Taylor's ton in vain as Tigers bounce back

Bangladesh 203 for 4 (Tamim 61, Shakib 39*) beat Zimbabwe 199 (Taylor 106, Rubel 4-31) by six wickets

BANGLADESH claimed their first win on tour in Zimbabwe with a six-wicket victory in the fourth ODI in Bulawayo.

Having won the toss and chosen to field, Bangladesh pressured their hosts well from the off, and only Brendan Taylor offered meaningful resistance with the bat.
His innings of 106 was more than half of Bangladesh's team total, and though Zimbabwe had built themselves a useful platform at 183 for four, they collapsed abruptly to 199 all out.
Tamim Iqbal's breezy innings of 61 from 53 balls whittled the target down quickly, and though Zimbabwe reduced the tourists to 129 for four at one point, captain Shakib Al Hasan and Shuvagoto Hom combined to knock off the rest of the runs with more than 13 overs to spare.

Bangladesh’s win reduced their deficit to 3-1, with one final read rubber match to be played.

Reflecting on the defeat, a disappointed captain Taylor said his men must “have a good look” at themselves “in the mirror”.

"We didn't get enough runs. We lost too many wickets in the end. We maybe drifted into this game without the usual intent, and Bangladesh came back hard as we expected them to,” Taylor said.
“3-2 doesn't sound as good as 4-1, so we need to have a good look at ourselves in the mirror and come back. A 100 and a loss always hurts. 260-270 would have been a par score here."

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