Bangladesh implode on Day 3 of first test

Bangladesh have imploded on Day 3 of the first test match in Harare to be all out for 134. At 102/1 things were looking quite positive with opener Jahrurul Islam on 43 and Mohammad Ashraful at the crease. What followed was a horrendous capitulation. In fact, that's probably an understatement.In the next 19 overs, 9 wickets fell for 32 runs. Yes, that's 32/9. After being 95/1 at stumps that's a loss of 39/9 for Day 3. After lunch there were four wickets for no runs in only 19 deliveries. Just when I thought Bangladesh were on the improve and these kind of collapses were behind them they pull out this. It was probably one of the worst collapses in Bangladesh's history as a test nation, and that's saying something.

Meanwhile on the flipside, Shingi Masakadza picked up four wickets in only his second test match, while impressive paceman Kyle Jarvis also took four wickets. The Zimbabwean bowlers did bowl quite well, but good enough to take 9 wickets for so few runs - no.

This quite remarkable Day 3 comes on the back of an interesting first couple of days which featured the home side making an impressive 389. Captain Brendan Taylor spearheaded the innings with the highest score by a Zimbabwe captain of 171. It truly was an incredible knock. Malcolm Waller played well for his 55. For the Bangladeshi bowlers Enamul Haque jnr bowled 47 overs for his three wickets, while fast bowlers Robiul Islam and Rubel Hossain took five wickets between them. Bangladesh then started their innings really well in positive fashion late on Day 2, and as I said were 95/1 at stumps. We all know what happened though the morning after!

Current State of play:
Zimbabwe lead Bangladesh by 255 runs
Bangladesh 134
Zimbabwe 389

Zimbabwe have chosen not to enforce the follow on, which means they will bat again in search of posting a total that is out of the away team's reach.