Zimabwawe stun Australia
The 31 year old wait comes to an end here today when Zimabwawe beat the Australians by 3 wickets in the triangular series featuring South Africa. This win will be there 2nd as the first win came back in 1983 world cup. It was team effort.
Australian won the toss and elected to bat. Zimabwawe spinners bowled brilliantly.They lost regular wickets from the start and never gained momentum to give a huge score to defend. Clarke was the top score with 68 and Haddin played a vital knock of 49 to give Australia a decent total as Zimbwawe batting was let down in the previous two matches. The spinners stiffled the Australian batsman as they never allowed to score at a quick rate. At the end when the pacers the Australian team hit some big strokes.
Zimbabwe opening partnership scored 42. After that the home team lost 2 wickets. The partnership of Taylor and Masakazda steadied with innings, then they lost three wickets which haunted them. At 156 for 7 the captain Chigambura and Utesya rescued the innings and took them over the line. The captain played a crucial knock and Utesya gave him company, scored the winning runs.
This came as a huge relief as their batting against the South Africans in the previous crumbled chasing 232. The win will raise the confidence of the players and also believe that if they can perform well against the South Africans and South Africans defeat Australia then anything can happen.
The spinners bowled with great control and never let the Aussies dominate the bowlers. One of the best things was the discipline, they did not bowl too many extras.
Wins such like this will create interest in the people of Zimbabwe. In the previous match the batting was a let down but this time around there was nothing like. The crowd was ecstatic as they have waited for this win.
Australian won the toss and elected to bat. Zimabwawe spinners bowled brilliantly.They lost regular wickets from the start and never gained momentum to give a huge score to defend. Clarke was the top score with 68 and Haddin played a vital knock of 49 to give Australia a decent total as Zimbwawe batting was let down in the previous two matches. The spinners stiffled the Australian batsman as they never allowed to score at a quick rate. At the end when the pacers the Australian team hit some big strokes.
Zimbabwe opening partnership scored 42. After that the home team lost 2 wickets. The partnership of Taylor and Masakazda steadied with innings, then they lost three wickets which haunted them. At 156 for 7 the captain Chigambura and Utesya rescued the innings and took them over the line. The captain played a crucial knock and Utesya gave him company, scored the winning runs.
This came as a huge relief as their batting against the South Africans in the previous crumbled chasing 232. The win will raise the confidence of the players and also believe that if they can perform well against the South Africans and South Africans defeat Australia then anything can happen.
The spinners bowled with great control and never let the Aussies dominate the bowlers. One of the best things was the discipline, they did not bowl too many extras.
Wins such like this will create interest in the people of Zimbabwe. In the previous match the batting was a let down but this time around there was nothing like. The crowd was ecstatic as they have waited for this win.
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