Bangladesh crush Zimbabwe in first ODI

BULAWAYO (Zimbabwe) (AFP) - Bangladesh crushed Zimbabwe by eight wickets in the first of three one-day internationals at the Queen's Sports Club here on Sunday.Zimbabwe, put in to bat after Bangladesh won the toss and elected to field, were restricted to 207 before Mohammad Ashraful's third one-day century lifting the tourists to the win.The hosts' Mark Vermeulen scored an impressive 92 returning after five years in the wilderness.The left-arm spin bowling of Ray Price was in particular meat and drink to Ashraful, who continually smacked him to the boundary.The seamers were also unable to cope as Ashraful took his one-day career total beyond 3000 runs.Bangladesh arrived in Zimbabwe having won the Test and ODI series in the West Indies.The second match is on Tuesday and the third on Friday.SCOREBOARDZIMBABWE: H Masakadza c Mushfiqur b Syed Rasel 0M Vermeulen run out (Raqibul /Rasel) 92C Chibhabha c Mushfiqur Rahim b Nazmul Hossain 7B Taylor lbw b Shakib Al Hasan 20C Coventry c Mahmudullah b Ashraful 19S Williams lbw b Mahmudullah 6S Matsikenyeri c Naeem b Mahmudullah 9E Chigumbura b Shakib Al Hasan 20P Utseya b Nazmul Hossain 14R Price b Nazmul Hossain 11A Cremer not out 1EXTRAS: (b5, lb2, nb1) 8TOTAL: (all out; 47.5 overs) 207Fall of wickets: 1-0 (Masakadza), 2-25 (Chibhabha), 3-74 (Taylor), 4-110 (Coventry), 5-125 (Williams), 6-145 (Matsikenyeri), 7-178 (Vermeulen, 8-183 (Chigumbura), 9-204 (Price), 10-207 (Utseya)BOWLING: Syed Rasel 9-1-32-1Nazmul Hossain 6.5-0-29-3 (1nb)Shakib Al Hasan 10-2-42-2Enamul Haque jnr 10-0-43-0Mahmudullah 8-1-39-2BANGLADESH: Tamim Iqbal c Coventry b Chigumbura 63Junaid Siddique c Cremer b Chibhabha 21Mohammad Ashraful not out 103Raqibul Hasan not out 11EXTRAS: (w12, nb1) 13TOTAL: (2 wickets; 34.3 overs) 211Did not bat: Shakib Al Hasan, Mushfiqur Rahim, Mahmudullah, Naeem Islam, Syed Rasel, Nazmul Hossain, Enamul Haque jnrFall of wickets: 1-30 (Junaid Siddique), 2-167 (Tamim Iqbal)BOWLING: Chigumbura 7-0-33-1 (3w)C Chibhabha 6.3-0-50-1 (1nb)P Utseya 6-0-31-0 (1w)R Price 7-0-48-0 (6w)A Cremer 5-0-30-0 (1w)H Masakadza 3-0-19-0Result: Bangladesh won by eight wickets - lead series 1-0Toss: Bangladesh, who chose to fieldUmpires: A Saheba, R TiffinTV umpire: K BarbourMatch referee: J Srinath