Zimbabwe come to the party despite narrow defeat

ZIMBABWE relaunched its World Cup preparations with an inspiring display, agonisingly going down by nine runs while chasing a mountainous 210 in the final T20I match against Afghanistan at Harare Sports Club yesterday.

The visitors, however, took the series 3-0, having outplayed the hosts in the opening T20Is earlier.

That indifferent campaign in the first two matches hurt the team’s recent successes, casting doubt on its competitiveness at the forthcoming T20 World Cup scheduled for India next year.

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