Bangladesh tighten the noose
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|| CF Correspondent ||
Taijul Islam continued tormenting Zimbabwe with his guile and turn but Brendan Taylor resisted him to hit 54 not out as the visitors reached 161-4, chasing an improbable target of 443, at lunch on the fifth and final day of the second Test on Thursday.
The Southern African nation still requires 282 runs with two sessions to spare.
In a bid to eke out a draw, surviving a whole day, Zimbabwe began cautiously on the fifth day morning session after resuming the day on 76-2.
But pace bowler Mustafizur Rahman (1-19) gave Bangladesh a breakthrough, dismissing Sean Williams (13) with extracting extra bounce off the pitch.
Left-arm spinner Taijul Islam (2-71) continued tormenting Zimbabwe, with his arm-ball, his stock deliveries to which Sikandar Raza perished after scoring 12.
Taylor who hit a superb 110 in the first innings, remained unscathed, dealing with Bangladeshi spinners with astute confidence.
By the first interval of the day, Peter Moor was batting with him on 10.
