Zimbabwe beat Bangladesh by 5 runs

Zimbabwe snatched an astonishing victory over Bangladesh at Harare Sports Club on Tuesday to win their five-match ODI series three up and two to play.Zimbabwe, having been put into bat, made 250 for seven wickets down, with Bangladesh 245 all out in reply as darkness was closing in.Zimbabwes total of 250 was a challenging score, but with the wicket easing to a slower pace in the afternoon, Bangladesh expected to meet the challenge and keep the series alive.Their run rate was much faster in the early part of the innings than Zimbabwes but when Tamim Iqbal was run out after scoring 44 there were was nobody else able to link up to any extent with Rahim.Shakib Al Hassan (19) and debutant Junaid Siddique (22) were both caught and bowled by Prosper Utseya, who ended with 3-47.Neither they nor the other middle and lower order batsmen stayed significantly with Rahim.Suddenly, within sight of the winning line, Bangladeshs tail collapsed. From 229-5 and with 22 to win in two overs and with nine to win in the last over they were tossed aside, mainly by Kyle Jarvis, who bowled out Shafiul Islam and Rubel Hossain to deliver a coup de grace, just as the opportunity for a dramatic Bangladesh victory looked within their grasp.