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Bangladesh opt to field in fifth one-dayer

Bangladesh opt to field in fifth one-dayer AFP – Bangladesh captain Shakib Al Hasan won the toss and elected to field in the fifth and final one-dayer …

CHITTAGONG, Bangladesh (AFP) – Bangladesh captain Shakib Al Hasan won the toss and elected to field in the fifth and final one-dayer against Zimbabwe at the Zohur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium here on Thursday.

Bangladesh have already won the series 3-1, winning three consecutive matches after losing the first game, but Shakib said the team wanted to end on a high note.

The hosts stuck with the same side that won the past two matches, with Nazmul Hossain the lone medium pacer and Abdur Razzak opening the bowling.

Zimbabwe made two changes, bringing in middle-order batsman Forster Mutizwa for his second match of the series and seam bowler Christopher Mpofu, playing in place of Kyle Jarvis.

Hamilton Masakadza is leading the side as regular skipper Prosper Utseya has yet to recover from an ankle injury.

Bangladesh: Tamim Iqbal, Junaid Siddique, Mohammad Ashraful, Raqibul Hasan, Shakib Al Hasan (captain), Mushfiqur Rahim, Mahmudullah, Enamul Haque, Naeem Islam, Abdur Razzak and Nazmul Hossain

Zimbabwe: Hamilton Masakadza, Mark Vermeulen, Brendan Taylor, Forster Mutizwa, Malcolm Waller, CJ Chibhabha, Stuart Matsikenyeri, Elton Chigumbura, AG Cremer, Raymond Price and Christopher Mpofu

Umpires: Aleem Dar (Pakistan) and Enamul Haque

TV umpire: Sharfuddoula

Match referee: RS Madugalle (Sri Lanka)

Reserve umpire: Tanvir Ahmed