Welcome to the highlights of Zimbabwe vs Bangladesh - The 4th match of the 1997 President's Cup triangular One-Day International cricket tournament between Zimbabwe and Bangladesh was played at Aga Khan Sports Club Ground, Nairobi on October 14, 1997.
Match Overview:
Half-centuries from Andy Flower, Guy Whittall and Bryan Strang's record-breaking 6 for 20 gives Zimbabwe's record 192-run victory over Bangladesh and qualify for the best-of-three-finals in a one-sided fourth match of a President's Cup.
Match Stats:
- Zimbabwe's 192-run win was their largest victory by terms of runs in one-day international, previous biggest win by 131-runs against England at Harare earlier in this year and the joint eighth biggest win by any team in ODIs.
- Bryan Strang's 6 for 20 was the best bowling figures by an Zimbabwe bowler in one-day international cricket history, surpassing the previous record of 5 for 21 held by his brother Paul Strang against Kenya at Patna in the 1996 World Cup and the seventh best-bowling-figures by any bowler in ODIs.
- Bryan Strang became the first Zimbabwe bowler to take a five-wicket or more wickets against Bangladesh in ODI cricket history.
- Bryan Strang became the fifth Zimbabwe bowler to claimed a five-wicket or more wickets in ODIs.
- Bangladesh's 92 was their lowest score ever in one-day internationals, previous lowest was 94 against Pakistan at Moratuwa in the 1986 Asia Cup.
In-Depth Match Highlights:
Zimbabwe bowled out for 284 in 50 overs with top scorer by Andy Flower cracked a 70 off 72-balls, Guy Whittall struck 52 off 62-balls.
Alistair Campbell cracked a 40 off 48-balls, Paul Strang struck 33 off 31-balls, Craig Wishart hit 30 off 25-balls, Gavin Rennie and Grant Flower each scored 15-runs.
Bangladesh best bowler by Shafiuddin Ahmed picked up 3-wickets for 42-runs in 10-overs including a maiden, Mohammad Rafique, Hasibul Hossain both took 2-wickets and one for Sheikh Salahuddin.
Bangladesh bundled out for 92 in 32.3 overs with top scorer by Minhajul Abedin cracked a 18 off 43-balls, Hasibul Hossain hit 16 off 21-ball, Shafiuddin Ahmed and Akram Khan each scored 11-runs.
Zimbabwe best bowler by Bryan Strang 6-20, Paul Strang and Adam Huckle both took 2-wickets.
Bryan Strang named Player of the match for his record-breaking bowling performance to claimed a career-best 6-wickets for 20-runs in 10-overs including two maidens with economy rate of 2.
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