Cremer, Jarvis derail Tigers

Zimbabwe captain Graeme Cremer struck three times while Kyle Jarvis bagged two in quick succession to unsettle a Bangladesh side looked to have taken control of their tri-nation series match on Tuesday.

The hosts were 147 for 2 in the 35th over, but Cremer removed one batsman in each of his next three overs while Kyle Jarvis also got rid of Sabbir Rahman and Nasir Hossain to leave the Tigers on 168 for 7 in the second ball of the 42nd over.

Choosing to bat first, Bangladesh did not have the best of the starts, Kyle Jarvis sending opener Anamul Haque, who could manage only one, to the pavillion in the third over.

Tamim Iqbal and Shakib Al Hasan then made 106 in the second wicket to put the hosts in a good position. Shakib departed after making 51 off 80 balls while in-form Tamim hit his third consecutive fifty. Tamim's 76 came in 105 balls and the innings took him past Sri Lankan legend Sanath Jayasuriya in the chart of scoring the highest number of runs on a single ground.

Till date, Jayasuriya's 2514 scored in Colombo was the highest, but Tamim has now set a new record, his exploits at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium sending him to the top.

However, he failed to turn a fifty into a hundred for the third game running and soon the collapse started.