Alan http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Butcher-c48849 hails 'significant' win - Cricket News Update
Zimbabwe have won the One Day International (ODI) series against Bangladesh. They won the first three ODIs consecutively, in what is their first first ODI series win against any Test playing nation in five years.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Alan-Raymond-Butcher-c42769, the Zimbabwean Coach, revealed that the ODI series win against Bangladesh is a vital enhancement to the confidence of the team which observed hard times in the last five years.
He added that now they are looking to have a 5-0 series win. http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Zimbabwe-c3045 also made a notable return to the Test format of the game, defeating the Bengalis in the one-off Test match.
"It is pretty significant for everybody. From the players' point of view, they've had a tough time, getting better and to win a series, it helps boost your confidence," Butcher said after his team's tense five-run win in Harare.
"We won a Test and three ODIs but there are areas of improvement. We knew that from the first two games that http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Bangladesh-c747 were capable of playing better than they did. And they showed it. We'd really love to have a 5-0 win," he further
added.
The visitors put up a great fight in the third ODI, but unfortunately they lost the match by just five runs. Zimbabwe Skipper, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/BRM-Taylor-c1200, eulogized his bowlers for keeping their head cool during the tense situation.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Taylor-c92915 said that he thought they had done almost enough, the ball did not moved around vividly in the afternoon, but they had the seamers who did not falter and kept their nerves.
Moreover, he said that he just thought he would keep altering the bowlers around. http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Kyle-Malcolm-Jarvis-c71974 bowled splendidly in the absence of Ray Price and showed a lot of maturity in his bowling. They will celebrate a little bit tonight for
their victory in the series.
The wicketkeeper batsman, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/H-Masakadza-c1517 played a brilliant knock of 74, which is his best knock after smashing a hundred in the one-off Test, which facilitated Zimbabwe
to be victorious.
Zimbabwean seamers Jarvis and Brian Vitori have been great finds for their side this season. Vitori had a great debut in ODI, grabbing five wickets in his first ODI, while Jarvis was also inspiring in the Test and has taken a couple
of wickets in today’s game as well, substituting Price.
Butcher exposed that they never heard of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Brian-Vitori-c1198 just a year ago. He was not able to get any contract, while Jarvis was fighting with his injury. The team management was not sure when he will recover from injury but the duo has
done splendidly for Zimbabwe.
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