Meth injury overshadows ODI loss

were rocked by a serious injury to seamer Keegan Meth.
Meth, struck by a ball that rocketed from Nasir Hossain’s bat from a full toss in the last ball of the Bangladesh innings, lost two teeth and was dropped by the sheer force of the blow.
He slumped onto the ground, with blood oozing out his mouth, and had to be stretchered off the field.
The Zimbabweans never recovered from seeing their teammate down and out in such cruel fashion and their run chase, in pursuit of Bangladesh’s 253/6, never gathered momentum.
In the end they were all out for just 160 with 70 balls to spare as they won the series 3-2 after losing the two matches at Queens and winning all three matches in Harare.
Seamer Brian Vitori was named man-of-the-series, despite not playing the last two games, after his heroics in Harare saw him walk into the record books.
Zimbabwe put up another poor batting performance following up to a similarly bad show with the bat here on Friday.
Captain Brendan Taylor, who scored his fourth ODI century on Friday, was out for a duck yesterday after facing just two balls.
Malcom Waller scored 51 and was the top scorer for Zimbabwe but his mid-order performance could not help the hosts crawl back into the game after he failed to get match winning support from his teammates.
The second wicket partnership of Sibanda (43) and Hamilton Masakadza (28) gave Zimbabwe hope but Sibanda mistimed a Shakib Al Hasan delivery to end the 57-run stand. Masakadza and wicketkeeper batsman Tatenda Taibu (7) fell in quick succession.
Scorecard
Bangladesh
Iqbul c Chigumbura b Price 45
Kayes c Taibu b Meth 9
Ashraful c Taibu b Chigumbura 15
Mushfiqur c Sibanda b Price 20
Al Hasan b Meth 79
Hom c Waller b Price 3
Mahmadullah not out 60
N. Hassan not out 8
Extras 14
Total 253
F-o-W: 1-30 (Kayes 9.2ov), 2-70 (Ashraful 16.2ov), 3-79 (Iqbal 20.2),
4-119 (Mushfiqur 27.1ov), 5-127 (Hom 29.5), 6-234 (Al Hasan 47.6ov)
Bowling: Mpofu 10-1-53-0 (6w), Meth 10-0-56-2; Chigumbura 9-0-44-1;
Utseya 10-0-39-0 (5w); Price 10-2-51-3; Waller 1-0-7-0.
Zimbabwe
Taylor c Mushfiqur b R. Hossain 0
Sibanda c Iqbal b Al Hasan 34
Masakdza lbw Razzak 28
Taibu lbw Al Hassan 7
Mutizwa run out (Al Hasan/Mushfiqur) 27
Waller c Kayes b Mahmudullah 51
Chigumbura c Kayes b Mahmudullah 1
Utseya c Razzak b Mahmudullah 7
Price c. N. Hossain b Islam 0
Mpofu not out 0
Extras 5
Total 160
F-o-W: 1-2 (Taylor 1.1ov); 2-59
3-73 (Masakadza 16.5); 4-73 (Taibu 17.2); 5-140 (Mutizwa 31.5); 6-145
(Chigumbura 3.6) 7-160 (Waller 37.2); 8-160 (Utseya 37.6) 9-160
(Price 38.2);
Bowling:
Islam 6.2-0-26-1; R. Hossain 6-0-34-1; Razzak 9-1-31-1; Al Hasan
7-0-26-2; N. Hossain 4-0-18-0; Ashraful 2-0-11-0; Mahmadullah
4-0-13-3.