DHAKA, Jan 19: Veteran Raymond Price grabbed 4-22 and hit two boundaries in the last over to lead Zimbabwe to an exciting two-wicket win over Bangladesh in the first One-day International here on Monday.

The 32-year-old recorded his career-best figures and then scored a match-winning 24 not out as Zimbabwe surpassed Bangladesh’s modest 124 with four balls to spare.

Paceman Mashrafe Mortaza (3-21) and spinner Shakib Al Hasan (3-11) picked three wickets each to reduce Zimbabwe to 92-8, before debutant Malcolm Waller (24) and Price crushed the home team’s victory bid.

With Zimbabwe needing six runs off the final over, Man-of-the-Match Price struck boundaries off the first two deliveries from seamer Nazmul Hossain to give his team a 1-0 lead in the three-match series.

It was Zimbabwe’s second successive win over Bangladesh, having beaten the hosts by 38 runs in the recent tri-series in Dhaka that also featured Sri Lanka.

Earlier, Price and fellow left-arm spinner Keith Dabengwa (3-15) wrecked Bangladesh’s innings.

The hosts were off to a slow start, taking 24 deliveries to score their first run off the bat after Mohammad Ashraful won the toss and elected to bat in overcast conditions.

Scoreboard

BANGLADESH:

Tamim Iqbal c Taibu b M’kadza 13

Junaid Siddique lbw b Rainsford 3

M. Ashraful c Rainsford b Chi’bura 4

Raqibul Hasan c and b Price 28

Shakib Al Hasan c Chi’bura b Price 15

Mushfiqur Rahim b Dabengwa 22

Mahmudullah c Dabengwa b Price 14

Naeem Islam c and b Dabengwa 15

Mashrafe Mortaza c M’kadza b Dabengwa 5

Nazmul Hossain st Taibu b Price 0

Rubel Hossain not out 0

EXTRAS (W-5) 5

TOTAL (all out, 48.1 overs) 124

FALL OF WKTS: 1-10, 2-15, 3-31, 4-66, 5-69, 6-103, 7-105, 8-121, 9-124

BOWLING: Rainsford 8-4-12-1; Mupariwa 8-2-13-0 (3w); Chigumbura 6-1-26-1 (2w); Masakadza 3-1-14-1; Price 10-2-22-4; Utseya 8-0-22-0; Dabengwa 5.1-0-15-3.

ZIMBABWE:

H. Masakadza c Raqibul b Mashrafe 2

T. Taibu b Mashrafe 14

S. Matsikenyeri b Shakib 7

S.C. Williams c Junaid b Shakib 8

E. Chigumbura c Mushfiqur b Mashrafe 0

M. Waller lbw b Mahmudullah 24

K.M. Dabengwa b Shakib 1

P. Utseya c Ashraful b Rubel 21

R.W. Price not out 24

T. Mupariwa not out 10

EXTRAS (LB-7, W-5, NB-4) 16

TOTAL (for eight wkts, 49.2 overs) 127

FALL OF WKTS: 1-2, 2-23, 3-23, 4-33, 5-37, 6-44, 7-72, 8-92.

DID NOT BAT: E.C. Rainsford.

BOWLING: Mashrafe Mortaza 10-3-21-3 (1nb); Nazmul Hossain 9.2-0-36-0; Shakib Al Hasan 10-4-11-3 (w3), Rubel Hossain 6-1-17-1 (3nb, 1w); Naeem Islam 8-1-28-0 (1w); Mahmudullah 6-2-7-1.

RESULT: Zimbabwe won by two wickets.

UMPIRES: Nadir Shah (Bangladesh) and Zameer Haider (Pakistan).

TV UMPIRE: Enamul Haque (Bangladesh).

MATCH REFEREE: A.G. Hurst (Australia).

MAN-OF-THE-MATCH: Ray Price.—AFP

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