Bangladesh right-arm pacer Khaled Ahmed was impressive all along in the Dhaka Test. The pacer remained wicketless in his debut Test but his bowling approach as a pacer was eye catching in both the innings. Actually, he was unlucky as he could have claimed his maiden Test wicket three times in this match. But all three times, catches were dropped by the fielders at slip or in the gully region, and Khaled was denied. But Khaled’s performance in the match is one of many positive findings for Bangladesh from the Mirpur Test. He started his international career with three consecutive bouncers to the Zimbabwe skipper Hamilton Masakadza and on all the occasions, Masakadza ducked to leave the delivery. Even in the last day, one of Khaled’s bouncers flew over keeper Mushfiqur Rahim’s head for four bye runs, an unlikely scene while a Bangladesh pacer on operation.
2ND TEST
BANGLADESH 1ST INNINGS R B
Liton c Mavuta b Jarvis 9 35
Imrul c Chakabva b Jarvis 0 16
Mominul c Chari b Chatara 161 247
Mithun c Taylor b Jarvis 0 4
Mushfiq not out 219 421
Taijul c Chakabva b Jarvis 4 10
Mahmudullah c Chakabva b Jarvis 36 110
Ariful c Chari b Jarvis 4 18
Miraz not out 68 102
Extras (b 9, lb 8, nb 3, w 1) 21
Total (160 Overs) 522/7d
Fall Of Wickets
1-13 (Imrul), 2-16 (Liton), 3-26 (Mithun), 4-292 (Mominul), 5-299 (Taijul), 6-372 (Mahmudullah), 7-378 (Ariful)
Bowling
Jarvis 28-6-71-5, Chatara 22.2-12-34-1, Tiripano 24.4-6-65-1, Raza 22-1-111-0, Williams 30-4-80-0, Mavuta 31-1-137-0, Masakadza 2-0-7-0
ZIMBABWE 1ST INNINGS R B
Masakadza c Miraz b Taijul 14 44
Tiripano c Miraz b Taijul 8 46
Taylor c Taijul b Miraz 110 194
Williams b Taijul 11 28
Raza b Taijul 0 12
Moor lbw b Ariful 83 114
Chakabva c Mominul b Taijul 10 42
Mavuta c Ariful b Miraz 0 2
Jarvis not out 9 23
Chatara absent hurt - -
Extras (b 5, lb 1) 6
Total (105.3 Overs) 304
Fall Of Wickets
2-40 (Tiripano), 3-96 (Chari), 4-129 (Williams), 5-131 (Raza), 6-270 (Moor), 7-290 (Taylor), 8-290 (Mavuta), 9-304 (Chakabva)
Bowling
Mustafizur 21-8-58-0, Khaled 18-7-48-0, Taijul 40.3-10-107-5, Miraz 20-3-61-3, Mahmudullah 2-0-14-0, Ariful 4-2-10-1
BANGLADESH 2ND INNINGS R B
Liton b Jarvis 6 14
Imrul c Mavuta b Jarvis 3 12
Mominul c Chakabva b Tiripano 1 5
Mithun c Chakabva b Raza 67 110
Mushfiq c Mavuta b Tiripano 7 19
Mahmudullah not out 101 122
Ariful b Williams 5 8
Miraz not out 27 34
Extras (b5, lb1, w1) 7
Total (54 overs) 224/6d
Fall Of Wickets
1-10 (Imrul), 2-10 (Liton), 3-10 (Mominul), 4-25 ( Liton), 5-143 ( Mithun), 6-151 (Ariful)
Bowling
Jarvis 11-2-27-2, Tiripano 11-1-31-2, Williams 16-2-69-1 (w1), Raza 7-0-39-1, Mavuta 9-0-52-0
ZIMBABWE 2ND INNINGS R B
Masakadza c Mominul b Miraz 25 68
Chari lbw b Taijul 43 82
Taylor not out 106 167
Williams b Mustafizur 13 33
Raza c & b Taijul 12 33
Moor c Imrul b Miraz 13 79
Chakabva run out (Mominul/Mushfiq) 2 8
Tiripano c Liton b Miraz 0 9
Mavuta c Taijul b Miraz 0 11
Jarvis c Khaled b Miraz 1 9
Chatara absent hurt - -
Extras (b 1, lb 3, w 5) 9
Total 224 all out
Fall Of Wickets
1-68 (Masakadza), 2-70 (Chari), 3-99 (Williams), 4-120 (Raza), 5-186 (Moor), 6-199 (Chakabva), 7-201 (Tiripano), 8-213 (Mavuta), 9-224 (KM Jarvis, 83.1 ov)
Bowling
Mustafizur 10-2-19-1, Taijul 37-5-93-2, Khaled 12-4-45-0, Miraz 18.1-5-38-5, Ariful 3-1-7-0, Mahmudullah 1-0-1-0, Mominul 2-0-17-0
Bangladesh won by 218 runs, level series 1-1
MoM: Mushfiqur Rahim
MoS: Taijul Islam
