Bangladesh v Zimbabwe - one-off Test match – Zimbabwean batsmen to watchout for
After their long break from the Test cricket, the two minor full member nations, Zimbabwe and Bangladesh, are going to meet at Harare Sports Club today, August 4, 2011, to play a Test match. It is the one-off five-day game of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Bangladesh-c747’s tour to Zimbabwe. The match is set to start at 08:00 GMT.
Cricket experts are predicting the match to be an interesting and thrilling competition as both the teams are of equal caliber.
As it is an established fact that batmen play key role in Test cricket which is all about amassing runs patiently.
Zimbabwe has some talented and impressive batting figures in its camp. Here we take a keen and brief glance on the Zimbabwean batsmen who are likely to make an impact against the Bengali Tigers.
The following three batsmen of the home team are supposed to shine and thrive.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/BRM-Taylor-c1200
Taylor is a 25-year-old wicketkeeper batsman who has recently been appointed as the new skipper of the team. The right-hander made his Test debut against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Sri-Lanka-c758 in 2004 and played his last Test in 2005 against India.
As Taylor is returning to Test cricket after an interval of six years, he is looking to put up a good show along with leading the team from the front.
The opening batsman’s 17 runs off the last over of his team’s ODI innings against Bangladesh, in 2006, hold great prominence and significance at the International level.
Before making his First-Class debut at the young age of 15, Taylor had played two Under-19 World Cups.
He is always as impressive before the stumps as he is behind them, when wearing gloves and pads, he holds tough catches and breaks bails.
Taylor’s favourite shot is the front-foot cover drive. He has played 10 Test matches so far, scoring 422 runs including 3 fifties.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/E-Chigumbura-c1411
The 25-year-old right-handed batsman has recently stepped down from captaincy in a bid to put more focus on his personal game. Chigumbura has accomplished many honours at a very young age.
Along with being a rock-star of the domestic cricket, the batsman holds great fame and a fair name at the International stage, both as a leader and a player.
Chigumbura made his Test debut in 2004, at the same venue, against Sri Lanka. As he has also been out of the Test cricket since 2005, he is much excited about today’s game against Bangladesh.
Like http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Taylor-c92915, he also represented Zimbabwe Under-19s in two World Cups and played his maiden First-Class game at the age of 15.
Chigumbura displayed tremendous batting performance in home of 2009 against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/ICC-World-Cup-2011-c100625 Cricket World Cup 2011 but, unfortunately, could not take his team to the play-offs.
In his 6 Test matches played so far, Chigumbura has 187 runs including one half century. He is looking to make his maiden Test hundred in this Test against Bangladesh.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Craig-Richard-Ervine-c51733
The 25-year-old left-handed batsman is going to make his Test debut today. However, he has glaring records in ODI and domestic cricket.
Having earned a fair name in the First-Class and List A formats of the cricket, Ervine staged his international debut in 2010 against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/India-c750.
The middle-order batsman belongs to the family which is well known for producing ace cricketers. He farther and uncle are much respected figures of the domestic cricket and his elder brother, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Zimbabwe-c3045 on many occasions.
Ervine has learnt professional cricket from English clubs like Bexhill and Lordhood.
The non-black youngster is likely to make impact in his maiden Test game against the Bengalis.
The above-mentioned players pose to be the batting mainstay of Zimbabwe and the team is relying on them heavily to win over the visitors.
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