Bangladesh cricket team in Zimbabwe in 2011
	Zimbabwe	Bangladesh
Dates	4 August – 21 August 2011
Captains	Brendan Taylor	Shakib Al Hasan
Test series
Result	Zimbabwe won the one-match series 1–0
Most runs	Brendan Taylor (176)	Mohammad Ashraful (112)
Most wickets	Kyle Jarvis (5) Chris Mpofu (5) Brian Vitori (5)	Rubel Hossain (3) Shakib Al Hasan (3)
Player of the series	Brendan Taylor
One Day International series
Results	Zimbabwe won the five-match series 3–2
Most runs	Vusi Sibanda (242)	Shakib Al Hasan (216)
Most wickets	Brian Vitori (11)	Rubel Hossain (11)
Player of the series	Brian Vitori

The Bangladesh cricket team toured Zimbabwe from 4 to 21 August 2011. The tour consisted of one Test match and five One Day Internationals (ODIs) played against the Zimbabwean national team and one first-class match played against a Zimbabwean representative team.^[1] The Test match was Zimbabwe's first since India toured Zimbabwe in 2005. Zimbabwe won the Test match by 130 runs and also won the one-day series 3–2.

Squads

Bangladesh announced its squad for the Test match and ODI series on 15 July 2011.^[2] Zimbabwe announced its squad for the Test match and ODI series on 1 August 2011:^[3]

Zimbabwe (Test and ODI)	Bangladesh (Test and ODI)
Brendan Taylor (c) Regis Chakabva Elton Chigumbura Craig Ervine Kyle Jarvis Hamilton Masakadza Tino Mawoyo Keegan Meth Chris Mpofu Ray Price Vusi Sibanda Tatenda Taibu (wk) Prosper Utseya Brian Vitori	Shakib Al Hasan (c) Tamim Iqbal (vc) Abdur Razzak Imrul Kayes Junaid Siddique Mahmudullah Mohammad Ashraful Mushfiqur Rahim (wk) Nasir Hossain Nazmul Hossain Robiul Islam Rubel Hossain Shafiul Islam Shahriar Nafees Shuvagoto Hom

Tour matches

Zimbabwe XI vs Bangladeshis (3-day match)

30, 31 July, 1 August 2011 Scorecard

Bangladesh	v	Zimbabwe XI
188 (60.1 overs) Mushfiqur Rahim 64 (143) Njabulo Ncube 3/40 (12.1 overs)		113 (45 overs) Craig Ervine 21 (76) Robiul Islam 3/33 (12 overs)
147 (47.5 overs) Shakib Al Hasan 40 (82) Prosper Utseya 3/25 (5.5 overs)		225/6 (63.4 overs) Forster Mutizwa 87* (125) Shakib Al Hasan 2/41 (13 overs)

Zimbabwe XI won by 4 wickets Harare Sports Club, Harare Umpires: Owen Chirombe & Jeremiah Matibiri Player of the match: Forster Mutizwa (Zimbabwe XI)

• Bangladesh won the toss and elected to bat.

Test series

Only Test

4–8 August 2011 Scorecard

Zimbabwe	v	Bangladesh
370 (131 overs) Hamilton Masakadza 104 (244 balls) Shakib Al Hasan 3/62 (26 overs)		287 (96.2 overs) Mohammad Ashraful 73 (158 balls) Brian Vitori 4/66 (24 overs)
291/5d (92 overs) Brendan Taylor 105* (267 balls) Shafiul Islam 1/29 (11 overs)		244 (57.3 overs) Tamim Iqbal 43 (44 balls) and Abdur Razzak 43 (17 balls) Kyle Jarvis 4/61 (16.3 overs)

Zimbabwe won by 130 runs Harare Sports Club, Harare Umpires: Kumar Dharmasena & Bruce Oxenford Player of the match: Brendan Taylor

• Bangladesh won the toss and elected to field.
• Craig Ervine, Kyle Jarvis, Tino Mawoyo and Brian Vitori (all Zimbabwe) made their Test debuts.
  This was Zimbabwe's first Test win since February 2004, when they defeated Bangladesh.

ODI series

1st ODI

12 August Scorecard

Bangladesh  184 (48.4 overs)	v	Zimbabwe 186/6 (41.2 overs)
Mushfiqur Rahim 59 (91 balls) Brian Vitori 5/30 (10 overs)		Vusi Sibanda 96 (102 balls) Rubel Hossain 4/27 (10 overs)

Zimbabwe won by 4 wickets Harare Sports Club, Harare Umpires: Kumar Dharmasena and Russell Tiffin Player of the match: Brian Vitori

• Zimbabwe won the toss and elected to field
• Brian Vitori (Zimbabwe) made his ODI debut.

2nd ODI

14 August Scorecard

Bangladesh  188 (47.3 overs)	v	Zimbabwe 191/3 (44.1 overs)
Nasir Hossain 63 (92 balls) Brian Vitori 5/20 (9.3 overs)		Vusi Sibanda 67 (96 balls) Mohammad Ashraful 1/26 (6.1 overs)

Zimbabwe won by 7 wickets Harare Sports Club, Harare Umpires: Kumar Dharmasena and Russell Tiffin Player of the match: Brian Vitori

• Zimbabwe won the toss and elected to field
• Nasir Hossain (Bangladesh) made his ODI debut.

3rd ODI

16 August Scorecard

Zimbabwe  250/7 (50 overs)	v	Bangladesh 245 (49.2 overs)
Tatenda Taibu 83 (103 balls) Rubel Hossain 2/41 (10 overs)		Mushfiqur Rahim 101 (100 balls) Prosper Utseya 3/47 (10 overs)

Zimbabwe won by 5 runs Harare Sports Club, Harare Umpires: Kumar Dharmasena and Russell Tiffin Player of the match: Mushfiqur Rahim

• Bangladesh won the toss and elected to field
• Shuvagoto Hom (Bangladesh) made his ODI debut.

4th ODI

19 August Scorecard

Zimbabwe  199 (48.2 ov)	v	Bangladesh 203/4 (36.4 ov)
Brendan Taylor 106 (137 balls) Rubel Hossain 4/31 (9 overs)		Tamim Iqbal 61 (53 balls) Kyle Jarvis 1/44 (6 overs)

Bangladesh won by 6 wickets Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo Umpires: Owen Chirombe and Kumar Dharmasena Player of the match: Rubel Hossain

• Bangladesh won the toss and elected to field

5th ODI

21 August Scorecard

Bangladesh  253/6 (50 overs)	v	Zimbabwe 160 (38.2 overs)
Shakib Al Hasan 79 (71 balls) Ray Price 3/51 (10n overs)		Malcolm Waller 51 (70 balls) Mahmudullah 3/13 (4 overs)

Bangladesh won by 93 runs Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo Umpires: Owen Chirombe and Kumar Dharmasena Player of the match: Shakib Al Hasan

• Zimbabwe won the toss and elected to field