tatenda Taibu 153 (292)
Enamul Haque jnr 5/105 (37 overs)
Match Drawn
Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka
Umpires: Gamini Silva (SL) and Nadeem Ghauri (Pak)
Player of the match: Tatenda Taibu (Zim)
  • Bangladesh won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Due to the result of this match Bangladesh won their first ever test series.[7][8]

ODI series

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1st ODI

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20 January 2005
scorecard
Bangladesh 
229 (48.1 overs)
v
 Zimbabwe
251/8 (50 overs)
Mohammad Ashraful 42 (75)
Douglas Hondo 3/36 (10 overs)
Brendan Taylor 58 (74)
Nazmul Hossain 2/35 (7 overs)
 Zimbabwe won by 22 runs
Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka
Umpires: AFM Akhtaruddin (Ban) and Nadeem Ghauri (Pak)
Player of the match: Douglas Hondo (Zim)
  • Zimbabwe won the toss and elected to bat.

2nd ODI

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24 January 2005
scorecard
Bangladesh 
206 (47.1 overs)
v
 Zimbabwe
237/5 (50 overs)
Nafees Iqbal 58 (81)
Christopher Mpofu 2/19 (5.1 overs)
Barney Rogers 66 (85)
Enamul Haque jnr 2/37 (10 overs)
 Zimbabwe won by 31 runs
MA Aziz Stadium, Chittagong
Umpires: Asad Rauf (Pak) and Mahbubur Rahman (Ban)
Player of the match: Barney Rogers (Zim)
  • Zimbabwe won the toss and elected to bat

3rd ODI

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26 January 2005
scorecard
Bangladesh 
244/9 (50 overs)
v
 Zimbabwe
204 (47.5 overs)
Aftab Ahmed 38 (55)
Brendan Taylor 2/23 (5 overs)
Barney Rogers 51 (81)
Manjurul Islam 4/34 (10 overs)
 Bangladesh won by 40 runs
MA Aziz Stadium, Chittagong
Umpires: Asad Rauf (Pak) and Mahbubur Rahman (Ban)
Player of the match: Manjurul Islam (Ban)

4th ODI

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29 January 2005
scorecard
Bangladesh 
247/9 (50 overs)
v
 Zimbabwe
189 (47.2 overs)
Nafees Iqbal 56 (76)
Brendan Taylor 3/54 (7 overs)
Stuart Matsikenyeri 50 (69)
Manjurul Islam 4/36 (10 overs)
 Bangladesh won by 58 runs
Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka
Umpires: AFM Akhtaruddin (Ban) and Asad Rauf (Pak)
Player of the match: Manjurul Islam (Ban)
  • Bangladesh won the toss and elected to bat

5th ODI

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31 January 2005
scorecard
Bangladesh 
202/2 (33overs)
v
 Zimbabwe
198 (49 overs)
Aftab Ahmed 81 (87)
Tinashe Panyangara 1/49 (8 overs)
Barney Rogers 84 (120)
Mohammad Rafique 2/34 (10 overs)
 Bangladesh won by 8 wickets
Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka
Umpires: Mahbubur Rahman (Ban) and Nadeem Ghauri (Pak)
Player of the match: Aftab Ahmed (Ban)
  • Zimbabwe won the toss and elected to bat
  • as a result of this match Bangladesh recorded their first-ever ODI series victory.[9]

References

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  1. ^ Rabeed Imam. "When everything fell in place". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 12 January 2019.
  2. ^ "Bangladesh players rewarded with bonuses". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 12 January 2019.
  3. ^ "ICC consider revised Test programme". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 12 January 2019.
  4. ^ Rabeed Imam. "Bangladesh on the verge of their first Test victory". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 12 January 2019.
  5. ^ Rabeed Imam. "Enamul ends the long wait". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 12 January 2019.
  6. ^ Rabeed Imam. "'The best day of my life,' says Bashar". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 12 January 2019.
  7. ^ Rahul Bhatia. "Iqbal hundred seals series win". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 12 January 2019.
  8. ^ Rabeed Imam. "'Trying to win could have been risky' - Bashar". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 12 January 2019.
  9. ^ Rabeed Imam. "Aftab leads Bangladesh to series victory". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 12 January 2019.
  • Playfair Cricket Annual (annual)
  • Wisden Cricketers Almanack (annual)
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