Nahid Rana Takes 5 Wickets as Zimbabwe Struggles at 92/8

Overs25.1 Score92 - 8 Taskin Ahmed to Richard Ngarava, Back of a length, darted across middle, Richard Ngarava stays leg side and swings across the line but gets it off the toe end of the bat and over the slip cordon for a single down to deep third.

4 Overs24.6 Score91 - 8 Rishad Hossain to Newman Nyamhuri, FOUR! Cheekily done again by Nyamhuri. Tossed up at the stumps by Hossain, Nyamhuri lunges to the off side and scoops it down to fine leg for a second boundary in the over. Zimbabwe are 91/8 after 25 overs.

4 Overs24.3 Score87 - 8 Rishad Hossain to Newman Nyamhuri, FOUR! Off the back of the bat! Tossed up around off, Newman Nyamhuri goes for the reverse but ends up shoveling it off the back of the bat and towards fine leg for a boundary.

2lb Overs24.2 Score83 - 8 Rishad Hossain to Newman Nyamhuri, A big googly now, on a length and darts back into the batter. Newman Nyamhuri backs away but gets taken aback and the ball goes off the pads down to fine leg for a couple of leg byes.

0 Overs23.5 Score81 - 8 Mustafizur Rahman to Richard Ngarava, Short of a length again, cramping the batter for room this time, and Ngarava just keeps it out.

4 Overs23.4 Score81 - 8 Mustafizur Rahman to Richard Ngarava, FOUR! Nicely controlled. Banged in well short around off, Richard Ngarava hangs back and rises with the bounce, getting on top of the bounce, and nailing the pull well to the right of deep square leg for a boundary.

0 Overs23.3 Score77 - 8 Mustafizur Rahman to Richard Ngarava, That could have easily gone to hand. Back of a length, angled back into the batter. Richard Ngarava is taken aback by the extra bounce and fends it uppishly and just into the off side.

0 Overs23.2 Score77 - 8 Mustafizur Rahman to Richard Ngarava, A bit fuller, pushed down leg, Ngarava looks to pick it up and flick it out behind square leg but misses and gets hit on the outside half of the pads.

0 Overs23.1 Score77 - 8 Mustafizur Rahman to Richard Ngarava, On a good length, darting it back in towards the top of off. Richard Ngarava watchfully blocks it off.

Will Nahid continue? Nah, he won't. Understandably, as he has already bowled 7 overs on the trot. Mustafizur Rahman (5-0-15-0) is brought back on.

1 Overs22.4 Score77 - 8 Rishad Hossain to Richard Ngarava, Hossain comes around the wicket to the left-hander, dragging it well short on the body line. Richard Ngarava rocks back and pulls it to deep mid-wicket for a single.

0 Overs22.3 Score76 - 8 Rishad Hossain to Richard Ngarava, Nagging length on middle and off, Ngarava gives himself room and dabs it off the under edge to the leg side.

2 Overs21.6 Score76 - 8 Nahid Rana to Newman Nyamhuri, They settle for two. Full and straight, looking to slide one past the gate but Rana gets it on the pads. Nyamhuri clips it through the big gap at mid-wicket and picks up a couple of runs in the deep. Should really have been three runs, as it was a long chase for the fielder.

0 Overs21.5 Score74 - 8 Nahid Rana to Newman Nyamhuri, Oh, the inside edge saves Nyamhuri here. Fuller in length, on off, Nyamhuri is hanging back to defend and gets an inside edge onto the back pad.

1wd Overs21.4 Score74 - 8 Nahid Rana to Newman Nyamhuri, WIDE! That's not quite come out of the hand as intended. A full toss, down the leg side, Nyamhuri sits down but the ball goes well past him.

0 Overs21.3 Score73 - 8 Nahid Rana to Newman Nyamhuri, Oh, that's an aggressive bumper. Quick and short, right at the batter. Newman Nyamhuri does well to sway away from the line of the ball and sit under it a bit.

0 Overs21.2 Score73 - 8 Nahid Rana to Newman Nyamhuri, A swing and a miss! Rana goes full and wide, swinging the ball away. Nyamhuri is enticed into playing the drive but he gets beaten past the outside edge.

0 Overs21.1 Score73 - 8 Nahid Rana to Newman Nyamhuri, Back of a length, over off stump, Nyamhuri hops back and keeps it down in front of point.

0 Overs20.4 Score73 - 8 Rishad Hossain to Richard Ngarava, An appeal for LBW, but turned down. Might have pitched outside leg. Tossed up on leg stump, turning it in, Richard Ngarava gets a big stride forward but fails to defend and is rapped on the front pad.

0 Overs20.2 Score71 - 8 Rishad Hossain to Richard Ngarava, Drifted into the pads, nurdled away into the leg side. Nyamhuri at the non-striker's end sets off for the single but Ngarava sends him back.

1 Overs20.1 Score71 - 8 Rishad Hossain to Newman Nyamhuri, Rishad starts on the shorter side, bowling it around off, Newman Nyamhuri pushes it away square through the off side and picks up a single.

6-2-12-5 are the bowling figures for Nahid Rana so far. He has now picked up 25 wickets in 2026 in the ODI format. The most by any bowler this year. Simply brilliant.

0 Overs19.6 Score70 - 8 Nahid Rana to Richard Ngarava, Pinpoint yorker, outside off. Richard Ngarava looks to carve it down the ground, but cannot drop his bat down in time. Swings and misses.

Brad Evans doesn't seem happy with the umpire's decision, and unfortunately, there's no DRS available for him to review the ball. Did seem pretty straight, but the height might have been in question. Anyway, skipper Richard Ngarava walks out to bat next.

W Overs19.5 Score70 - 8 Nahid Rana to Brad Evans, OUT! LBW! Third 5-wicket haul in ODIs for Nahid Rana in 2026. Brad Evans is left shellshocked and walks back. Short of a length and around middle. Evans clears his front leg and looks to pull but is hurried by the pace. The ball slides under his angled bat and thuds into his back thigh pad. The fielders go up in appeal for LBW and the umpire's finger goes up in agreement. Zimbabwe are reduced to 70/8.

W Overs19.1 Score69 - 7 Nahid Rana to Innocent Kaia, OUT! EDGED AND CAUGHT BEHIND! Rana continues to wreak havoc on Zimbabwean batters and has his fourth wicket. Not too full and not that short either. It is that in-between length around off with some extra bounce and nips away off the seam. Innocent Kaia gets in a bit of a tangle while trying to fend it to the off side, but the extra lift does him in. The ball grazes the glove and Nurul Hasan dives to his right to take a fine catch behind the stumps. The in-form Kaia falls and Zimbabwe are 69/7.

0 Overs18.6 Score69 - 6 Soumya Sarkar to Brad Evans, On the pads, full, Evans clips it to the mid-wicket region. The most productive over for Zimbabwe as 15 runs come off it.

1 Overs18.5 Score69 - 6 Soumya Sarkar to Innocent Kaia, Hard length, slightly outside off. Innocent Kaia cuts off the back foot to deep point for a single.

6 Overs18.4 Score68 - 6 Soumya Sarkar to Innocent Kaia, SIX! Goes the distance! A long half-volley by Soumya, around off. Innocent Kaia picks the length nicely, and dumps it behind the long on fence for the first six of the match. Nothing streaky about this one as it came right off the middle of the blade.

4 Overs18.3 Score62 - 6 Soumya Sarkar to Innocent Kaia, FOUR! Off the leading edge! Fuller ball, off. Innocent Kaia clears the front leg to play the pick-up shot over the leg side, but gets a massive leading edge and it flies over the short third fielder for a boundary. A boundary after ages for Zimbabwe.

1 Overs18.2 Score58 - 6 Soumya Sarkar to Brad Evans, Back of a length, outside off, guided behind to deep third for a single.