Zimbabwean cricket team in Bangladesh in 2025

Zimbabwean cricket team in Bangladesh in 2025
	Bangladesh	Zimbabwe
Dates	20 April – 2 May 2025
Captains	Najmul Hossain Shanto	Craig Ervine
Test series
Result	2-match series drawn 1–1
Most runs	Mominul Haque (136) Shadman Islam (136)	Sean Williams (142)
Most wickets	Mehidy Hasan Miraz (15)	Blessing Muzarabani (10)
Player of the series	Mehidy Hasan Miraz (Ban)

The Zimbabwe cricket team toured Bangladesh in April and May 2025 to play two Test matches. ^{[1] [2] [3]} In March 2025, the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) confirmed the fixtures for the tour, as a part of the 2025 home international season of the Bangladesh cricket team. ^{[4] [5]}

Originally, the tour was scheduled to include three ODIs and three T20Is under the Future Tours Programme (FTP). ^[6] Later it was rescheduled to two Tests only. ^[7]

Squads

Bangladesh [8]	Zimbabwe [9]
Najmul Hossain Shanto (c) Khaled Ahmed Jaker Ali (wk) Mahidul Islam Ankon (wk) Anamul Haque [a] Mominul Haque Nayeem Hasan Zakir Hasan (wk) [b] Mahmudul Hasan Joy Mehidy Hasan Miraz Shadman Islam Taijul Islam Tanvir Islam [a] Hasan Mahmud Mushfiqur Rahim (wk) Nahid Rana [b] Tanzim Hasan Sakib	Craig Ervine (c) Brian Bennett Johnathan Campbell Ben Curran Trevor Gwandu Wesley Madhevere Wellington Masakadza Vincent Masekesa Nyasha Mayavo (wk) Blessing Muzarabani Richard Ngarava Victor Nyauchi Tafadzwa Tsiga (wk) Nick Welch Sean Williams

On 23 April, Bangladesh added Anamul Haque and Tanvir Islam into the squad for the second Test, replacing Zakir Hasan and Nahid Rana. ^[10]

Test series

1st Test

20–23 April 2025 Scorecard

Bangladesh	v	Zimbabwe
191 (61 overs) Mominul Haque 56 (105) Wellington Masakadza 3/21 (10 overs)		273 (80.2 overs) Sean Williams 59 (108) Mehidy Hasan Miraz 5/52 (20.2 overs)
255 (79.2 overs) Najmul Hossain Shanto 60 (105) Blessing Muzarabani 6/72 (20.2 overs)		174/7 (50.1 overs) Brian Bennett 54 (81) Mehidy Hasan Miraz 5/50 (22.1 overs)

Zimbabwe won by 3 wickets Sylhet International Cricket Stadium, Sylhet Umpires: Richard Illingworth (Eng) and Richard Kettleborough (Eng) Player of the match: Blessing Muzarabani (Zim)

• Bangladesh won the toss and elected to bat.
• Blessing Muzarabani took his 50th wicket in Tests, becoming the joint-fastest Zimbabwe bowler to reach there (in 11 matches). ^[11]
• Mehidy Hasan Miraz (Ban) took his 200th wicket in Tests. ^[12] He also took the most ten-wicket hauls (3) in Tests for Bangladesh going past Shakib Al Hasan and Taijul Islam. ^[13]

2nd Test

28–30 April 2025 Scorecard

Zimbabwe	v	Bangladesh
227 (90.1 overs) Sean Williams 67 (166) Taijul Islam 6/60 (27.1 overs)		444 (129.2 overs) Shadman Islam 120 (181) Vincent Masekesa 5/115 (31.2 overs)
111 (46.2 overs) Ben Curran 46 (103) Mehidy Hasan Miraz 5/32 (21 overs)

Bangladesh won by an innings and 106 runs Zohur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium, Chittagong Umpires: Kumar Dharmasena (SL) and Richard Illingworth (Eng) Player of the match: Mehidy Hasan Miraz (Ban)

• Zimbabwe won the toss and elected to bat.
• Tanzim Hasan Sakib (Ban) and Vincent Masekesa (Zim) both made their Test debuts.
• Vincent Masekesa (Zim) took his first five-wicket haul in Tests. ^[14]
• Mehidy Hasan Miraz became the third Bangladeshi cricketer to achieve the double of scoring a century and taking a five-wicket haul in a test match. ^[15] He also became the second cricketer after Ian Botham to achieve this feat on the same day of a test match. ^[16]
• David Boon officiated in his last match as a match referee. ^[17]

Notes

1. In squad for second Test only.
2. In squad for first Test only.

References

1. "Zimbabwe set for Bangladesh Test tour after five years". The Daily Observer . Retrieved 14 March 2025.
2. "Zimbabwe to tour Bangladesh in April for two-match Test series". BDCricTime. Retrieved 14 March 2025.
3. "Bangladesh set to host Zimbabwe for two-game Test series in April". India TV . Retrieved 14 March 2025.
4. "Bangladesh announce schedule for Test series against Zimbabwe". International Cricket Council . Retrieved 14 March 2025.
5. "Bangladesh to host Zimbabwe for two Tests in April". Cricbuzz . 8 March 2025. Retrieved 8 April 2025.
6. "Bangladesh set to host Zimbabwe for two-Test series". 3-mob.com. Retrieved 14 March 2025.
7. "Sylhet and Chattogram to host two-Test series against Zimbabwe". Daily Sun . Retrieved 14 March 2025.
8. "Tanzim gets maiden call-up for first Test against Zimbabwe". ESPNcricinfo . Retrieved 8 April 2025.
9. "Zimbabwe name squad for Bangladesh Test series". Zimbabwe Cricket . Retrieved 7 April 2025.
10. "Anamul Haque in, Nahid Rana out of Bangladesh Test squad". ESPNcricinfo . Retrieved 23 April 2025.
11. "Zimbabwe quick equals national record for fastest to 50 Test wickets". Wisden. Retrieved 23 April 2025.
12. "Miraz third Bangladesh bowler to reach 200-wicket milestone in Tests". BSS News. Retrieved 23 April 2025.
13. "Bangladesh all-rounder breaks Shakib's national record with heroic 10-for in defeat". Wisden. Retrieved 23 April 2025.
14. "3 bowlers to take a 5-wicket haul on Test debut for Zimbabwe ft. Vincent Masekesa". Cricket Times. Retrieved 30 April 2025.
15. "Mehidy joins exclusive group as Bangladesh clinch easy Test triumph". www.icc-cricket.com. 1 May 2025. Retrieved 1 May 2025.
16. প্রতিবেদক, ক্রীড়া (1 May 2025). "২০২৫ সালের মিরাজে যেভাবে ফিরল ১৯৮৪". Prothomalo (in Bengali). Retrieved 1 May 2025.
17. "David Boon calls time on 14-year career as match referee". ESPNcricinfo . Retrieved 30 April 2025.

External links

• Series home at ESPNcricinfo