Zimbabwe XI v http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Australia-c746 A – Day’s Summary
On the first day of a four-day game between hosts Zimbabwe XI and visitors Australia A, the day ended with 206 runs on the board posed by the home side at County Club, Harare.
For http://www.senore.com/Cricket/ICC-World-Cup-2011-c100625) because of a political turmoil in the country.
Earlier, in the day, after winning the toss, the hosts decided to bat first, hoping to put a formidable total against a pretty impressive Australian side.
Skipper http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Tino-Mawoyo-c2683. Australia, were being considered as favourites before the match; however, their fans were left awestruck as the Zimbabwean opening batsmen took the bowlers to task early
on.
Both Mawoyo and Sibanda played some magnificent shots all around the park, leaving the Aussie pacers in disarray and the Australian skipper http://www.senore.com/Cricket/TD-Paine-c2652 out of ideas how to make use of his bowlers.
After taking the tally to 117 runs, Mawayo was stumped by wicketkeeper Paine off a delivery by http://www.senore.com/Cricket/H-Masakadza-c1517, after adding 12 runs on the board departed after getting run out. At the time of his departure
the home side had taken the score to 133 runs.
After giving the spectators plenty to cheer about, the Zimbabwean skipper, lost his wicket on the last delivery of the 74th over by giving a catch to http://www.senore.com/Cricket/DA-Warner-c1301 off a superb delivery bowled by right-arm off break spinner Jason Krejza. The batsman
clobbered 91 runs off 214 deliveries. In his prolific innings the batsman smacked 13 boundaries and one six.
At the time of the skipper’s departure, the home side were 166 runs for the loss of three wickets.
With the skipper gone it was up to the lower middle-order batsmen, the 23-year-old http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Craig-Richard-Ervine-c51733 to take the lead and steer the tally against an Australian bowling attack which looked like on the verge of resurgence.
However, when the hosts had scored 201 run, they suffered another loss as Chakabva, after playing an innings of 28 runs had his stumps uprooted on a sensational delivery bowled by Krejza. The batsman got beaten by the delivery which rammed straight into
the wickets.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Trent-Copeland-c2709, off a delivery by none other than Krejza. The spinner was clearly a difficult customer to handle for the Zimbabwean batsmen, who had no idea how to play against the bowler
who was wreaking havoc on the home side without any remorse.
On the last delivery of the 91st over, the last established batsman Ervine, also fell to his demise after playing a knock of 21 runs when he was caught by Warner off a bolting delivery by medium pacer http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mitchell-Marsh-c1974.
At the close of the day’s play http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Waller-c95917 on one.
It was clearly Krejza’s day as he bowled splendidly well by bowling five maiden overs in 12 overs that he bowled on the first day. He conceded 24 runs and was the most successful bowler by taking three wickets.
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