BAN vs ZIM Ball by Ball Commentary

Zimbabwe gets a consolation win! Flatter, around off. Johnathan Campbell backs away and stabs into the off-side for a single. Zimbabwe win by 8 wickets and chase down the target with nine balls to spare. The visitors avoid the whitewash and Sikandar Raza looks like a relieved man.

Arm ball, on middle. Campbell gets an inside edge toward short fine leg.

FOUR! BANG! Pitched full and at the stumps. Campbell whips it to the deep mid-wicket region for a thumping boundary. The scores are tied now.

FOUR! 19 runs off the over! Short of a length, angling down the leg. Raza gets across and helps it toward the deep square leg region. Beats the fielder in the deep and races to the ropes.

SIX MORE! Raza is taking Zimbabwe home! Pitched full, around off. Raza lifts it over the wide long-off region and gets another biggie.

SIX! SMOKED! On a length, outside off. Raza picks the length early and nails the pull shot. Sails over the deep mid-wicket fence for a huge 99-meter hit.

Slower length ball, outside off. Raza lifts it toward deep extra cover for a couple.

Good length, outside off. Campbell cuts it to deep point for one.

On a length, pace-off. Campbell swings across the line and fails to connect.

Slower and fuller, at the stumps. Campbell drills it past the bowler toward mid-off for one.

Another short ball, down the leg. Helped to fine leg for a single.

FOUR! FIFTY FOR RAZA! Nicely done! Short of a length, down the leg. Raza gets on top of it and controls the pull shot to the long-leg region for a boundary.

Short of a length, angling into the batter. Campbell is rushed on the pull as the ball comes off the shoulder, hits the helmet and rolls toward backward point for a run.

Short of a good length, angling in. Campbell plays and misses.

Good length, on off. Raza taps it toward short third for one.

On a length, around off. Raza runs it down to third man for a single.

Low full toss, tailing into the batter. Raza whips it through mid-wicket and scampers for the double.

FOUR! BANG! Slower and fuller, outside off. Raza reaches for it and lifts it toward the wide long-off region for a boundary. Towhid Hridoy tries hard in the deep but the ball evades him.

WIDE! Slower length ball, outside off. Raza lets it go. Wide signaled.

FOUR! Nicely done! Full-length, outside off. Raza opens the bat's face and steers it to deep third for a boundary.

Full on off. Campbell works it toward backward point for one.

OUT! CAUGHT! High in the air and taken! Slower length ball, outside off. Brian Bennett pulls it across the line and miscues this toward the deep mid-wicket region. Rishad Hossain runs in from the boundary and takes a simple catch. A terrific knock from Bennett comes to an end. Zimbabwe lose their second.

Slower and fuller, outside off. Raza hacks across the line and fails to connect.

Fuller length delivery, width outside the off stump line, Bennett lifts that over the bowler's head for a single.

WIDE! Short and over the batter. Bennett lets it go. Wide signaled.

Low full toss, tailing in. Raza swings hard and gets an inside edge toward backward square leg.

Slower length ball, outside off. Slapped straight to extra cover.

Full, on middle. Bennett heaves it to wide long-on for one.

SIX! Sarkar is greeted with a biggie! Gentle length ball, on off. Bennett gets under it and thumps this over long-on for a maximum.

Shorter and wider outside off. Bennett slaps it to sweeper cover for a single.

Flatter on off, guided to short third for none.

Short and wide outside off. Raza cuts it through point for one.

LEG BYE! Drifted on the pad. Bennett turns into the on-side for an extra.

Flatter, around off. Bennett punches into covers. The throw comes from the fielder and some sloppy work from the keeper allows the double.

Arm ball, on middle. Raza goes back and punches it to long-off for one.

Leg break, on off. Bennett tucks into the pitch. A dot to end the over.

Tad short, outside off. Raza cuts it toward backward point and takes a risky run.

Short and wide outside off. Bennett cuts it to deep point for one.

SIX! BOOM! Tosses it full, in the slot. Bennett gets under it and powers it over wide long-on for half a dozen.

Leg break, around off. Bennett guides it to short third.

Short and wide outside off. Bennett cuts it to the deep backward point region for a couple. Brings up the fifty-partnership between the duo.

MAIDEN FIFTY FOR Brian Bennett. Short of a good length, on the leg peg. Bennett turns into the mid-wicket region and crosses for a run. He gets to his milestone with ease.

Slower length ball, on off. Pulled away to deep square leg for a single.

Good length, on the middle and leg. Bennett tucks into the on-side for one.

WIDE! Bowls a off-cutter, on a fullish length and spills outside the tramline. He has to reload it.

Too short, around off. Brian Bennett looks to play the upper-cut but fails to connect. The umpire calls it one for the over.

On a length, outside off. Raza taps it to deep third for one.

FOUR! Put Away! Dishes a slower and fuller ball, outside off. Raza lifts it over the infield and gets a boundary to deep extra cover.

Flatter leg break, on off. Raza goes back and tucks it toward mid-wicket for one.

SIX! LAUNCHED! Flighted, full, on off. Raza sits down and dispatches it over the long-on boundary. Sails all the way for a maximum.

Flatter leg break, around off. Raza tucks into the gap at cow corner for a couple.

Tosses it full, outside off. Bennett slices it off the outside edge toward deep backward point.

Flatter leg break, outside off. Bennett guides it to short third.

SIX! HIGH AND HANDSOME! Drops it short, around off. Bennett rocks back and muscles it over deep mid-wicket for a maximum.

Floated on off. Bennett looks to drive and inside edges it toward mid-on for one.

Another arm ball, skids through on off. Bennett misses the cut and toe ends it toward the bowler.

Flatter arm ball, on off. Raza punches it through covers for one.

Tad short, on off. Raza chops into the off-side.

Arm ball, on the leg peg. Raza goes for the cut but misses and wears on the pad.

Tossed up on off. Raza pushes it back at the bowler.

Tossed up on off. Raza guides it toward backward point and keeps the strike with a single.

Length, on middle. Bennett nudges into the leg side for a single.

Flat and quick at the stumps. Raza tucks toward mid-wicket for one.

Floated on off, driven to extra cover.

Flighted, full, just outside off. Raza sits down to hack it across but fails to connect.

Tossed up on off. Raza prods forward and defends.

Yorker, on off. Brian Bennett does well to jam it and kicks it away from rolling onto the stumps.

Low full toss, outside off. Raza slices it to deep point for one.

WIDE! Slower bumper, way over the batter. Raza lets it go. Wide signaled.

FOUR! GLORIOUS! Pitched full, outside off. Raza drives it on the up and gets it through extra cover for a majestic boundary.

SIX! CLUBBED! Short of a good length, on off. Raza picks the length early and smokes into the crowd over deep square leg.

Back of a length, angling into the middle and leg. Raza misses the tuck and wears on the pad.

Hard-length, on off. Raza advances and blocks it out.

Short and wide outside off. Cut away to deep point for one.

Shortish leg break, around off. Bennett plays it late and guides to short third for one.

Flighted, on off. Raza drives it to long-off for a run.

Flatter leg break, on middle. Raza defends from the crease.

Fuller, outside off. Driven to deep point for one.

Tossed up on off, Bennett drives it back at the bowler.

Short of a good length, on off. Raza dabs it to backward point.

Much fuller and quicker, at the stumps. Raza heaves off the inner half, toward backward square leg.

Keeps it on a length, just outside off. Sikandar Raza shoulder's arms to it and lets it go.

Good length, on off. Raza hangs back and defends into the off-side.

On a length, outside off. Bennett drives and gets an outside edge to third man for a single.

Back of a length, on off. Raza tucks into the mid-wicket region for one.

Tossed up on middle, bunted back at the bowler.

Fired on the pad. Brian Bennett looks to turn it away but gets a thud on the pad.

Flighted on off, Bennett prods and pushes it to the bowler.

Slower and wider of off, Bennett went hard on the cut and mistimed it to the off-side.

Full on off. Raza pushes it to long-off for one.

OUT! STUMPED! Shakib Al Hasan draws first blood. Tad short, turning in around off. Tadiwanashe Marumani skips down the pitch and looks to heave it across the line. He misses and the keeper takes the bails off in a flash. The on-field umpire goes upstairs. The replays show that the bat was in the air when the bails came off. Tadiwanashe Marumani is a goner!

Short of a length, on off. Pulled away to deep square leg for a single.

Good length, outside off. Marumani chops it to backward point.

Fullish length, on off. Tadiwanashe Marumani  pushes into the off-side.

On a length, on off. Bennett half pulls it to long-on for a single.

WIDE! Length, angling down the leg. Bennett plays and misses. Wide signaled.

FOUR MORE! BANG! Short of a length, around off. Brian Bennett hacks it over mid-on and this races into the fence in a flash.

FOUR! Streaky! Short and angling into the batter. Brian Bennett goes for the pull and gets an top edge that flies past the keeper and into the fence.

Tossed up on off. Tadiwanashe Marumani defends on the front foot.

Fired in at the stumps, swept to deep backward square leg for one.

SIX MORE! WONDERFUL HIT! Tosses it full, around off. Brian Bennett gets to the pitch of the ball and lifts it over the wide long-on fence for another maximum.

SIX! BOOM! Flatter, on the middle and leg. Brian Bennett gets across and hacks it over deep square leg for half a dozen.

FOUR! SHOT! Tad short, around off. Bennett goes back and punches it through extra cover for a boundary.

In the air and just short. Flatter, around off. Bennett sweeps it toward backward square leg and lands in front of the fielder.

Flat and turning into the batter. Marumani works it to square leg.

Drifted on the pad, Bennett nudges it through backward square leg for a single.

Tad short and skids through, around off. Bennett cuts and misses.

Flatter on off, punched off the backfoot, into covers.

Flighted, full, around off. Brian Bennett sweeps and misses.

Tossed up on off, bunted back at the bowler.

Full and going down the leg. Tadiwanashe Marumani sweeps it to short fine leg for none.

Drifted on the leg peg. Bennett turns it through mid-wicket for one.

Flat and quick outside off. Bennett cuts it to backward point.

FOUR MORE! Tough chance! Flatter and turning away, around off. Bennett slashes hard and it goes past the slip fielder for another boundary.

Pitched full, on off. Pushed into covers for none.

FOUR! Brian Bennett and Zimbabwe are away with a boundary. Tossed up, around off. Bennett drives it through the extra cover region and the fielder gets an uneven bounce. The ball runs away to the ropes for a boundary.