Zimbabwean cricket team in Bangladesh in 2014–15
# Zimbabwean cricket team in Bangladesh in 2014–15

The Zimbabwe cricket team toured Bangladesh from 26 October to 1 December 2014. The tour consisted of three Test matches and five One Day International matches. Bangladesh won the Test series 3–0 and the ODI series 5–0.

## Squads

| Tests | Tests | ODIs | ODIs |
| - | - | - | - |
| Bangladesh | Zimbabwe | Bangladesh | Zimbabwe |
| Mushfiqur Rahim (c, wk) Tamim Iqbal Shakib Al Hasan Shamsur Rahman Mominul Haque Rubel Hossain Shuvagata Hom Mahmudullah Shafiul Islam Jubair Hossain Shahadat Hossain Marshall Ayub Al-Amin Hossain Taijul Islam Anamul Haque Imrul Kayes | Brendan Taylor (c, wk) Regis Chakabva Brian Chari Tendai Chatara Elton Chigumbura Craig Ervine Tafadzwa Kamungozi Hamilton Masakadza Shingi Masakadza Wellington Masakadza Natsai M'shangwe Richmond Mutumbami John Nyumbu Tinashe Panyangara Sikandar Raza Vusi Sibanda Malcolm Waller | Mashrafe Mortaza (c) Shakib Al Hasan (VC) Anamul Haque Mominul Haque Al-Amin Hossain Rubel Hossain Jubair Hossain Tamim Iqbal Imrul Kayes Mushfiqur Rahim (wk) Sabbir Rahman Arafat Sunny Mahmudullah | Elton Chigumbura (c) Brendan Taylor (wk) Regis Chakabva Sikandar Raza Tendai Chatara Craig Ervine Tafadzwa Kamungozi Hamilton Masakadza Natsai M'shangwe Richmond Mutumbami John Nyumbu Tinashe Panyangara Vusi Sibanda Malcolm Waller Neville Madziva Timycen Maruma Solomon Mire Peter Moore Tawanda Mupariwa Brian Vitori |

## Tour matches

### 3-Day Warm Up: Bangladesh Cricket Board XI vs Zimbabweans

* 20–22 October 2014 Scorecard
* Match drawn Fatullah Osmani Stadium, Fatullah Umpires: Sharfuddoula & Anisur Rahman (Ban)
* Zimbabweans won the toss & elected to bat
* Players per side 14 (11 batting, 11 fielding)

### Practice Match: Bangladesh Cricket Board XI vs Zimbabweans

* 19 November 2014 Scorecard

| Bangladesh Cricket Board XI 281 (50) | v | Zimbabweans 194 (45.3 overs) |
| - | - | - |
| Nasir Hossain 61 (62) Vusi Sibanda 4/44 (7 overs) | | Timycen Maruma 50 (79) Sabbir Rahman 2/23 (6 overs) |

* BCBXI won by 88 runs Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium, Chittagong Umpires: Anisur Rahman & Sharfuddoula (Ban)
* Zimbabweans won the toss and chose to field
* Players per side 13 (11 batting, 11 fielding)

## Test series

### 1st Test

* 25–29 October 2014 Scorecard
* Bangladesh won by 3 wickets Shere Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur Umpires: Kumar Dharmasena (SL) and Sundaram Ravi (Ind) Player of the match: Taijul Islam
* Zimbabwe won the toss and chose to bat.
* Jubair Hossain (Bangladesh) and Tafadzwa Kamungozi (Zimbabwe) made their Test debuts.

### 2nd Test

* 3–7 November 2014 Scorecard
* Bangladesh won by 162 runs Sheikh Abu Naser Stadium, Khulna Umpires: Aleem Dar (Pak) and Billy Bowden (NZ) Player of the match: Shakib Al Hasan (Ban)
* Bangladesh won the toss and chose to bat
* Brian Chari and Natsai M'shangwe (both Zimbabwe) made their Test debuts.
* Shakib Al Hasan is only the third player in Test history after Ian Botham (1980) and Imran Khan (1983) to score a hundred and take 10 wickets in the same match.

### 3rd Test

* 12–16 November 2014 Scorecard
* Bangladesh won by 186 runs Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium, Chittagong Umpires: Aleem Dar (Pak) and Chris Gaffaney (NZ) Player of the match: Mominul Haque
* Bangladesh won the toss and elected to bat.
* Bangladesh achieved their 1st ever 3-0 Test-series whitewash.

## ODI series

### 1st ODI

* 21 November 2014 Scorecard

| Bangladesh 281/7 (50 overs) | v | Zimbabwe 194 (42.1 overs) |
| - | - | - |
| Shakib Al Hasan 101 (99) Tinashe Panyangara 3/66 (10 overs) | | Brendan Taylor 54 (72) Shakib Al Hasan 4/41 (10 overs) |

* Bangladesh won by 87 runs Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium, Chittagong Umpires: Chris Gaffaney (NZ) and Sharfuddoula (Ban) Player of the match: Shakib Al Hasan (Ban)
* Zimbabwe won the toss and elected to field.
* Sabbir Rahman (Ban) and Solomon Mire (Zim) both made their ODI debuts.

### 2nd ODI

* 23 November 2014 12:30 PM (D/N) Scorecard

| Bangladesh 251/7 (50 overs) | v | Zimbabwe 183 (44.5 overs) |
| - | - | - |
| Anamul Haque 80 (110) Tafadzwa Kamungozi 2/38 (10 overs) | | Solomon Mire 50 (79) Arafat Sunny 4/29 (9.5 overs) |

* Bangladesh won by 68 runs Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium, Chittagong Umpires: Chris Gaffaney (NZ) and Sharfuddoula (Ban) Player of the match: Mashrafe Mortaza (Ban)
* Bangladesh won the toss and elected to bat.

### 3rd ODI

* 26 November 2014 (D/N) Scorecard

| Bangladesh 297/6 (50 overs) | v | Zimbabwe 173 (39.5 overs) |
| - | - | - |
| Anamul Haque 95 (120) Tinashe Panyangara 2/54 (10 overs) | | Elton Chigumbura 53* (46) Arafat Sunny 4/27 (8.5 overs) |

* Bangladesh won by 124 runs Shere Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur Umpires: Anisur Rahman (Ban) and Chris Gaffaney (NZ) Player of the match: Anamul Haque (Ban)
* Zimbabwe won the toss and elected to field.
* Peter Moor (Zim) made his ODI debut.

### 4th ODI

* 28 November 2014 Scorecard

| Bangladesh 256/8 (50 overs) | v | Zimbabwe 235/8 (50 overs) |
| - | - | - |
| Mahmudullah 82* (112) Solomon Mire 3/49 (10 overs) | | Brendan Taylor 63 (69) Shakib Al Hasan 2/28 (10 overs) |

* Bangladesh won by 21 runs Shere Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur Umpires: Anisur Rahman (Ban) and Chris Gaffaney (NZ) Player of the match: Mahmudullah (Ban)
* Bangladesh won the toss and elected to bat.
* Jubair Hossain (Ban) made his ODI debut.

### 5th ODI

* 1 December 2014 Scorecard

| Zimbabwe 128 (30 overs) | v | Bangladesh 130/5 (24.3 overs) |
| - | - | - |
| Hamilton Masakadza 52 (54) Taijul Islam 4/11 (7 overs) | | Mahmudullah 51* (55) Tendai Chatara 3/44 (10 overs) |

* Bangladesh won by 5 wickets Shere Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur Umpires: Chris Gaffaney (NZ) and Sharfuddoula (Ban) Player of the match: Taijul Islam (Ban)
* Zimbabwe won the toss and elected to bat.
* Soumya Sarkar and Taijul Islam (both Ban) made their ODI debuts.
* Taijul Islam became the first bowler in ODI history to claim a hat-trick on debut.
