Left-arm pacer Newman Nyamhuri took four wickets as Zimbabwe dismissed Bangladesh for 140 in their first innings before tea on the opening day of the only Test match at the Harare Sports Club on Sunday.
After Zimbabwe won the toss and chose to field, their bowling attack capitalised on early movement to reduce Bangladesh to 36 for 2, dismissing openers Mahmudul Hasan Joy for 2 and Shadman Islam for 20.
Mominul Haque and captain Najmul Hossain Shanto stabilized the innings with a 77-run partnership for the third wicket.
Mominul struck 60 off 81 balls, including 12 boundaries, to register his 28th Test half-century. The stand was broken when Mominul was caught by Craig Ervine off Nyamhuri with the score at 113.
Mominul’s dismissal triggered a collapse where Bangladesh lost their remaining eight wickets for 27 runs. Brad Evans dismissed Najmul for 19, caught behind by wicketkeeper Tafadzwa Tsiga.
Richard Ngarava then removed Mushfiqur Rahim bowled for 9 and had debutant Towhid Hridoy caught behind for 3.
Blessing Muzarabani claimed the wicket of the other debutant, Amite Hasan, for 4 before Nyamhuri swept through the lower order. Nyamhuri dismissed Taijul Islam for 9 and bowled Khaled Ahmed for a duck to finish with figures of 4 for 61 from 12.2 overs.
Muzarabani also removed Hasan Mahmud for a duck, finishing with 2 for 19, while Ngarava and Evans claimed two wickets each to end the innings in 47.2 overs.
