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Bermuda put up more of a fight in Saturday's Tri-Series final against Zimbabwe, but it still wasn't enough to prevent Zim from lifting the title. Having at one point reached a healthy 200/2 Zimbabwe should have reached a higher total than they did, but the departure of Vusi Sibanda for 116 triggered something of a batting collapse, leaving the team to finally reach 259/7 for their 50 overs.

In reply, Bermuda seemed to be following Zimbabwe's gameplan from the West Indies series and never really seemed to be trying to chase the total that had been set for them, instead being content to try and bat out the innings. Zim's bowlers put on another good display to prevent that, though, with Tawanda Mupariwa taking 3/19 and Blessing Mawhire 3/29 on the way to a deserved Zimbabwe win. Next up: Bangladesh, who at Zimbabwe's current strength will be more of a challenge - the last time the two teams met (in Bangladesh, 2005, when Zim had a considerably stronger team than they do now), the Asian team won the ODI series 3-2...
Zimbabwe 259/7 (50 ovrs); Bermuda 176 (47.2 ovrs)
Zimbabwe win by 83 runs & win series