Following the end of the third day of the third and final Test yesterday, Bangladesh were batting on 23 without loss with Zimbabwe earlier all out for 374 replying to the hosts’ first innings tally of 503. Heading into the fourth day’s play today, Bangladesh lead the visiting Zimbabwe by 152 runs with 10 second innings wickets in hand at Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium in Chittagong.
Despite the tough task at hand, Zimbabwe batsman Elton Chigumbura said they are still targeting a win.
“They are leading by 152 so far. But it is upto us to come out hard and make sure we restrict them to a lesser score. We want to keep them to something chasable. It is going to be a big day for us tomorrow (today) in the field,” said Chigumbura in the post-day conference yesterday.
“You can’t play the game to try and have a draw after five days. We play every game to win. If we get a chance, we will go for it. Any Test match the wicket will change on Day 4 and 5. So we just have to manage that, work hard and hopefully we can win this game,” he said.
The all-rounder earlier missed the opportunity to register his maiden Test hundred, falling short by 12 runs. Chigumbura gave his thoughts later after missing out on the milestone.
“It is always disappointing as everyone wants to reach the milestone but that is cricket. You have to concentrate until you get it. For me, it was maybe a lose shot. But it was also good to get runs as well,” he added.
Chigumbura concluded with a joke before going on to praise young leg-spinner Jubair Hossain following his maiden five-wicket haul.
“Oh, he picked five wickets? He bowled three balls to me! But any bowler taking five wickets is a good thing. No matter how you get the wickets, it is the same thing as scoring a hundred. Credit goes to him on getting that five-for,” said Chigumbura.
