Zimbabwe vs Bangladesh , 1st T20I at Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo , BAN in ZIM, 3 T20Is, 2026 , Jul 15, 2026 Scorecard

18.6: Blessing Muzarabani to Nahid Rana, OUT! TIMBER! Blessing Muzarabani hammers the final nail in the coffin and with that, Zimbabwe beat Bangladesh by 32 runs, taking the lead in the series. This is much fuller, angling into the off stump. Nahid Rana makes room like he did in the last ball and swings his bat, but it is nowhere near the delivery. The ball beats the outside edge with a large gap and hits the off stump to uproot it from its place. Such a satisfying sight if you are a pace bowler. 

18.5: Blessing Muzarabani to Nahid Rana, Back of a length, shaping in, down the leg side. Nahid Rana makes room and attempts a pull shot, but it beats the top edge. 

18.4: Blessing Muzarabani to Nahid Rana, Nails the yorker now, angling into the leg side, Nahid Rana backs away and swings again but only connects with thin air.

18.3: Blessing Muzarabani to Nahid Rana, Dug into the surface, on middle, Nahid Rana has a heave across the line and misses again.

18.2: Blessing Muzarabani to Nahid Rana, Back of a length and around middle, Nahid Rana backs away to pull but misses.

18.1: Blessing Muzarabani to Nasum Ahmed, OUT! TAKEN! Zimbabwe are just 1 wicket away from victory. Muzarabani bends his back and offers a good bouncer, over off, angling in. Nasum Ahmed opens his stance to pull it away, but connects with the top half of the bat. The ball flies toward square leg, where Tashinga Musekiwa pouches the catch safely into his palms.  

17.6: Richard Ngarava to Taskin Ahmed, FOUR! SHOT! Fuller in length, angling in, Taskin Ahmed drills it toward the left of the long on fielder for four runs. 

17.5: Richard Ngarava to Mohammad Saifuddin, OUT! CAUGHT! Make it four for Richard Ngarava. Can he get his fiver-fer with just one ball left in his spell? Back of a length, pitching on off and shaping inward. Mohammad Saifuddin lifts his front leg up and looks to pull it away, but the ball catches the top edge, before it loops and falls into the cusp of Milton Shumba, stationed in the deep fine leg region. Bangladesh are 134/8 now.

17.5: Richard Ngarava to Mohammad Saifuddin, WIDE! Another slower one, going down the leg side, Mohammad Saifuddin misses out on his sweep. 

17.4: Richard Ngarava to Nasum Ahmed, Slower one, on a good length, outside off, Nasum Ahmed slaps it to deep cover for a single.

17.3: Richard Ngarava to Mohammad Saifuddin, Yorker, on middle and leg, Mohammad Saifuddin jams it to square leg for one.

17.2: Richard Ngarava to Nasum Ahmed, Bumper on middle, Nasum Ahmed pulls it awya to wide of bacward square leg for one. 

17.1: Richard Ngarava to Yasir Ali, OUT! CAUGHT! There comes the big wicket as Richard Ngarava has got the set batter. Zimbabwe will believe they are on top now. Short of a length, outside off. Yasir Ali hangs back and looks to lash it over the cover region, but the ball climbs up bigger than he expected. However, Yasir still goes through his shot but miscues it pretty badly. The ball loops toward cover and Brad Evans reverse-cups it before dropping on his back. 

16.6: Blessing Muzarabani to Mohammad Saifuddin, Short again, in the channel outside off, Mohammad Saifuddin tries to pull it across but fails to connect it yet again. 

16.5: Blessing Muzarabani to Mohammad Saifuddin, Short of a length, angling away from the batter. Mohammad Saifuddin swings and misses.

16.4: Blessing Muzarabani to Mahedi Hasan, OUT! TAKEN! The dropped catch won't be hurting Zimbabwe much. Good-length delivery, outside off. Mahedi Hasan shuffles across and tries to loft it over mid off, but finds the connection from the outer part of his bat. The ball balloons toward the left of the mid on region, where Sikandar Raza keeps his calm and does the job neatly. Bangladesh are 130/6, chasing 171 runs.

16.3: Blessing Muzarabani to Mahedi Hasan, FOUR! Oh my goodness. Richard Ngarava, how can you drop that? This is a good bouncer, on middle and leg. Mahedi Hasan hangs back and tries to pull but gets a top edge towards fine leg. Ngarava moves to his left but never really settles under it and does not even get a hand on it as the ball bounces over the ropes. That also brings up the 50-run stand between these two batters.

16.2: Blessing Muzarabani to Yasir Ali, Short, slanting in, on middle and leg, Yasir Ali pulls it to deep square leg for one.

16.1: Blessing Muzarabani to Mahedi Hasan, Single won't hurt Zimbabwe. They just need to avoid the boundaries. Back of a length, outside off, Mahedi Hasan arches back and steers it to deep third for a single.