Zimbabwe XI v Australia A – Australia A’s tour of Zimbabwe – 2nd First-Class Match – 3rd Day’s Recap

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Zimbabwe XI v Australia A – Australia A’s tour of Zimbabwe – 2nd First-Class Match – 3rd Day’s Recap
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Australia-c746 A is on the verge of the second successive victory in the two-match first-class series against Zimbabwe XI as the home team was trailing by 149 runs with only seven wickets in hand at the close of play on day three at the Harare Sports Club on
July 23, 2011.
The Aussies started the third day at 289 without any loss but the Zimbabwean bowlers fought back and bowled in good areas to trouble the Australians.
The visitors lost a couple of wickets very early in the day as the centurion http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Usman-Khawaja-c2729 failed to open his account.
However, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/CJ-Ferguson-c1264. The two of them scored 78 runs for the third wicket partnership and consolidated the innings for their team before Fergusan was caught behind off the
bowling of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/E-Chigumbura-c1411.
It started a little collapse for the Aussies as they lost wickets in a heap. Meanwhile, Warner completed his double century and proved that he has the ability to deliver the goods in the longer format of the game as well.
Jason Krejza and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mitchell-Aaron-Starc-c76392 showed resistance for the last wicket as they accumulated 61 runs for the 10th wicket partnership. Australia scored 498 runs in their first innings, which gave them a healthy lead of 198 runs in the first innings.
Warner remained the top scorer as he made 211 runs off 345 balls in which he struck 21 fours and a couple of massive sixes.
Price picked up four wickets to make up for his ordinary performance on day two.
In their second innings, the home team was off to a poor start as they lost both their openers cheaply. In-form batsman, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Zimbabwe-c3045 XI scored 49 runs for
the loss of three wickets at stumps.
From this situation, the Zimbabwean batsmen have to take the responsibility on their shoulders; otherwise, a consecutive defeat looks inevitable for them.