Zimbabwe v http://www.senore.com/Cricket/New-Zealand-c754: 1st T20 at Harare – First Innings Report
Courtesy to the tidy work by the entire bowling attack, New Zealand managed to restrict Zimbabwe to 123 in the first Twenty20 clash at Harare, on Saturday, October 15, 2011.
Despite the fact that the Black Caps were in action for the first time after the http://www.senore.com/Cricket/ICC-World-Cup-2011-c100625 World Cup 2011, the Kiwi bowlers showed a lot of discipline and restricted the home side to a moderate total.
With a strong bowling attack in the presence of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/LRPL-Taylor-c1849, to field first after winning the toss.
The veteran seamer, Kyle Mills, responded to his skipper’s call and dismissed both Zimbabwean openers, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/CJ-Chibhabha-c1263 within the first 25 balls of the innings.
Both opening batsmen went back to the pavilion after collecting nine runs each. The skipper, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/BRM-Taylor-c1200, was the only man to infuse some urgency into the innings after two early wickets.
He batted well for his 50 and remained unbeaten till the end. However, his lone effort was not enough for his team to reach a desired total of 160-odd runs.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/CK-Coventry-c1267, became victims of Nathan McCullum’s superb bowling after charming 10 runs apiece.
The Ex-captain, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/E-Chigumbura-c1411, also could not turn his good start into a big one and lost his concentration after amassing 14 runs.
Although, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Taylor-c92915 kept the scoreboard ticking over, he had to limit his strokes due to the regular fall of wickets at the other end. He struck five cracking boundaries during his stay at the crease.
As a result of an ordinary show by the entire batting line-up, the Rhodesians could only manage to reach 123 for eight after 20 overs.
From the Kiwi bowling attack, Kyle and McCullum grabbed a couple of wickets each, while Oram, Bracewell and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Luke-Woodcock-c1860 returned with a scalp each to their credit.
To begin their trip to http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Zimbabwe-c3045 with an emphatic win, the Black Caps need just 124 runs at an asking rate of a little over-six per over.
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