Zimbabwe A cricket team in Bangladesh 2014–15

Zimbabwe A cricket team in Bangladesh in 2014–15
	Bangladesh	Zimbabwe
Dates	14 September – 1 October 2014
Captains	Naeem Islam (FC) Marshall Ayub (LA)	Vusi Sibanda
Test series
Result	Bangladesh won the 2-match series 2–0
Most runs	Shadman Islam (124)	Brian Chari (174)
Most wickets	Saqlain Sajib (21)	Wellington Masakadza (12)
One Day International series
Results	Bangladesh won the 3-match series 2–1
Most runs	Soumya Sarkar (164)	Vusi Sibanda (163)
Most wickets	Mominul Haque (6)	Tafadzwa Kamungozi (8)

The Zimbabwe A cricket team toured Bangladesh from 14 September to 1 October 2014. The tour consisted of two Unofficial Test matches and three unofficial ODIs matches.^[1] This tour was organised in June–July 2014 after Bangladesh postponed due to monsoon season, and was rescheduled in September–October 2014.^[2]

Squads

Bangladesh		Zimbabwe
First-class[3]	List A	First-class and List A[4]
Liton Das Shadman Islam Marshall Ayub Farhad Hossain Rakibul Hasan Sabbir Rahman Naeem Islam Nurul Hasan (wk) Kamrul Islam Rabbi Jubair Hossain Saqlain Sajib Shahadat Hossain Mohammad Shahid Muktar Ali		Vusimuzi Sibanda (C) Regis Chakabva (wk) Brian Chari Michael Chinouya Joylord Gumbie Luke Jongwe Tafadzwa Kamungozi Neville Madziva Tatenda Manatsa Timycen Maruma Shingi Masakadza Tino Mawoyo Kudakwashe Munyede Tawanda Mupariwa Forster Mutizwa Tinotenda Mutombodzi Richmond Mutumbami (wk) Taurai Muzarabani Mark Vermeulen Malcolm Waller

Unofficial Test series

1st Unofficial Test

14 September 2014 Scorecard

Bangladesh A	v	Zimbabwe A
211 (120.4 overs) Litton Das 54 (104) Wellington Masakadza 6/63 (38 overs)		207 (74.1 overs) Regis Chakabva 64 (110) Saqlain Sajib 9/82 (31.1 overs)
105/4 (38.2 overs) Litton Das 23* (42) Wellington Masakadza 1/27 (8 overs)		108 (48.2 overs) Brian Chari 23 (67) Saqlain Sajib 6/50 (21.2 overs)

Bangladesh A won by 1 run Sheikh Kamal International Cricket Stadium, Cox's Bazar Umpires: Masudur Rahman (Ban) and Sharfuddoula (Ban)

• Zimbabwe A won the toss chose to bat
• Jubair Hossain (Ban A) made first-class debut

2nd Unofficial Test

21 September 2014 Scorecard

Bangladesh A	v	Zimbabwe A
258 (96 overs) Shahriar Nafees 97 (140) Vusi Sibanda 5/55 (29 overs)		132 (39.5 overs) Brian Chari 47 (95) Shahadat Hossain 4/33 (10 overs)
172/6d (67.5 overs) Marshall Ayub 53 (123) Taurai Muzarabani 2/37 (11 overs)		180 (63.5 overs) Brian Chari 74 (130) Saqlain Sajib 5/75 (28.5 overs)

Bangladesh A won by 118 runs Fatullah Osmani Stadium, Fatullah Umpires: Anisur Rahman (Ban) and Enamul Haque (Ban) Player of the match: Jubair Hossain (Bangladesh A)

• Zimbabwe A won the toss and elected to field.

Unofficial ODIs series

1st unofficial ODI

27 September 2014 Scorecard

Zimbabwe A 253/6 (50 overs)	v	Bangladesh A 236 (49.3 overs)
Regis Chakabva 132 (144) Mominul Haque 2/47 (10 overs)		Naeem Islam 66 (85) Tafadzwa Kamungozi 4/24 (10 overs)

Zimbabwe A won by 17 runs Fatullah Osmani Stadium, Fatullah Umpires: Tanvir Ahmed (Ban) and Anisur Rahman (Ban) Player of the match: Regis Chakabva (Zimbabwe A)

• Zimbabwe A won the toss and elected to bat.
• Jubair Hossain (Ban A) made his List-A debut.

2nd unofficial ODI

29 September 2014 Scorecard

Zimbabwe A 163/9 (50 overs)	v	Bangladesh A 158/4 (31.4 overs)
Vusi Sibanda 74 (97) Soumya Sarkar 2/23 (4 overs)		Soumya Sarkar 86 (83) Wellington Masakadza 2/18 (5.4 overs)

Bangladesh A won by 6 wickets (DLS method) Fatullah Osmani Stadium, Fatullah Umpires: Enamul Haque (Ban) and Gazi Sohel (Ban) Player of the match: Soumya Sarkar (Bangladesh A)

• Zimbabwe A won the toss and elected to bat.
• Bangladesh A were set a revised target of 158 runs from 47 overs due to rain.

3rd unofficial ODI

1 October 2014 Scorecard

Bangladesh A 239 (50 overs)	v	Zimbabwe A 208/8 (50 overs)
Marshall Ayub 57 (78) Taurai Muzarabani 4/33 (7 overs)		Malcolm Waller 52 (77) Mominul Haque 3/36 (10 overs)

Bangladesh A won by 31 runs Fatullah Osmani Stadium, Fatullah Umpires: Mahfuzur Rahman (Ban) and Sharfuddoula (Ban) Player of the match: Marshall Ayub (Bangladesh A)

• Bangladesh A won the toss and elected to bat.

See also

References

1. Vermeulen picked in Zimbabwe A squad for Bangladesh
2. Zimbabwe A tour of Bangladesh put on hold
3. Four new faces in Bangladesh A squad
4. Sibanda to lead 20-man Zimbabwe A side

External links

• Zimbabwe A tour of Bangladesh 2014
• Zimbabwe A tour of Bangladesh 2014/15