Watch: Madziva scores 18 runs in the last over to win a thriller for Zimbabwe

Watch: Madziva scores 18 runs in the last over to win a thriller for Zimbabwe: Zimbabwe needed a miracle to win the 2nd and final T20I against the home side Bangladesh and they produced it courtesy some lusty blows from the bat of Neville Madziva. Having lost the ODI series 3-0 and the 1st T20I, the visitors desperately needed a win to end the tour. Batting first the home side scored 135/9 and Zimbabwe looked in big trouble at one stage being 5-39 from 8.4 overs. A knock of 34 from Luke Jongwe did stabilize the innings however the visitors needed some huge hits to overhaul the target.

Malcolm Waller showed his batting skills and made a wonderful 40 off just 27 balls which included 3 sixes and 2 fours. Zimbabwe needed 18 off the last over which was to be bowled by the off-spinner Nasir Hossain. Waller was caught at long on off the 1st ball of the over and it seemed Zimbabwe would end the tour suffering yet another loss. Thankfully for them the batsmen had crossed and Madziva had other ideas. Primarily an opening medium-fast bowler, Madziva had bowled a fine spell of 2/25 from 4 overs earlier in the day. He was batting on 10 however, has got his eye in having faced 15 balls.

Needing 18 off 5 he had no option but to swing his bat and hope for some maximums. He smashed a 6 over covers and followed it with a couple of runs. The equation was now down to 10 of 3 and he spanked one over cover to get a boundary. 6 off 2 looked possible and the Bangladeshi players along with the huge crowd at the stadium looked nervous. Hossain tried to change the trajectory by going round the wicket and bowled one outside off stump. Madziva knew his hitting area and danced down the track smashing a huge 6 over long on prompting wild celebrations from the Zimbabweans and a stunning silence from the near capacity crowd. Madziva looked pumped up and rightly since he had managed to salvage some much needed pride for his team.

Watch: Madziva’s scores 18 runs in the last over to win a thriller for Zimbabwe:

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