A new chapter has been added to Zimbabwe’s cricket history. Brendon Taylor has returned to the team at the age of 39, while most of the cricketers have retired by this age. Taylor’s return can also be called inspiration as he has returned after facing a 3 and a half year ban. It was already announced that Brendon Taylor would play for the Zimbabwe team in the second Test against New Zealand from 7 August.

Brendon Taylor started the innings with Brinnay Bennett for the Zimbabwe team running 0–1 in the two-Test series. Let us know that Taylor is the fourth highest run -scorer for Zimbabwe in Test cricket.

Emotional on returning to cricket

Brendon Taylor said about the return after 3 and a half years, “Many days have passed like hell, it was a very difficult time. 3 years ago I could not get up from bed, but today I am doing it again, which I love the most.” After the return, Brendon Taylor thanked his family and Zimbabwe Cricket officials. He described the return to the second Test as a moment that he was debuting again.

Why was there a ban of 3 and a half years?

The International Cricket Council (ICC) imposed a 3 and a half year ban on Brendon Taylor in the year 2022. The reason for this was that he was given $ 15,000 US dollars for fixing in international matches by an Indian businessman at the time of a visit to India in 2019, which was also accepted by Taylor.

Taylor was told that he could earn $ 35,000 by fixing in the upcoming matches, but for this he had to join another player with him. He informed the ICC’s Anti Corruption Unit in March 2020, about 6 months after this incident. Apart from this, he also failed in dope test.

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Zimbabwe Cricket Team Beat Bangladesh: Fans are busy in IPL 2025 and PSL, meanwhile the Zimbabwe cricket team won the historic Test match on Wednesday. Under the captaincy of Craig Ervin, Zimbabwe defeated Bangladesh by 3 wickets. This is the first Test win over the foreign land of the Zimbabwe cricket team after 7 years. Blessing Muzarbani was adjudged the Player of the Match, who took a total of 9 wickets in the match.

The Zimbabwe cricket team won the last Test on foreign land in 2018, even then the team defeated Bangladesh. The match was also held in the same stadium, in which Zimbabwe won by 151 runs.

Blessing Mujbani became the player of the match

Zimbabwe cricket team will play 2 Test matches on Bangladesh tour. The first Test started from April 20, in which Bangladesh team was piled on 191 runs while batting first. In this innings, Mujarbani took 3 wickets for 50 runs in 19 overs.

Zimbabwe scored 273 runs in the first innings and took a lead of 82 runs on the basis of first innings. Sean Williams (59) and Brian Bennett (57) played a half -century innings. Bangladesh’s flop batting continued in the second innings too, the team was all out for 255 runs. In this innings, Mujarbani bowled brilliantly, he took 6 wickets.

Chasing 174 runs, Brian Bennett (54) and Ben Karen (44) shared 95 runs for the first wicket to give a good start. Wickets fell in the middle order but the team managed to win by 3 wickets.

Zimbabwe hold their nerve to beat bangladesh by three wickets in a nail-biting finals to the first test in sylhet!#Banvzim pic.twitter.com/ohcagjjhow

– Zimbabwe Cricket (@zimcrickv) April 23, 2025

How is the Test record of Zimbabwe cricket team

Earlier, Bangladesh won the last Test in March 2021, when the team defeated Afghanistan at its home ground. This is Zimbabwe’s 14th Test victory. The Zimbabwe cricket team has played a total of 122 Test matches, out of which 14 Tests have been won while 78 Tests have lost. 30 Tests are drawing. The winning percentage of the team is only 11.48.