By Shah Faisal The Sylhet thriller concluded with Zimbabwe taking the lead in the first series. On the fourth day, the match kept swinging between Bangladesh and Zimbabwe as both teams drew their best weapons to knock the other down, but a good start and sensible batting at the end from Zimbabwe ensured they came out of the match as winners. Earlier, Muzarabani was the star with the ball, taking nine wickets in the match. But Zimbabwe nearly stumbled in their chase of 174 runs. They were cruising at first but collapsed after needing just under 50 more runs. That collapse was caused mainly by Mehidy Hasan Miraz, who took his second five-wicket haul in the match and reached his 200th Test wicket. Zimbabwe's openers, Brian Bennett and Ben Curran, gave them a strong start, putting on 95 runs in 21 overs. Curran made 44 before falling to Mehidy. Mehidy then kept his bowling lines tight and his skills sharp to set the cat among the pigeons, causing a collapse from 95/1 to 145/6. However, with 7 down, Ngarava c
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