Zimbabwe vs Bangladesh ODI series 2021
1st ODI:
First ODI of the series of 3 ODI matches between Zimbabwe and Bangladesh is going to be played at Harare Sports Club, Harare on July 16th 2021.
Zimbabwe vs Bangladesh History:
Overall:
Series:
This is going to be the eighteenth bilateral series between the teams, The host won the series 6 times. Whereas the opponent won 11 times.
The longest streak without a draw between the teams is 17 series in a span of 21 years, between 2000-01 to present, where the Zimbabwe team won 6 times and Bangladesh team won 11 times.
The most consecutive winning streak for Zimbabwe against Bangladesh was 3 series from 2000-01 to 2004-05.
Zimbabwe never won a series against Bangladesh after 2013.
The longest unbeaten streak for Zimbabwe against Bangladesh was 3 series from 2000-01 to 2004-05.
The most consecutive winning streak for Bangladesh against Zimbabwe was 6 series from 2006-07 to 2011.
The longest unbeaten streak for Bangladesh against Zimbabwe was 6 series from 2006-07 to 2011.
Last 5 (completed) series results of Zimbabwe against Bangladesh are LLLLW.
Matches:
The teams completed 78 meetings in the longest format of limited over cricket, till date. The host won 28 times, whereas the opponent won 47 times. 3 were called off without a ball (abandoned).
The most consecutive winning streak for Zimbabwe against Bangladesh was 10 ODIs between 1997 to 2004.
Zimbabwe never won a match against Bangladesh after 2013.
The longest unbeaten streak for Zimbabwe against Bangladesh was 12 ODIs between 1997 to 2004.
The most consecutive winning streak for Bangladesh against Zimbabwe was 16 ODIs between 2014 to present.
The longest unbeaten streak for Bangladesh against Zimbabwe was 16 ODIs between 2014 to present.
Last 5 (completed) match results of Zimbabwe against Bangladesh are LLLLL.
Zimbabwe Backyard:
Series:
When touring Zimbabwe by Bangladesh, the teams met to play bilateral series 7 times, out of them, the host won the series 5 times and the visitors won just twice.
The longest streak without a draw between the teams is 7 series from 2000-01 to 2013, where the Zimbabwe team won 5 times and Bangladesh won just twice.
The most consecutive winning streak for Zimbabwe against Bangladesh in Zimbabwe was 3 series from 2000-01 to 2006-07.
The longest unbeaten streak for Zimbabwe against Bangladesh in Zimbabwe was 3 series from 2000-01 to 2006-07.
The most consecutive winning streak for Bangladesh against Zimbabwe in Zimbabwe was 2 series from 2006-07 to 2011.
The longest unbeaten streak for Bangladesh against Zimbabwe in Zimbabwe was 2 series from 2006-07 to 2011.
Last 5 (completed) series results of Zimbabwe against Bangladesh in Zimbabwe are WWLLW.
Matches:
On the soil of Zimbabwe, the teams faced each other 30 times. Out of them, Zimbabwe received victory 15 times and defeated 13 times with 2 abandoned games.
The most consecutive winning streak for Zimbabwe against Bangladesh in Zimbabwe was 3 ODIs from 2001 to 2004, from 2004 to 2006 and from 2011 to 2011.
The longest unbeaten streak for Zimbabwe against Bangladesh in Zimbabwe was 5 ODIs from 2001 to 2004.
The most consecutive winning streak for Bangladesh against Zimbabwe in Zimbabwe was 4 ODIs from 2007 to 2009.
The longest unbeaten streak for Bangladesh against Zimbabwe in Zimbabwe was 4 ODIs from 2007 to 2009.
Last 5 (completed) match results of Zimbabwe against Bangladesh in Zimbabwe are WWLLL.
Points and Rankings:
The series is the comparison between the thirteenth rank (Zimbabwe) and seventh rank (Pakistan) team. The host is 61 points behind the visitors.
The Home Team:
In case, the host will win the series by 3-nil, then the host will earn 16 points and come to the eleventh position, but in case of losing the series with 3 defeats, then the team will lose the 2 points without impacting in the rankings.
If the team will lose the series with the margin of 2 defeats, then the team will lose 1 point and no impact in the position. In case of winning the series with the winning margin of 2, the team will earn 11 points and come to the eleventh position in the rankings.
If the team will lose the series with the margin of 1 defeat, then the team will earn 0 to 5 points without impact in the position. In case of winning the series with the winning margin of 1, the team will earn 6 to 10 points and either stay at the current rank or come to eleventh rank in the table.
Drawing the series will help the team to earn 5 points without impact in the position.
Last 5 (completed) match results of Zimbabwe are W*LLLL.
The Visiting Team:
In case, the visiting team will win the series by 3-nil, then the team will earn 1 point but no impact in the ranking table, but in case of losing the series with 3 defeats, then the team will lose 9 points and come to eighth position in the ranking.
If the team will lose the series with the margin of 2 defeats, then the team will lose 6 points without impact in the rankings. In case of winning the series with the winning margin of 2, the team will earn 1 point but no impact in the position.
If the team will lose the series with the margin of 1 defeat, then the team will lose 3 to 6 points without impacting the position. In case of winning the series with the winning margin of 1, the team will either gain 1 point or lose 1 point and stay at the current rank.
Drawing the series will cause the team to lose 2 to 3 points with unaffected ranking.
Last 5 (completed) match results of Bangladesh are LWWLL.
The First Outing:
The result of the match will impact the team’s points, as if the result will go in favor of the host then the home team will gain 6 points but no impact in the ranks and the visiting team will lose 3 points without impact in the position. On the other hand, in case of a reverse result, the visitors will gain 1 point and no improvement in rankings, and the host will neither gain nor lose either the points or the ranks.
Venue Weather:
Weather forecast of Harare shows the weather would be partly cloudy till noon, then mostly cloudy till early evening and cloudy in the final part of the game. There is an extremely less chance of rain, as the precipitation percentage would be between 0% to 22%. The temperature would be between 14-19 Celsius. The wind would be between 10 – 16 km/h. The wind would decrease gradually and the temperature would fluctuate throughout the match.
Toss and Pitch:
Teams preferred to field first after winning the toss, which happened 97 times out of 155 played games, and the selection didn’t favor the teams, as the teams won 44 times and lost 53 times. 1 match was tied, 1 match was walk over, 1 matches concluded without any results and 3 matches were called off without a ball (abandoned).
Last 5 (completed) match results at the venue, when the team chose to field first, are LWWLL.
On the other hand, the teams who chose to bat first, won 20 times and lost 32 times with 1 ties match and 1 concluded without any result.
Last 5 (completed) match results at the venue, when the team chose to bat first, are LLLLL.
Overall, 64 times the teams won the toss, won the matches and lost 85 times.
Last 5 (completed) match results at the venue, while winning the toss, are LLWWL.
Particularly, for Zimbabwe, the team won the toss 71 times in the 138 games and won 20 times and lost 50 times with 1 tied game, 1 walkover, 1 cancelled and 2 abandoned.
Last 5 (completed) match results of Zimbabwe at the venue, while winning the toss, are WWLLW.
Last 5 (completed) match results of Zimbabwe at the venue, while losing the toss, are WWWLW.
The first batting team won the match 73 times. Whereas, the teams, who batted second, won the match 76 times.
Last 5 (completed) match results at the venue, while the team bat first, are LWLLL.
Score:
The lowest defended total was 129 runs in 2017, and the highest successful chase was 328 runs in 2014.
The first innings lowest total was 35 runs in 2004 and the highest total was 350 runs in 2014. For the second innings, the lowest total was 54 runs (completed innings) in 2017 and the highest was 328 runs in 2014.
The batting average of the first innings is 28.67 and 29.52 is for the second innings.
ODI History Between the Teams at the Venue:
Both the teams faced each other 17 times at the venue. The host won 11 times. The visitors won 6 times.
Last 5 (completed) match results of Zimbabwe against Bangladesh at the venue are WWWLL.
Teams’ ODI History at Venue:
The home side has a very bad record at the venue, and won 44 games with 89 losses and a (1) tie out of 138 games, as 1 was concluded without any result, 1 cancelled and 2 abandoned games. Whereas, the visiting team has a very bad record, as well, as the team won 6 times and lost 11 times out of 17 plays.
Last 5 (completed) match results of Zimbabwe at the venue are WWWWL.
Last 5 (completed) match results of Bangladesh at the venue are LLLWW.
Tentative XI for both the Teams:
Zimbabwe:
The home side would go with the 4 pacers, as the team has an all-rounders with spin and a batting all-rounder with spin.
Zimbabwe Eleven: T. Kamunhukamwe, T. Marumani, D. Myers, B. Taylor, W. Madhevere, S. Raza, R. Burl, D. Tiripano, R. Ngarava, B. Muzarabani, T. Chatara
Bangladesh:
The visiting team would like to go with 2 pacers, as the team has 4 all-rounders, all with spin and a bowling all-rounder with pace.
Bangladesh Eleven: T. Iqbal, M. Naim, L. Das, S. al Hasan, M. Hossain, Mahmudullah, A. Hossain, M. hasan Miraz, M. Saifuddin, T. Ahmed, S.Islam
*Notes: the result of the most recent match is at the left. *Notes: D means draw in “last five series results”. *Notes: T means tie in “last five match results”. *Notes: “*” means the match was tied but the match was resulted through one over eliminator.
