Overview
- Zimbabwe beat Bangladesh by an innings and 85 runs at Harare Sports Club, a victory completed in three days on Tuesday.
- Opener Innocent Kaia scored a maiden Test century of 140 off 227 balls and was named Player of the Match after anchoring Zimbabwe’s 410.
- Newman Nyamhuri’s early burst (4-61) helped bowl Bangladesh out for 140 in the first innings and Blessing Muzarabani and captain Richard Ngarava led the attack in the second innings.
- Bangladesh’s Taijul Islam took seven wickets in Zimbabwe’s only innings but his effort could not prevent the tourists being dismissed for 185 in their second innings without any batsman reaching a half-century.
- The result has intensified criticism of the ICC’s decision to exclude Zimbabwe from the World Test Championship and shifts attention to a three-match ODI series that begins on July 6.