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Zimbabwe won the toss and elected to field at the start of the 3rd ODI in Harare on Friday. After their comprehensive win in the second match, Zim would have been looking to continue on a positive note, and when Tamim Iqbal and Aftab Ahmed fell in the early overs the leave Bangladesh looking wobbly at 2/10, you could have been forgiven for being hopeful. Led by 69 from Shahriar Nafees and some unimpressive Zimbabwean bowling, though, the Tigers steadied and were able to bat out their innings for a respectable 228/9 - respectable, but still not out of Zimbabwe's reach.

The Zimbabwean innings got off to a decent start, too, thanks to an opening stand of 93 between Terrence Duffin and Vusi Sibanda. The arrival of the middle order marked the beginning of Zimbabwe's problems, though, as while they kept in the vicinity of the required run rate they were also losing wickets far too frequently, including two messy & unnecessary runouts. The final 3 wickets fell for just 10 runs, leaving Zim 14 runs short in a game which they should have won, and with the possibility of a morale-boosting series win gone.

Check below the cut for the full scorecard. The final match in the series - and Zimbabwe's last chance to salvage some pride - is on Saturday.
Bangladesh 228/9 (50 overs; Shahriar Nafees 69, Ireland 3/53), Zimbabwe 214 (49.4 overs; Sibanda 64, Tapash Baisya 2/50). Bangladesh win by 14 runs, lead series 2-1 with 1 to play.

Bangladesh innings
Tamim Iqbal 		c Brent b Ireland 			5
Shahriar Nafees 	c Sibanda b Dabengwa 			69
Aftab Ahmed 		c Mpofu b Ireland 			1
Saqibul Hasan 		c Taylor b Chigumbura 			11
Mushfiqur Rahim 	c Williams b Brent 			42
Habibul Bashar 		run out (Mpofu/Taylor) 			31
Mohammad Ashraful 	run out (Chigumbura) 			3
Mashrafe Mortaza 	b Ireland 				29
Mohammad Sharif 	run out (Chigumbura/Ireland/Taylor) 	6
Tapash Baisya 		not out 				18
Abdur Razzak 		not out 				2
			Extras 	(b 4, w 7) 			11 					
			Total 	(9 wickets; 50 overs) 		228 					

Fall of wickets: 1-7 (Tamim Iqbal, 1.5 ov), 2-10 (Aftab Ahmed, 3.1 ov), 
3-36 (Saqibul Hasan, 8.4 ov), 4-136 (Mushfiqur Rahim, 31.3 ov), 
5-142 (Shahriar Nafees, 32.6 ov), 6-149 (Mohammad Ashraful, 36.2 ov), 
7-200 (Mashrafe Mortaza, 45.5 ov), 8-203 (Habibul Bashar, 46.2 ov), 
9-211 (Mohammad Sharif, 47.6 ov)

Bowling 	O 	M 	R 	W 	Econ 	
CB Mpofu 	8 	1 	32 	0 	4.00 	
AJ Ireland 	10 	0 	53 	3 	5.30 	(3w)
E Chigumbura 	5 	0 	26 	1 	5.20 	(3w)
P Utseya 	10 	1 	33 	0 	3.30 	
GB Brent 	7 	0 	27 	1 	3.85 	(1w)
KM Dabengwa 	5 	0 	23 	1 	4.60 	
SC Williams 	5 	0 	30 	0 	6.00 	

							
Zimbabwe innings
T Duffin 	st Mushfiqur Rahim b Abdur Razzak 	37
V Sibanda 	c Habibul Bashar b Mohammad Sharif 	64
H Masakadza 	c Tapash Baisya b Saqibul Hasan 	6
SC Williams 	run out (Saqibul Hasan) 		8
BRM Taylor 	run out (Saqibul Hasan) 		13
E Chigumbura 	c Aftab Ahmed b Mashrafe Mortaza 	33
KM Dabengwa 	b Tapash Baisya 			18
GB Brent 	run out 				7
P Utseya 	c Aftab Ahmed b Tapash Baisya 		0
CB Mpofu 	run out (Tamim Iqbal) 			3
AJ Ireland 	not out 				1
		 Extras 	(lb 5, w 12, nb 7) 	24 					
		Total 	(all out; 49.4 overs) 		214 					

Fall of wickets: 1-91 (Duffin, 18.3 ov), 2-115 (Masakadza, 24.4 ov), 
3-124 (Sibanda, 27.3 ov), 4-140 (Williams, 33.4 ov), 
5-149 (Taylor, 37.1 ov), 6-202 (Dabengwa, 45.6 ov), 
7-204 (Chigumbura, 46.4 ov), 8-206 (Utseya, 47.4 ov), 
9-210 (Mpofu, 48.4 ov), 10-214 (Brent, 49.4 ov)

Bowling 		O 	M 	R 	W 	Econ 	
Mashrafe Mortaza 	10 	1 	32 	1 	3.20 	(2w)
Tapash Baisya 		10 	0 	50 	2 	5.00 	(2w)
Mohammad Sharif 	9.5 	0 	53 	1 	5.38 	(7nb)
Abdur Razzak 		9.4 	0 	44 	1 	4.55 	(7w)
Saqibul Hasan 		10 	0 	29 	1 	2.90 	(1w)
Aftab Ahmed 		0.1 	0 	1 	0 	6.00