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Zimbabwe strolled to an 8 wicket victory in the 2nd ODI versus Bangladesh, after impressive performances from Gary Brent with the ball and Vusi Sibanda with the bat left Bangladesh wondering what hit them.

Bangladesh won the toss and elected to bat, but no sooner were they in than Chris Mpofu had sent openers Shahriar Nafees and Mehrab Hossain jnr back to the pavilion with the score on just 5. It didn't get any better for the visitors after that, either - Gary Brent decimated the middle order with three wickets in two overs, while Sean Williams cleaned up the tail. Only a fighting 40 from Mohammad Rafique gave Bangladesh's total some respectability.

Come the Zimbabwe innings, Vusi Sibanda carried on from where Brent had left off and showed scant regard for the Tigers' bowling, wracking up 93 of Zimbabwe's 156 runs. Support was provided by Terry Duffin, in a typically slow-and-steady performance, while Hamilton Masakadza and Sean Williams made cameo appearances as the total was easily reached in the 36th over.

Much more like it from Zimbabwe, then, and hopefully an indication of how they'll play in the remaining two matches this weekend. Check below the cut for the scorecard.

Bangladesh 153 (46 overs; Mohammad Rafique 40, Brent 4/30), Zimbabwe 156/2 (35.2 overs; Sibanda 93*, Saqibul Hasan 1/29). Zimbabwe win by 8 wickets, series tied 1-1 with 2 to play

Bangladesh innings (50 overs maximum)
Shahriar Nafees 	c Sibanda b Mpofu 	1
Mehrab Hossain jnr 	c Duffin b Mpofu 	2
Aftab Ahmed 		c Utseya b Brent 	24
Saqibul Hasan 		c Masakadza b Brent 	22
Habibul Bashar 		b Brent 		0
Mohammad Ashraful 	c Taylor b Williams 	16
Mushfiqur Rahim 	c Dabengwa b Williams 	27
Mashrafe Mortaza 	st Taylor b Williams 	2
Mohammad Rafique 	c & b Brent		40
Abdur Razzak 		not out 		10
Shahadat Hossain 	lbw b Ireland 		1
	    Extras 	(lb 1, w 7) 		8 					
	    Total 	(all out; 46 overs) 	153 					

Fall of wickets: 1-2 (Shahriar Nafees, 0.5 ov), 
2-5 (Mehrab Hossain jnr, 2.6 ov), 3-49 (Saqibul Hasan, 13.1 ov), 
4-49 (Habibul Bashar, 13.5 ov), 5-50 (Aftab Ahmed, 15.5 ov), 
6-73 (Mohammad Ashraful, 26.5 ov), 7-81 (Mashrafe Mortaza, 32.3 ov), 
8-137 (Mohammad Rafique, 43.5 ov), 9-139 (Mushfiqur Rahim, 44.1 ov), 
10-153 (Shahadat Hossain, 45.6 ov)

Bowling 	O 	M 	R 	W 	Econ 	
CB Mpofu 	8 	3 	26 	2 	3.25 	
AJ Ireland 	9 	0 	31 	1 	3.44 	
P Utseya 	10 	0 	32 	0 	3.20 	
GB Brent 	10 	2 	30 	4 	3.00 	(6w)
SC Williams 	7 	0 	23 	3 	3.28 	(1w)
E Chigumbura 	2 	0 	10 	0 	5.00 	


Zimbabwe innings (target: 154 runs from 50 overs)
T Duffin 	run out (Saqibul Hasan) 		32
V Sibanda 	not out 				93
H Masakadza 	c Mushfiqur Rahim b Saqibul Hasan 	5
SC Williams 	not out 				1
	    Extras (lb 8, w 12, nb 5)	 		25 					
	    Total (2 wickets; 35.2 overs; 148 mins) 	156 					

Did not bat: BRM Taylor, KM Dabengwa, E Chigumbura, GB Brent, 
P Utseya, CB Mpofu, AJ Ireland

Fall of wickets: 1-125 (Duffin, 28.6 ov), 2-142 (Masakadza, 32.3 ov)

Bowling 		O 	M 	R 	W 	Econ 	
Mashrafe Mortaza 	7 	1 	17 	0 	2.42 	(3nb, 1w)
Shahadat Hossain 	5 	0 	29 	0 	5.80 	(2nb, 1w)
Abdur Razzak 		7 	0 	29 	0 	4.14 	(8w)
Mohammad Rafique 	7.1 	0 	29 	0 	4.04 	
Saqibul Hasan 		6 	0 	27 	1 	4.50 	
Mehrab Hossain jnr 	3.1 	0 	17 	0 	5.36 	(2w)