Sibanda century steers Zimbabwe to series win

Vusi Sibanda’s second one-day century guided Zimbabwe to a rare series victory as they beat Bangladesh by seven wickets in Wednesday’s third one-day international at Queens Sports Club.

Sibanda had passed fifty on 19 previous occasions and converted only one of those innings to three figures, but he made the most of two dropped catches to hit the winning runs and finish unbeaten on 103 not out with Zimbabwe having more than two overs to spare. Having limited Bangladesh to 247 for nine in their 50 overs, Zimbabwe made a solid start to their reply as Sibanda put on 79 for the first wicket with Hamilton Masakadza, who made 41.

AFP