Visiting Bangladesh A team scored a challenging 282 for 6 against hosts Zimbabwe A team in the 2nd unofficial ODI match in quota 50 overs at the Harare Sports Club ground on Wednesday.
After a frustrating warm-up tour in South Africa, Bangladesh A team made a flying start in Zimbabwe tour outplaying hosts Zimbabwe A by a huge margin of 138 runs in the first match of the three-match unofficial ODI series at the same venue on Monday.
Sent in to bat first in the 2nd one-dayer, the 2nd string Bangladesh team made the good total of 282 runs for 6 with opener Shadman Islam pairing with one down Mohammad Mithun contributing 112 runs in 24.3 overs in the 2nd wicket stand.
Mohammad Mithun, who played an anchor role for Bangladesh’s impressive 138-run win over Zimbabwe A team in the first match making a century with exact 100 runs, today also hammered a half century scoring the team highest 66 runs off 91 balls featuring five fours and two sixes.
Lower order Mosaddek Hossain quick-fired an unbeaten 50 runs off just 39 balls hitting six boundaries, opener Shadman Islam added another useful 88-ball 47 runs with four fours.
Besides, skipper Shuvagoto Hom (30), lower order Muktar Ali (not out 29), Mahmudul Hasan (21) and Rony Talukder (16) were the notable scorers for Bangladesh A team.
DT Tiripano grabbed three wickets for 57 runs while GAT Mamhiyo and BV Vitori took one wicket each conceding 31 and 53 runs respectively.
In reply, Zimbabwe A team scored 73 for 1 in 15 overs till filing of this report.
In the remaining one-day match, Bangladesh A team will play Zimbabwe A Team on Friday (Nov 6) before playing two four-day matches against their Zimbabwean counterparts at the same venue.
