Bangladesh, led by an unbeaten 105 from opener Shahriar Nafees, beat Zimbabwe by nine wickets in the first one-day international on Thursday.

Nafees and Aftab Ahmed (60 not out) put on 114 as the hosts reached victory on 186 for one in 45.3 overs.

Sean Williams caught and bowled Mehrab Hossain jnr (13) to break the opening partnership of 72 but Williams missed the chance of getting a second wicket when wicketkeeper Brendan Taylor dropped Aftab on one.

Nafees was adjudged man of the match after his third one-day century from 138 balls which included 13 fours and a six.

Earlier, Abdur Razzak with a career-best four for 33 led the Bangladeshi spin attack in restricting Zimbabwe to 184 for nine.

Zimbabwe started confidently with a flurry of boundaries by openers Taylor (38) and Stuart Matsikenyeri (27), who put on 52 but struggled after their dismissals.

Razzak's fellow spinner Mohammad Rafique chipped in two for 35 to become the first Bangladeshi to bag 100 wickets in one-day internationals.

Scorecard

Zimbabwe:
B Taylor c A. Ahmed b Rafique 38
S Matsikenyeri b Razzak 27
S Williams b Rafique 2
C Chibhabha c Mashud b Hasan 19
H Masakadza c Mortaza b Hasan 3
E Chigumbura b S. Hossain 31
M Nkala c Mortaza b Razzak 22
G Brent b Razzak 20
R Higgins not out 7
P Utseya st Mashud b Razzak 6
Extras: (lb-4 nb-2 w-3) 9

Total: (for 9 wickets, 50 overs) 184

Fall of wickets: 1-52, 2-63, 3-91, 4-95, 5-100, 6-143, 7-158, 8-178, 9-184.

Did not bat: A. Ireland

Bowling: M Mortaza 10-0-42-0 (w-1), S Hossain 9-0-32-1 (nb-2, w-2), A Razzak 10-1-33-4, M Rafique 10-1-35-2, S Hasan 10-2-30-2, M Hossain jnr 1-0-8-0.

Bangladesh:
S Nafees not out 105
M Hossain jnr c&b Williams 13
A Ahmed not out 60.
Extras: (lb-1, nb-4, w-3) 8
Total: (for 1 wickets, 45.3 overs) 186

Fall of wickets: 1-72

Did not bat: S. Hasan, H. Bashar, M. Ashraful, K. Mashud, M. Rafique, M. Mortaza, A. Razzak, S. Hossain

Bowling: G Brent 10-1-34-0, A Ireland 6-0-40-0 (nb-1, w-1), E Chigumbura 4-1-12-0, P Utseya 10-0-42-0 (nb-2, w-1), S Williams 10-0-26-1 (w-1), R Higgins 4.3-0-29-0, M Nkala 1-0-2-0 (nb-1).

Result: Bangladesh won by 9 wickets