Zimbabwe 542 for 7 dec and 11 for 2 beat Bangladesh 251 and 301 (Javed Omar 80, Habibul Bashar 76, Marillier 4-63, G Flower 4-57)
Scorecard

All Bangladesh's hard work on the third day at Chittagong was undone by some dire batting on the fourth morning. Zimbabwe completed an eight-wicket win and in doing so took the two-match series 1-0 after the rain-affected draw in the first Test at Dhaka.

Javed Omar, who had batted almost seven hours for 80, fell lbw to Travis Friend from the first ball of the day, and with him went Bangladesh's best hope of saving the game. There was no pace in Friend's loosener, but the gentle swing was enough to beat Omar's half-hearted prod (227-5).

Mohammad Ashraful, who had taken root on the third evening with Omar, tried to take on the Zimbabwe bowlers. He cracked Doug Marillier for four but the strategy failed as he holed out to deep midwicket off the next ball for a 146-minute 10 (264-6).

Bangladesh's captain, Naimur Rahman, briefly delayed the inevitable with a breezy 28 but when he became Marillier's second victim of the day, lbw half-forward (268-7), the match was as good as over. Marillier followed this with two wickets in two balls, and only two massive sixes from Mohammed Sharif off Grant Flower at the death saved Bangladesh from the ignominy of an innings defeat.

Left to score only 11 to win, Zimbabwe lost two wickets in the first over. With the fifth ball Mashrafee bin Mortuza clean-bowled Dion Ebrahim for 0, and with his next delivery Stuart Carlisle edged to Akram Khan at first slip.

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