Bangladesh win 5th ODI,series

Tamim Iqbal and Zunaed Siddique smashed half centuries to help Bangladesh win the fifth and final limited-overs international by six wickets and clinch the five-game series against Zimbabwe 3-1 on Sunday.

Zimbabwe made 188/6 and Bangladesh reached the target with seven overs to spare at the Zohur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium. Bangladesh skipper Shakib Al Hasan claimed three wickets and Mashrafe bin Mortaza took two to restrict the visitors. Iqbal was five runs short of century when he was caught by Graeme Cremer off Keith Dabengwa. For Zimbabwe,Taibu top-scored with 64 while Craig Ervine made 46.

Brief scores: Zimbabwe 188/6 (T Taibu 64,C Ervine 46,E Chigumbura 23; M Mortaza 2/25,S Al Hasan 3/58); Bangladesh 189/4 (T Iqbal 95,Z Siddique 56*; R Price 1/25,K Dabengwa 1/23)