Panyangara's five minimises deficit
Dhaka (Bangladesh): Tintashe Panyangara delivered his career best 5-59 to help Zimbabwe keep the match evenly poised against Bangladesh at stumps on the second day of the first test on Sunday. Using short balls to unsettle batsmen, Panyangara's maiden five-for helped dismiss Bangladesh for 254 after which Zimbabwe made 5-0, and trailing by 9 runs. Vusi Sibanda was batting on 5 with Regis Chakabva on 0 before the bails were drawn. Bangladesh took a 14-run lead in the first innings in response to Zimbabwe's 240. Captain Mushfiqur Rahim was the topscorer for the home side with 64 while Mahmudullah made 63. Mominul Haque with 53 was the other notable contributor. Brief Scores — Zimbabwe: 240 (Sikandar Raza 51, Craig Ervine 34; Shakib Al Hasan 6/59) and 5/0 (Vusi Sibanda 5*) trail Bangladesh: 254 (Mushfiqur Rahim 64, Mahmudullah 63, Mominul Haque 53; Tinashe Panyangara 5/59) by 9 runs.
NZ tightens domestic T20 security
Wellington: Cricket New Zealand says it will increase security around domestic Twenty20 matches in a bid to tackle corruption. Head of cricket operations lindsay Crocker was quoted by Fairfax Media on Sunday saying extra security would be provided around player areas at T20s to control public access. Crocker said, "players will be concealed behind a protected area. They won't be able to take their phones in and anybody going into that area will need to be accredited, and again they will need to leave their phones." Crocker said similar measures had been applied to international games for some time and might be extended to other domestic competitions. He said "if corrupt practice is going to germinate in this country, we think it is more likely to do so around televised matches." NZ Cricket says it has decided it will not follow Australia in offering a temporary amnesty to players who report approaches from match fixers. Crocker said a board meeting on Thursday decided it did not currently have the resources to support such an effort. "It is a good idea on the face of it but there are also some potential downsides," he told Fairfax. "We are going to watch and see how the Australian one unfolds because they have got a very short timeframe and we can watch and see what comes out of theirs. "We don't have that capacity. It will be interesting to see what they come up with and whether they come up with meaningful things."
Shouldn’t have accepted captaincy: Malik
Karachi: Pakistan's former captain and discarded all-rounder Shoaib Malik has said he made a mistake in his career to accept the captaincy of the national team after the 2007 World Cup. "In retrospect, I think it would have been better if I had not accepted the captaincy in 2007. But I did it because I am not a selfish player," Malik said in an interview while playing in the Quaid-e-Azam trophy match in Karachi. "Now I think it was a mistake because I was young and when they made me captain clearly some senior players were not happy with me," he added. Malik was made captain after Pakistan made an unceremonious exit from the first round of the World Cup in the West Indies after which coach Bob Woolmer died in the team hotel from natural causes while later Inzamam-ul-Haq also retired as captain.