Yesterday, Ireland and Zimbabwe played an ODI cricket match at Harare Sports Club, Harare. Toss went into the favor of Zimbabwe team and they decided to field first.
Ireland opened its batting innings with the openers William Porterfield and Paul Stirling. They gave an very good start scoring more than 6 runs per over in the first over. But in the second over, they lost William Porterfield. They started to loose wickets in regular intervals but with a larger gaps because of some good contributions to the total score. By 50 overs, Ireland lost 9 wickets and scored a total of 238 runs. Teams top scorer was Kevin OBrien who was unbeaten till the end of the innings. He scored 73 runs 102 deliveries which included 3 fours and 3 sixes. Prosper Utseya was the economical bowler for the Zimbabwe whose economy rate was 3.7 runs per over and he picked up 2 wickets.
Zimbabwe needed 239 runs to win in 50 overs. Hamilton Masakadza and Brendan Taylor started the batting innings for the Zimbabwe team. They gave very slow start and their net run rate was less than 3 runs per over after 6 overs. Hamilton Masakadza got out by giving a pretty simple catch to Andrew White in the fourth delivery of the 7th over. After this fall, there were few good partnerships and some good contributions from each players which helped the Zimbabwe team to move closer to their target. By 48.5 overs, they scored 239 runs with the loss of 7 wickets. Zimbabwe won the match by 3 wickets. Brendan Taylor became the man of the match as he scored 71 runs and helped in building some good partnerships that helped the team to win the match.
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Zimbabwe stuns India once again
India played Zimbabwe 4th ODI of the tri-series at Harare Sports Club, Harare. Previously, Zimbabwe had won the match against Indians in the 1st ODI by 7 wickets. It was repay day for the mighty Indians. Zimbabwe won the toss & put the Indians to bat first.
As usual, Dinesh Karthik & Murali Vijay opened the innings for India. They both batted at a slower rate, but failed to make it big. Dinesh Karthik was out scoring just 33 runs from 47 deliveries which looked OK for me, but Murali Vijay scored only 21 runs from 56 deliveries. According to me, this was a worst performance given by any other opener from India. After this loss, no one sustained for longer time, even the biggies, Suresh Raina & Rohit Sharma both got run out. Only Ravindra Jadeja played nicely & scored a half-century. In 50 overs, India had put just 194 runs total loosing 9 wickets. Andy Blignaut was the successful bowler for Zimbabwe with the economy of just 2.2 runs per over & took a wicket. Apart from him, all other bowlers also bowled well & economy was less than 4.5 runs per over.
Zimbabwe needed just 195 runs in 50 overs, this was supposed to be a cake walk for them. Hamilton Masakadza & Brendan Taylor played magnificently & scored 66 & 74 runs respectively. Zimbabwe's first wicket partnership was 128 runs, which really helped them a lot. Zimbabwe reached their target in just 38.2 overs thereby winning the match by 7 wickets. This was another stunning performance shown the Zimbabwe team. Now Zimbabwe looks comfortable as they have almost made their entry to the finals. Next match will be between India & Srilanka, let's see what happens there.
As usual, Dinesh Karthik & Murali Vijay opened the innings for India. They both batted at a slower rate, but failed to make it big. Dinesh Karthik was out scoring just 33 runs from 47 deliveries which looked OK for me, but Murali Vijay scored only 21 runs from 56 deliveries. According to me, this was a worst performance given by any other opener from India. After this loss, no one sustained for longer time, even the biggies, Suresh Raina & Rohit Sharma both got run out. Only Ravindra Jadeja played nicely & scored a half-century. In 50 overs, India had put just 194 runs total loosing 9 wickets. Andy Blignaut was the successful bowler for Zimbabwe with the economy of just 2.2 runs per over & took a wicket. Apart from him, all other bowlers also bowled well & economy was less than 4.5 runs per over.Zimbabwe needed just 195 runs in 50 overs, this was supposed to be a cake walk for them. Hamilton Masakadza & Brendan Taylor played magnificently & scored 66 & 74 runs respectively. Zimbabwe's first wicket partnership was 128 runs, which really helped them a lot. Zimbabwe reached their target in just 38.2 overs thereby winning the match by 7 wickets. This was another stunning performance shown the Zimbabwe team. Now Zimbabwe looks comfortable as they have almost made their entry to the finals. Next match will be between India & Srilanka, let's see what happens there.
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