http://www.senore.com/Cricket/New-Zealand-c754 vs Zimbabwe – 1st ODI – Match Update
Zimbabwe put on an improved show in the first limited over International, containing New Zealand on a relatively attainable 248, with Shingi Masakadza proving the main destroyer, picking up four key scalps at the University Oval, Dunedin, February 3rd
2012.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/MJ-Guptill-c1980 top scored with 70 but timely breakthroughs for the tourists meant that they managed to put behind their appalling Test showing, and bowl out their opponents inside the allotted fifty overs.
The Rhodesians beat the Black Caps at home in the last two bouts of the five-match ODI series, and it seemed they continued from that momentum, aided by the help the seamers got from the pitch and the conditions, which supported early movement.
The ball swung for the opening pairing of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/BB-McCullum-c1129 was undone by a delivery which shaped in, to hit his pad
– the stand in skipper offered no shot to depart for 3.
However, the proceedings were rescued by Guptill and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/KS-Williamson-c1813 as both added 88 for the third-wicket stand. The former was the aggressor, pampering the on side boundaries mostly, while the latter’s crucial knock of 35 helped his team to resurrect after
a poor start.
With the track now flattening, the middle stages became crucial, but both sides failed to (entirely) grab the advantage. While Shingi’s bowling brought the demise of Williamson, Guptill’s 66-ball 70 ensured the scoreboard kept on ticking.
When he finally fell through an in dipper off http://www.senore.com/Cricket/E-Chigumbura-c1411, the tourists had the chance to go for the jugular but erect bowling kept the hosts pushing the scoring rate, despite their inexperienced middle-order falling cheaply.
In the end, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/NL-McCullum-c2120 and debutant, Andrew Ellis’ 30- odd cameos ensured that the Black Caps were in sight to score well in excess of 250.
However, again the http://www.senore.com/Cricket/TG-Southee-c2659 to halt the tourists on 248 in 48.3 overs.
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