Spin made all the difference in the Test series as crestfallen Zimbabwe captain Brendan Taylor opined they lack experience in the department while Bangladesh have world-class spinners. The 186-run thumping defeat also completed the home side’s clean sweep of the three-match series, a series that Taylor dubbed as “Ashes” of the minnows.
“When you got a quality spin attack, on day five, it’s certainly going to be a massive challenge. I think that’s certainly the difference between the two sides, they have got world class spinners and we are struggling for a couple,” said Taylor at the post-match press conference at the Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium in Chittagong yesterday.
“I think Bangladesh is a slightly better side in their conditions, the difference is in the spin department like chalk and cheese. The first Test match set the tone, in hindsight had we gotten 20-30 runs, it could have been a different result. But that’s not the reason why we lost the series, we lost the series because Bangladesh have been better than us in the three Tests,” said Taylor.
The Bangladesh spin trio - Shakib al Hasan, Taijul Islam and Jubair Hossain - bagged 46 wickets in the series as Taylor said, “Yeah it certainly hurts as an individual, it hurts the team. It’s tough to comprehend that but Bangladesh have played better cricket so we got to give them credit.
“They made it difficult for us, in all three Test matches batting first in the last two Tests and getting 450, 500, it’s always tough to try and comeback and win from there so we fought pretty hard but the better team held in over the end and got the results.”
The 28-year-old also chalked out the positives for his side from the Test series and hoped to bounce back in the five-match one-day series.
