New Zealand vs Zimbabwe – 2nd ODI – Match Update – NZ go 2-0 up
A monumental batting effort helped http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Zimbabwe-c3045, and consequently the series, after the tourists could only make 231 in reply to a massive 372 posted by the hosts at the Cobham Oval (New), Whangarei, February
6th, 2012.
It was another one sided affair Down Under, with Zimbabwean batters again failing to establish any sort of momentum in their innings, despite valiant knocks from the late order.
After horrendous showing on the field, they failed to match the aggression of the Black Caps, in the batting department , and lost three wickets in the first seven overs – one of which included of their inform skipper, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/BRM-Taylor-c1200.
There was late rally carried forward by http://www.senore.com/Cricket/E-Chigumbura-c1411 (63) as both men shared an resilience filled, 80-run stand for the sixth wicket. Taibu perished after making a slow fifty off Rob Nicol, while Chigumbura’s fate was sealed by a rejuvenated
Jacob Oram, who went on to pick further two scalps, which put a considerable blow to the tourists run chase.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/P-Utseya-c2145 remained unbeaten with 27 while Shingi Masakadza also played a cameo of 38 – resulting in the Rhodesians posting 231 for 8.
However, the damage had been done in the first half of the game with Nicol’s levelheaded knock of 146, paving handsomely to his team’s mammoth total. He was aided expertly by the destructive natures of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/JDP-Oram-c1681 – with the former adding
a fourth consecutive half-century, while the later re-inventing himself with a whirlwind knock of 59 from 28 balls.
All fell apart for the away team after that as they could not match the aggressive intent of their counterparts. Zimbabwe had little to say in their defence where they had bowled and fielded poorly, leaving the already demoralized batting unit an uphill
task to overcome.
The series now sees the Black Caps taking an unbeatable 2-0 lead, with the final game now merely a dress reversal for their home bouts against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/RJ-Nicol-c2331 was named Player of the Match for his epic century, which included 10 boundaries and 6
clean maximum strikes.
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