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Zimbabwe won their warm-up match against th BCB President's XI by 26 runs in Dhaka earlier today. After winning the toss and opting to bat, Zim posted a total of 221/8 from their 50 overs, with Stuart Matsikenyeri top-scoring with 49. Hossain was the best of the bowlers for the home side, claiming 3/34 from his 10 overs. In reply, the President's XI were bowled out for 195 in their 48th over.

Zim coach Kevin Curran wasn't exactly happy with the score posted, but welcomed the win and the practice it provided:

"It was a good test for the guys because most of them had time at the crease. The bowlers also got some valuable overs. We batted well, especially Stuart. But a competitive score would have been about 240, so we were short of that. Our ground fielding also let us down as we let through 20-25 runs. If we had stopped them, we would have bowled the BCB President’s XI out much earlier. It was good that we won in the end but we made the margin much narrower that it should have been."

A promising start to the tour, then, but still plenty o work to be done. Next up is Zimbabwe's inaugral Twenty20 international, which takes place on Tuesday. Check below the cut for this game's scorecard.

Scorecard

Zimbabweans innings
S Matsikenyeri 	c & b Mosharraf Hossain 			49
CJ Chibhabha 	b Nazmul Hossain 				3
SC Williams 	c Nazmus Sadat b Mosharraf Hossain 		19
KM Dabengwa 	run out (Nadif Chowdhury) 			18
ML Nkala 	c Mushfiqur Rahim b Tapash Baisya		37
BRM Taylor 	c Farhad Reza b Mosharraf Hossain	 	30
E Chigumbura 	c Mushfiqur Rahim b Tapash Baisya 		2
H Masakadza 	not out 					27
GB Brent 	c Mahmudullah b Tapash Baisya 			16
RS Higgins 	not out 					2
				Extras 	(b 4, lb 7, w 5, nb 2) 	18 					
				Total 	(8 wickets; 50 overs) 	221 					

Did not bat: AJ Ireland, CB Mpofu

Fall of wickets: 1-19 (Chibhabha, 5.2 ov), 
2-81 (Williams, 18.2 ov), 3-82 (Matsikenyeri, 20.1 ov), 
4-120 (Dabengwa, 28.5 ov), 5-153 (Nkala, 36.2 ov), 
6-157 (Chigumbura, 38.5 ov), 7-187 (Taylor, 43.3 ov), 
8-216 (Brent, 49.3 ov)

Bowling 			O 	M 	R 	W 	Econ 	
Tapash Baisya 		9 	0 	50 	3 	5.55 	(1nb, 2w)
Ziaur Rahman 		3 	0 	22 	0 	7.33 	
Farhad Reza 		8 	0 	38 	0 	4.75 	(2w)
Mehrab Hossain jnr 	4 	0 	17 	0 	4.25 	(1w)
Nazmul Hossain 		8 	4 	20 	1 	2.50 	
Mosharraf Hossain 	10 	2 	34 	3 	3.40 	
Mahmudullah 		8 	0 	29 	0 	3.62 	(1nb)


Bangladesh Cricket Board Presidents XI innings
Nazmus Sadat 			b Mpofu 		18
Mehrab Hossain jnr 		lbw b Ireland 		0
Marshall Ayub 			st Taylor b Williams 	35
Habibul Bashar 			run out (Mpofu) 	17
Nadif Chowdhury 		b Brent 		42
Farhad Reza 			c Nkala b Dabengwa 	6
Mushfiqur Rahim 		b Dabengwa 		26
Mahmudullah 			run out (Chigumbura) 	6
Tapash Baisya 			not out 		28
Mosharraf Hossain 		b Brent 		3
Ziaur Rahman 			c Dabengwa b Brent 	2
			Extras 	(lb 4, w 6, nb 2) 	12 					
			Total 	(all out; 47.2 overs) 	195 					

Did not bat: Nazmul Hossain

Fall of wickets: 1-14 (Mehrab Hossain, 1.1 ov), 
2-18 (Nazmus Sadat, 2.3 ov), 3-48 (Habibul Bashar, 10.2 ov), 
4-116 (Marshall Ayub, 24.2 ov), 5-120 (Nadif Chowdhury, 27.2 ov), 
6-134 (Farhad Reza, 31.6 ov), 7-149 (Mahmudullah, 37.4 ov), 
8-177 (Mushfiqur Rahim, 43.5 ov), 9-187 (Mosharraf Hossain, 45.4 ov), 
10-195 (Ziaur Rahman, 47.2 ov)

Bowling 	O 	M 	R 	W 	Econ 	
CB Mpofu 	8 	0 	50 	1 	6.25 	
AJ Ireland 	7 	2 	20 	1 	2.85 	(1nb, 2w)
E Chigumbura 	4 	0 	22 	0 	5.50 	(1nb, 1w)
GB Brent 	9.2	1 	32 	3 	3.42 	
SC Williams 	10 	0 	31 	1 	3.10 	(1w)
KM Dabengwa 	7 	0 	24 	2 	3.42 	(1w)
RS Higgins 	2 	0 	12 	0 	6.00 	(1w)