Tigers 303 as openers set new record
Bangladesh vs Zimbabwe Test-3 |
DAY-1 |
Bangladesh 303/2 (90 overs) |
Bangladesh won the toss and chose to bat |
Bangladesh piled up 303 runs losing two wickets after day one in the third Test against Zimbabwe at Chittagong’s Zahur Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium today.
Tamim and Kayes both scored hundreds to make a record opening partnership for the Tigers. The previous best was held by this pair at 185 in May 2010 against England.
Chittagong’s homeboy Tamim was out at 109 while Kayes at 130. Mominul Haque was at the crease at 46 along with Mahmudullah at 5.
Tamim scored his sixth Test century today – his first at Chittagong – playing 150 balls. He also equaled Mohammad Ashraful’s record of bagging most Test centuries for a Bangladeshi player.
Imrul Kayes, who was brought as replacement for Shamsur Rahman, struck his second Test century playing 191 balls. Both his centuries were at Zahur Ahmed stadium.
Bangladesh began with a fiery start to their first innings putting up 50 before one hour of play. Kayes was dropped at square leg boundary in the 14th over.
Zimbabwe opened with poor new-ball bowling in the start of the innings. Only their spinners managed to trouble the batsmen a little.
After lunch, Bangladesh scored 122 runs in 29 overs with a run rate of about 4.2 runs an over. There was still at least 30 overs remaining in the match before tea.
Both the wickets fell after tea. Sikandar Raza and Hamilton Masakadza claimed one wicket each.
The pitch at Zahur Amed stadium is expected to be slow, low, and offer turn for the spinners.
The Tigers will look to draw inspiration from the previous wins in the first two Tests which sealed the three-match series for Bangladesh 2-0.
If Bangladesh can win this match, it will the biggest achievement in the history of Tigers’ Test cricket as they have not yet won three Test matches straight yet.
Teams
Bangladesh:
Tamim Iqbal, Imrul Kayes, Mominul Haque, Mahmudullah, Mushfiqur Rahim*, Shakib Al Hasan, Shuvagata Hom, Taijul Islam, Shahadat Hossain, Rubel Hossain, Jubair Hossain
Zimbabwe:
Sikandar Raza, Brian Chari, Hamilton Masakadza, Brendan Taylor*, Regis Chakabva, Craig Ervine, Elton Chigumbura, Richmond Mutumbami, Tinashe Panyangara, Natsai M'shangwe, Shingirai Masakadza
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