LIVE Zimbabwe vs. Kenya: Rhodesians post a big target – ICC World Cup 2011 news
Zimbabwe reached 308 in their final match of the ICC World Cup 2011 against Kenya being played at the Eden Gardens, Kolkata in http://www.senore.com/Cricket/India-c750.
The clash between both the African teams is the last one of Group A, but the result will not matter as the quarterfinalists have already been determined.
Zimbabwean captain http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Elton-Chigumbura-c55937 won the toss and elected to bat first, as the conditions were very good for batting. However, his team did not start well and the openers struggled to get going.
Brendan Taylor and Regis Chakabva started the innings for their team, but Chakabva did not last long, as he was dismissed after scoring just 9 runs from 22 balls. He was followed by Brendan http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Taylor-c92915, who looked good for his 26. However, he failed to capitalise
on the good start and got out.
The team needed a special effort from wicketkeeper batsman http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Tatenda-Taibu-c92882 and Vusi Sibanda and the pair did not disappoint the side. They shared a brilliant century partnership and took their team’s total to 146. The 110-run stand for the third wicket was
broken when Sibanda was run out for 61 off 57 balls.
Taibu also reached his half-century, but he failed to score a big one for his team and was sent back to the pavilion after adding 53 runs to the total. The fall of wicketkeeper batsman saw http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Zimbabwe-c3045 struggling at 165 for 4 in 32.4 overs.
However, the Rhodesians captain paired with Craig Ervine at the crease and rescued his team from trouble. The pair put together 105 runs for the fifth wicket and took the total to 270. Chigumbura got out after scoring 38 runs whereas Ervine managed 66 runs
from 54 balls before getting out.
Greg Lamb and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Prosper-Utseya-c82728 played cameos of 17 and 19 respectively to get past 300 in the end. They will be hoping to do well with the ball as well in order to defend their total, as the wicket is still very good for batting.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Kenya-c752, as he took two wickets in the match. He got good support from Peter Ongondo, who took one wicket and did not give away too many runs.
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