Zimbabwe vs Bangladesh, One-off Test, Bangladesh tour of Zimbabwe, 2026 - Player HighlightsZIM vs BAN, One-off Test, Bangladesh tour of Zimbabwe, 2026 - Player Highlights

Brad Evans to Najmul Hossain Shanto, out Caught by Tafadzwa Tsiga!! An ugly slog and Shanto's troubled stay comes to an end - a nothing shot really, tried to attack Evans and chose the wrong option, danced down the pitch, swung across the line and gets a thin edge, just about carried to Tafadzwa Tsiga and the Zimbabweans wheel away in celebration. Shanto is absolutely livid with himself as he walks back to the pavilion. Zimbabwe have once again struck on the cusp of a drinks break. Najmul Hossain Shanto c Tafadzwa Tsiga b Brad Evans 19(73) [4s-2]

Brad Evans to Najmul Hossain Shanto, no run, back of a length and just outside off - Shanto stands tall and pushes it onto the off-side

Brad Evans to Najmul Hossain Shanto, no run, short of a good length and just outside off - Shanto looks to punch it off the back-foot and inside halves it to mid-on

Newman Nyamhuri to Najmul Hossain Shanto, 1 run, on a good length and a hint of shape back into the left-hander, catches Shanto's inside edge and rolls behind square on the on-side for a single

Newman Nyamhuri to Najmul Hossain Shanto, no run, fuller length delivery outside off, driven crisply and back at the bowler

Newman Nyamhuri to Najmul Hossain Shanto, no run, Nyamhuri loses his line and pushes one well down leg, left alone - Tafadzwa Tsiga fumbles, but recovers well enough to prevent a bye

Newman Nyamhuri to Najmul Hossain Shanto, no run, another shout for LBW, it's that inswinger once again - Shanto plants his front-foot across and is then beaten on the inside edge, struck in front of middle and was probably heading down leg with the angle

Newman Nyamhuri to Najmul Hossain Shanto, 1 run, on a length and angling into the left-hander, tucked past square leg for a single

Newman Nyamhuri to Najmul Hossain Shanto, no run, fuller length delivery on off, pushed back at the bowler. A frustrated Nyamhuri collects the ball and flings a throw past the batter

Newman Nyamhuri to Najmul Hossain Shanto, no run, beaten, Shanto has been all at sea against Nyamhuri's big inswingers - jagged back in sharply off a length, drew him into an ambitious drive and burst past the inside edge on its way to the keeper

Newman Nyamhuri to Najmul Hossain Shanto, no run, fuller length delivery and shaping away from the left-hander, left alone

Newman Nyamhuri to Najmul Hossain Shanto, 1 leg bye, short of a good length and jagging back into the left-hander, Shanto is beaten on the inside edge and the ball pops up high off the thigh-pad. Over Bennett's head and he leaps to get a hand onto it, but can't prevent the leg-bye

Blessing Muzarabani to Najmul Hossain Shanto, leg byes, just over FSL, given as a leg-bye, but there were two sounds on it - short of a good length and angling back into the left-hander, Shanto was shaping to flick and the ball popped up off the thigh-pad, bouncing over Kaia's leap

Blessing Muzarabani to Najmul Hossain Shanto, no run, big shout for LBW, did it pitch outside leg? Looked straight otherwise. Don't think it pitched outside leg, nipped back into the left-hander and Shanto played all around it on the drive, wasn't too high as well. Muzarabani will feel very unlucky

Blessing Muzarabani to Najmul Hossain Shanto, no run, on a good length andat the stumps, defended back at the bowler

Blessing Muzarabani to Najmul Hossain Shanto, no run, banged in short by Muzarabani - Shanto ducks under and lets it go

Blessing Muzarabani to Najmul Hossain Shanto, no run, on a good length and angling into the left-hander, Shanto leans across and defends it to the on-side

Newman Nyamhuri to Najmul Hossain Shanto, byes, 1 run, Nyamhuri loses his line and spills one down leg - Tafadzwa Tsiga has to sprawl across to his right to get a hand and he keeps it down to a bye

Newman Nyamhuri to Najmul Hossain Shanto, wide, banged in short and just outside off - Shanto drops his wrists and sways away from the line, given as a wide

Newman Nyamhuri to Najmul Hossain Shanto, FOUR, Shanto decides to play fire with fire - wasn't all that convincing as he dragged the on-drive back past the non-striker. Went hard on the shot and the inside edge beat mid-on to his left

Newman Nyamhuri to Najmul Hossain Shanto, no run, a big shout for LBW, but it did look like an inside edge, nipped back into the left-hander and once again caught Shanto in the crease. He brought the bat down at an angle and squeezed an inside edge onto the pad

Newman Nyamhuri to Najmul Hossain Shanto, no run, beaten, short of a good length and skidding into the left-hander - Shanto is caught in the crease and wafts at it with an angled bat, cut in half as the ball zips through

Newman Nyamhuri to Najmul Hossain Shanto, no run, on a good length and holding its line outside off, left alone

Blessing Muzarabani to Najmul Hossain Shanto, 1 run, fuller length delivery on the pads, clipped to the left of mid-wicket for a single

Blessing Muzarabani to Najmul Hossain Shanto, no run, Muzarabani shortens the length and gets it to hold its line outside off, left alone

Blessing Muzarabani to Najmul Hossain Shanto, no run, on a length and in that corridor outside off - defended off the back-foot

Newman Nyamhuri to Najmul Hossain Shanto, leg byes, 1 run, short and into the body, hurries Shanto on the pull and pops up off the thigh-pad, behind square on the on-side for a single

Blessing Muzarabani to Najmul Hossain Shanto, no run, short of a good length and holding its line outside off, left alone

Blessing Muzarabani to Najmul Hossain Shanto, no run, short of a good length and angling across the left-hander, Shanto has the line covered as he let it go

Blessing Muzarabani to Najmul Hossain Shanto, no run, fuller length delivery outside off - Shanto stands tall on the drive to mid-off

Blessing Muzarabani to Najmul Hossain Shanto, no run, on a good length and well wide of off, Shanto covers the line, lifts his bat and lets it go

Blessing Muzarabani to Najmul Hossain Shanto, no run, beauty, much better from Muzarabani, pitched up in that channel just outside off - the angle draws Shanto forward and it then holds its line to go past the outside edge

Blessing Muzarabani to Najmul Hossain Shanto, no run, short of a good length and holding its line outside off, left alone

Newman Nyamhuri to Najmul Hossain Shanto, 3 runs, nicely played, back of a length and well wide of off - Shanto stands tall and then punches it into the gap wide of cover, runs hard and comes back for the third

Newman Nyamhuri to Najmul Hossain Shanto, no run, back of a length and just outside off - steered off the back-foot to the off-side

Blessing Muzarabani to Najmul Hossain Shanto, no run, back of a length close to off, Shanto defends to the off-side and takes his gloves off. That will be lunch on day 1

Blessing Muzarabani to Najmul Hossain Shanto, no run, bouncer outside off, Shanto sinks down and allows the ball to sail over him

Blessing Muzarabani to Najmul Hossain Shanto, no run, full pitcher around off, Shanto creams the drive straight to mid-off and Ngarava has a shy at the non-striker's end. Mominul quickly gets back in

Blessing Muzarabani to Najmul Hossain Shanto, no run, good length ball close to off, Shanto stays back and stabs it to backward point

Blessing Muzarabani to Najmul Hossain Shanto, no run, on a length and swinging away, Shanto covers the line and shoulders arms

Blessing Muzarabani to Najmul Hossain Shanto, no run, back of a length outside off, Shanto leaves

Blessing Muzarabani to Najmul Hossain Shanto, no run, jaffa! That's an incredible delivery. There's an appeal for caught behind as well. But the umpire is not interested. Back of a length and in the channel, Shanto is opened up by the late movement and the ball wasn't far from the outside-edge

Blessing Muzarabani to Najmul Hossain Shanto, no run, on a length and around off, Shanto prods forward and angles it to point

Blessing Muzarabani to Najmul Hossain Shanto, no run, on a length and outside off, Shanto lifts his bat and lets it go

Blessing Muzarabani to Najmul Hossain Shanto, no run, .. and again. Muzarabani straightaway asking some questions. The round the wicket angle is working for him. He gets it to angle in and straighten this time, Shanto is caught in the crease and is lucky not to have edged it

Blessing Muzarabani to Najmul Hossain Shanto, no run, uhhh! There's still some help for the pacers. Back of a length delivery, angling in and holds its line, Shanto goes feeling for the ball and is beaten on the outside-edge

Blessing Muzarabani to Najmul Hossain Shanto, no run, back of a length on off, Shanto hops and defends to mid-on

Richard Ngarava to Najmul Hossain Shanto, no run, back of a length and swings away, Shanto is stuck to the crease and has poke, gets beaten on the outside-edge

Richard Ngarava to Najmul Hossain Shanto, wide, bouncer but too short and too high, Shanto thought about the pull but aborted from the shot

Richard Ngarava to Najmul Hossain Shanto, no run, fullish delivery around off, Shanto leans forward and defends down the ground

Richard Ngarava to Najmul Hossain Shanto, no run, back of a length outside off, Shanto leaves

Richard Ngarava to Najmul Hossain Shanto, no run, stifled appeal from Tsiga for a caught behind. But he was the only one interested. Short of length delivery, Shanto decides to play but the ball gets big on him and flies over the top-edge

Richard Ngarava to Najmul Hossain Shanto, no run, good length ball on off, Shanto prods forward and blocks to mid-on

Richard Ngarava to Najmul Hossain Shanto, 2 runs, fuller and close to off, Shanto drives with a straight bat and Ngarava gets a hand in his followthrough. He takes pace off and allows Muzarabani to chase it down

Richard Ngarava to Najmul Hossain Shanto, no run, back of a length delivery, Shanto gets behind the line and defends down the pitch

Richard Ngarava to Najmul Hossain Shanto, no run, dropped! Ben Curran can't hold on at third slip. Back of a length delivery, swings away and squares up Shanto, he has to play because the line is on off-stump and the outside-edge goes to the right of third slip. Curran bends down and gets both hands but can't cling on. That's a regulation slip catch and should have been pouched. Ngarava not happy..

Richard Ngarava to Najmul Hossain Shanto, no run, full delivery on off, Shanto blocks solidly off the front foot

Richard Ngarava to Najmul Hossain Shanto, 1 run, swinging into Shanto and he brings his bat down, squeezes it off the inside-edge to fine leg

Richard Ngarava to Najmul Hossain Shanto, no run, good length ball around off, bit of extra bounce and Shanto defends with loose hands into the off-side

Richard Ngarava to Najmul Hossain Shanto, 1 run, on a length and bit of away swing, Shanto dabs it square on the off-side and crosses over

Richard Ngarava to Najmul Hossain Shanto, no run, good length ball on off, Shanto camps back and inside halves the block to short leg

Brad Evans to Najmul Hossain Shanto, no run, fuller and around off, Shanto leans forward and blocks it back

Brad Evans to Najmul Hossain Shanto, FOUR, nicely played! Short ball around off, Shanto gets on top of the bounce and rolls his wrists over to keep the pull down, places it square on the leg-side and picks up his first boundary

Brad Evans to Najmul Hossain Shanto, no run, now pushes one across the left-hander, Shanto shoulders arms

Brad Evans to Najmul Hossain Shanto, no run, back of a length delivery, Shanto hops behind the line and defends to Evans

Brad Evans to Najmul Hossain Shanto, no run, good length ball around off, Shanto camps and blocks with a straight bat

Brad Evans to Najmul Hossain Shanto, no run, fuller and angled across, Najmul prods forward and defends off the outer half to point

Brad Evans to Najmul Hossain Shanto, no run, back of a length delivery, Shanto opens the bat face and defends to point

Brad Evans to Najmul Hossain Shanto, no run, full pitcher close to off, Shanto drives and picks out mid-off

Brad Evans to Najmul Hossain Shanto, no run, fullish delivery slanted across, Shanto lifts his bat and lets it go

Brad Evans to Najmul Hossain Shanto, no run, appeal for LBW. But it was too high. Nip-backer from good length, Shanto leans forward to defend and is beaten on the inside-edge. The ball strikes him on the back thigh. It was going over the stumps

Brad Evans to Najmul Hossain Shanto, no run, fuller and angled across, Shanto prods forward and defends to mid-off

Brad Evans to Najmul Hossain Shanto, no run, in the air and safe. Short ball and keeps climbing, Shanto gets into a tangle and fends it awkwardly. The ball hits the splice of the bat and lobs up. Fortunately for the Bangladesh captain it lands well in front of the slip cordon

Newman Nyamhuri to Najmul Hossain Shanto, 1 run, low full toss outside off, Shanto digs it to cover and calls for a quick single

Newman Nyamhuri to Najmul Hossain Shanto, no run, back of a length outside off, Shanto lifts his bat and lets it go. Nice carry to Tafadzwa Tsiga