BULAWAYO: Charles Coventry made the joint highest individual score in an ODI but his effort was outweighed by a sparkling, cool-headed century from Tamim Iqbal, who broke the record for the most runs made in an innings by a Bangladesh batsman here on Sunday.
Coventry's blockbuster innings pushed Zimbabwe beyond 300, far more than Bangladesh have chased before, but the visitors were rarely troubled as they hunted down the target to take their third consecutive series.
Earlier, Coventry equalled the highest One-day International score, hitting an unbeaten 194 to lead his team to 312-8 in the fourth match against Bangladesh.
Coventry smashed 16 fours and seven sixes in 156 balls to record his maiden ODI hundred and match the score made by Saeed Anwar for Pakistan against India in Chennai in 1997.
Playing in his first series since 2006, the 26-year-old Coventry also surpassed the highest ODI score by a Zimbabwean, previously held by Craig Wishart, who hit 172 not out against Namibia in Harare at the 2003 World Cup.
Despite Coventry's efforts Zimbabwe were unable to defend their total, with Bangladesh romping to victory with two overs and four wickets to spare. The 20-year-old Tamim Iqbal top scored with a personal best 154 from 138 balls.
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