Zimbabwe v New Zealand – Only Test – Toss Report
The routed Zimbabwean hosts are all set to face the New Zealand touring side, as the team’s gear up to lock horns for the one-off Test match, which kicks off today, November 1, 2011, at the Queens Sports Club, in Bulawayo.
Having already earned a decent appreciation of the Bulawayo pitch, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/LRPL-Taylor-c1849, has won the toss and will be batting first at the only 4-day outing of their tour of Zimbabwe.
With just a single win to their bag so far, team http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Zimbabwe-c3045 has been crawling through a disappointing stint against the Kiwis, kicking off with their opening defeat at the Twenty20 (T20) leg, followed by a 2-1 rout at the just-concluded One Day International
(ODI) stint from the Kiwis’ visit.
However, for today’s fixture, Skipper http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Taylor-c92915 will have his hopes set on the side’s potent arsenal, to produce a bracing performance against the tourists – or better to say, a replica of what the Rhodesians delivered during their Test comeback series against
the Bangladeshi visitors.
At the same time, today’s game will also come as New Zealand’s first Test outing since their last appearance under the format in January 2011, when they faced the Pakistani tourists.
On the same lines as the Rhodesians, the match will be of vital importance to the Kiwis as well, since the side has not been triumphant under the Test circle, since their last victory against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Bangladesh-c747 in February 2010.
Hence, Zimbabwe has its recent Test experience as an edge over the visitors, but for Skipper Ross, his side will have an added advantage, especially with the return of veteran http://www.senore.com/Cricket/DL-Vettori-c1384; who brings in more strength to the squad, having bid farewell
to the limited versions of the game.
As for the Rhodesian roster, wicket-keeper batsman, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Regis-Wiriranai-Chakabva-c84623 on the side’s line-up, Taibu will not be keeping stumps for
the game.
The Rhodesian roster will also be featuring two premier additions including all-rounder http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Njabulo-Ncube-c79773.
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