A fine display of batting led by Sean Williams saw Zimbabwe win the second ODI by six wickets and level the three-match series 1-1. A performance that will live on came from the losing side’s Abdur Razzak, who struck 53* from just 22 balls. It is the joint fastest fifty by a Bangladesh player, and contained four sixes and five fours. “I never had a plan when I went onto bat. This is my norm. The team needed around 230 runs on the board at that moment, so I thought of giving it a try,” said Razzak to the media yesterday. “The wicket was different when the game started, the ball was moving. But as the day progressed, its behaviour changed and the batsmen were being benefited. The wicket felt easy to bat on when I went to bat and it seemed to be the same when they (Zimbabwe) batted,” the 30-year-old added. A memorable moment in the match occurred when Shakib al Hasan reacted to being given out LBW in controversial circumstances by not only hitting his pad with his bat, but by accident, Zimbabwe wicket-keeper Brendan Taylor’s pad as well. Razzak had no comment on the incident. A team official said that no action had yet been taken against Shakib, who apologised to Taylor immediately after the episode. The match referee informed the all-rounder that he would decide if any action would be taken by the end of the day. Zimbabwean captain Brendan Taylor was happy with his side’s performance. “We had to bounce back strongly after the performance that we had in the previous game. We came out and play the cricket we knew. All three departments were good and to get a win to level the series, one all is extremely satisfying,” he said. “We now have some momentum behind us. But we know that they can come back strongly so hope to carry on with the positives in the next game,” he added. Meanwhile Bangladesh captain Mushfiqur Rahim blamed his top orders for putting themselves in the pressure while he did not make a mistake to praise Razzak. “We did not bat well, couple of guys getting starts but not scoring big. 270-280 was a better total. One stage we were looking at 180 all out, but all credit to Razzak. We took a few wickets, did not bowl well throughout,” said Mushfiq. Although Zimbabwe bowled superbly in the morning and got some help from the greenish wicket but man of the match Sean Williams appeared humble in the prize giving ceremony and said it was a flat terrain to bat on. “I am ecstatic. It was tough to lose a few wickets, kept my composure till the end. It was a fantastic batting deck. It was tough to bowl on this wicket,” he said.