Brian Vitori became just the seventh bowler in history to take a five-wicket haul on his one-day international debut as Zimbabwe beat Bangladesh by four wickets.
Sri Lanka insisted on better from their middle order in the build-up to the match - and on Monday delivered for a four-wicket win over Australia in their fifth and final ODI in Colombo.
Captain Shakib Al-Hasan and Mahmudullah starred with bat and ball as Bangladesh finished their tour of Zimbabwe with a 93-run win in the final ODI in Bulawayo.
Bangladesh cruised to a six-wicket consolation victory over Zimbabwe in the fourth one-day international in Bulawayo on Friday, giving them their first win of the tour.
A hundred from Upul Tharanga and five wickets for Lasith Malinga saw Sri Lanka to a comfortable 78-run victory in the third one-dayer against Australia in Hambantota on Tuesday.
Mushfiqur Rahim hit a century, but then followed his teammates' lead by brainlessly throwing his wicket away as Bangladesh conceded the one-day series to Zimbabwe.
Ricky Ponting and Michael Clarke continued their solid run of form on the sub-continent with an unbeaten half-century each as Australia romped to an eight-wicket in the second ODI.
After the elation of victory on their Test return, it's back to the trenches for Zimbabwe as they take on Bangladesh in a format which is more familiar to both teams.
Mitchell Johnson's six-for and half-centuries from Shane Watson, Michael Clarke and Ricky Ponting did the trick for Australia as they romped to a seven-wicket win over Sri Lanka.
Australia, with just a couple of wins at the World Cup and a token series victory over Bangladesh to show for their past six months, have to serve up a dominant showing to justify their number-one ODI ranking.
As a prelude to the ODI and Test series, Sri Lanka and Australia slug it out in two T20Is, with the visitors looking to correct a poor record in the format.
Zimbabwe will go into the final day of their Test against Bangladesh needing seven wickets for victory after the bowlers responded to Brendan Taylor's bold declaration.
A maiden T20 international ton from Tillakaratne Dilshan led Sri Lanka to a comfortable 35-run victory over Australia in the first of two 20-over clashes in Pallekele.
Four wickets late in the day gave Bangladesh hope, but Zimbabwe still went to stumps on day three in control of their one-off Test having taken a handy first-innings lead.
The final session of day two offered few thrills to the Harare Sports Club crowd, but they were still left satisfied by the fact that Zimbabwe continued to control their Test match against Bangladesh.
It had been a long time coming, but on Zimbabwe's first day of Test cricket in almost six years they did their utmost to prove that a return is not as premature as some have suggested.
With everything taken into account, this should be a close match, if not one of high quality. With a sporting wicket thrown into the equation, entertainment is unlikely to be lacking, writes Tristan Holme.
