Zimbabwe v http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Ireland-c751 match update
Zimbabwe won the toss and decided to field first. They bowled superbly and managed to contain the Irish for 200 runs. The Irish team were bowled out in the 48th over. The Irish took a wobbly start and lost a few early wickets for just a few runs.
They found themselves stuttering at 5 runs for the loss of 2 wickets and then in a short span of time lost another two wickets for only 17 runs. At 22 for four, it seemed as if the Irish would not be able to cross the 100 run mark however mainly due to the
brilliant batting of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/GC-Wilson-c1474, they managed a partnership in excess of 100 runs for the 5th wicket. White and Wilson scored 47 and 69 runs respectively.
Rainsford was absolutely brilliant with his bowling, managing to take 4 wickets for 23 runs with an economy rate of 2.5 an over. Cremer managed to take two and Mpofo took two wickets. Zimbabwe cricket has gone through a lot of turmoil in the last few years
and it is heartening to see that the team is now making a good comeback to play some good old fashioned cricket.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Taylor-c92915 and Taibu made a good 55 run partnership. Taibu is currently batting at 47 and Taylor managed to make 27 runs off 47 balls with 4 boundaries. The
Zimbabwean cricket fans would surely be praying that Taibu goes on to make his 50. http://www.senore.com/Cricket/GH-Dockrell-c1484 has bowled superbly by managing to take 2 wickets and conceding only 10 runs in 4 overs.
Taibu holds the record for being the youngest Test captain in history. He made his first class debut at the age of 16 and then went on to join the national team in 2001 at the age of 18. Taibu is one jack of all trades and not only is he a wicket keeper
and elegant batsman but he is also a spin bowler. His best score in Tests was 153 against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Zimbabwe-c3045 look all set to win
this match and are completely in conrtol of the situation with 90 runs on the board for the loss of 3 wickets and Taibu still batting on 47.
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