Zimbabwe have averted a collection clear sweep by beating Bangladesh by eight wickets within the fifth and last Twenty20 match.
After being despatched in on Sunday, Bangladesh made a robust 157-6.
But Brian Bennett’s 70 off 49 balls, with 5 fours and as many sixes, set the platform of Zimbabwe’s victory with 9 balls to spare.
Skipper Sikandar Raza completed with 72 off 46 balls and mixed with Bennett for a 75-run stand for the second wicket after Shakib Al Hasan struck early to dismiss Tadiwanashe Marumani for one.
Unlike the previous 4 matches, Zimbabwe was ready to withstand a high order collapse as Raza and Bennett handled Bangladesh’s bowling with a superb stability of warning and assault.
Bennett raised his maiden fifty off 36 balls, nudging Mustafizur Rahman to long-on for a single.
Paceman Mohammad Saifuddin had him caught by Rishad Hossain at long-on with a brief ball within the sixteenth over however Zimbabwe have been already in management at 113-2.
Raza, who hit six fours and 4 sixes for his 14th T20 fifty, then expertly led the vacationers to victory and deny Bangladesh its first five-match collection clear sweep.
Source: www.perthnow.com.au
