New Zealand thrash hapless Zimbabwe in a lopsided clash at Sardar Patel Stadium, Ahmedabad
ZIM 162 46.2 OVERS NZ 166/0 33.3 OVERS
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/New-Zealand-c754 in Group A match of the Sardar Patel Stadium in Motera, Ahmedabad. Batting first, the Zimbabweans were sent packing by the highly charged Kiwi bowling attack, from the outset they were under intense pressure as Kyle Mills and Tim Southee bowled at a tight leash, making life tough for the in-experienced opposition.
The Africans were held together by Brendon http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Taylor-c92915 who top scored with 44 runs off 57 balls at the top of the innings. After his demise, the Zimbabwean batting order faltered as all hopes of a big total were extinguished towards the f*g end of the innings.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mills-c76321 took 2 wickets with Daniel Vettori, the Kiwi skipper, also chipping in with 2 wickets.
The Kiwi batsmen who had scored a 10 wicket win over http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Kenya-c752 in their opening match were once again on song against the lowly ranked team from Africa.
The pair of Brendon McCullum and Martin Guptill was on the offensive from the outset making full use of the fielding restrictions early on. McCullum was marginally the more aggressive of the duo scoring his runs at a strike rate of 80 runs per over. Guptill also fully exploited the poor bowling attack; he scored an unbeaten 86 of 108 balls. His innings was studded with 7 fours and 2 sixes, while McCullum’s knock of 76 runs was studded with 6 fours and 2 sixes off 95 balls.
The comfortable chase was completed with all 10 wickets to spare as the Kiwis improved their chances of making it to the knock out stage of the biggest cricketing contest.
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