Match Thread: Zimbabwe vs Bangladesh 1st Test (20th-24th April 2025)

[Andy31]

What a roller coaster test match.
Bloody great to watch.

Go Zim

[andrea lanzoni]

A truly thrilling finale.
I was glued to monitor, but now I'm happy for this result.

Bravo Zimbabwe!

[Pat_Bee]

Old lanzoni

[tgk]

Pulled off a win away from home, even though it got, in very classic traditional Zim fashion, squeaky bum time at the end. Blessing needs a statue built of him

[sam_ahm]

Yup! Blessing Muzarabani you legend!!!

Also a crucial role played by Bennett in a low scoring encounter, his quick starts were priceless in this game.

[Googly]

Ya Bennett was incredible, but Curran also played a vital supporting role twice. Masakadza was good, Blessing is a Blessing.
Great result.

[Crastle_cog]

Great win guys!
Amazing feeling to win a test, that too away from home!

[Kriterion_BD]

That was a hella of a game! Solid job done by the ZIM guys!

[sloandog]

Welch already on thin ice It's a shame really. Between him and Wez, it'll always be the latter who gets the extended run.

Bennett played beautifully.
Curran showed grit up top.
Williams scored a half century.
Ervine is skipper so he's going nowhere.
Wez scored the winning runs and took some poles.

Really hope Welch gets a score, because this lad can play. I still think he's a better LO player than most.

I can't even begin to put into words how appalling Mayavo was in this game with the gloves. Like seriously man. Taking it one handed down leg side stinks of shit footwork. His hands are unbelievably hard, too.

SOS to Taylor

[Kriterion_BD]

Bangladesh's problems - especially at home - to me comes down to the feeble openers we have up top. There's been a rotation of 3 guys who have all failed far more than they've succeeded. Joy, Shadman, and Zakir all have ample experience and all average 25 at best. Opening is a tough job in red ball cricket, but you've got to at least average high 20s. Its not like we're facing the Australian or South African pace attacks every other series. When you play most of games against Sri Lanka and West Indies and Pakistan, you've got to do better.

Shanto and Mominul proved that they're Bangladesh's best batters at the present time, but not good enough. Mominul's form has been hot and cold of late and Shanto has been warmer than frigid, but nowhere near good enough.

With the forecast as it is, ZIM might have already sealed the series win here...first [multi-match] Test series win since the rebel saga of 2004???