Chevrons on the brink of super Eight Qualification as they maintain dominance over Australia at World Cups

SportsBy Kuda MatizanadzoSri Lanka- Zimbabwe cricket national team are on the brink of super eight qualification after beating Australia with 23 runs, after putting on a spirited perfomance with both bat and ball, leaving themselves in a strong position for a super eight qualification at the ongoing T20 cricket world cup in Colombo.Having lost the toss and sent in to bat first, the Chevrons set the Aussies a fighting target of 170 with star batsman Brian Bennet scoring an unbeaten 64 as Zimbabwe scored 169/2 in their alloted 20 overs.Fellow opener, Tadiwanashe Marumani chipped in with a quick fire 35 runs off 21 balls, before being caught on long on with Ryan Burl adding another 35 before he too was dismissed.In came captain Raza to see the innings through with an unbeaten 25, setting the Aussies a hard target of 170 to win.Just like in the opening game against Oman, the Chevrons ballers started strongly in the powerplay dismantling the Australian openers in the first four overs.Zimbabwean pacers Blessing Muzarabani and Brad Evans both claimed two wickets apiece in the powerplay.Australia looked like they were crawling back into the match as Stoinis and Renshaw steadily stabilised the Aussies innings before the former was bowled out by Burl.Australian dangerman, Maxwell was soon to follow Stoinis to the stands and Australia found themselves back to the drawing board, with only Renshaw the only recognised batter left.It was wasn’t a matter of if but when, before Australia would soon find out that Zimbabwe were cruising to victory as Renshaw was caught at mid on by Ryan Burl, off Muzarabani’s bowling.In the end, Zimbabwe nicely cruised to a 23 run victory, maintaining their clean sheet of victories over Australia at T20 world word cups, having first deafeted the Aussies at the inaugral tournament back in 2007.Muzarabani’s four wicket haul took him to second on the log standings of top wicket wicket takers at the ongoing world cup, while earning him a second successive man of the match award at the world cup.Zimbabwe are now one victory away from booking their place in the super eight.They meet Srilanka next.Leave a ReplyCancel reply SportsBy Kuda MatizanadzoSri Lanka- Zimbabwe cricket national team are on the brink of super eight qualification after beating Australia with 23 runs, after putting on a spirited perfomance with both bat and ball, leaving themselves in a strong position for a super eight qualification at the ongoing T20 cricket world cup in Colombo.Having lost the toss and sent in to bat first, the Chevrons set the Aussies a fighting target of 170 with star batsman Brian Bennet scoring an unbeaten 64 as Zimbabwe scored 169/2 in their alloted 20 overs.Fellow opener, Tadiwanashe Marumani chipped in with a quick fire 35 runs off 21 balls, before being caught on long on with Ryan Burl adding another 35 before he too was dismissed.In came captain Raza to see the innings through with an unbeaten 25, setting the Aussies a hard target of 170 to win.Just like in the opening game against Oman, the Chevrons ballers started strongly in the powerplay dismantling the Australian openers in the first four overs.Zimbabwean pacers Blessing Muzarabani and Brad Evans both claimed two wickets apiece in the powerplay.Australia looked like they were crawling back into the match as Stoinis and Renshaw steadily stabilised the Aussies innings before the former was bowled out by Burl.Australian dangerman, Maxwell was soon to follow Stoinis to the stands and Australia found themselves back to the drawing board, with only Renshaw the only recognised batter left.It was wasn’t a matter of if but when, before Australia would soon find out that Zimbabwe were cruising to victory as Renshaw was caught at mid on by Ryan Burl, off Muzarabani’s bowling.In the end, Zimbabwe nicely cruised to a 23 run victory, maintaining their clean sheet of victories over Australia at T20 world word cups, having first deafeted the Aussies at the inaugral tournament back in 2007.Muzarabani’s four wicket haul took him to second on the log standings of top wicket wicket takers at the ongoing world cup, while earning him a second successive man of the match award at the world cup.Zimbabwe are now one victory away from booking their place in the super eight.They meet Srilanka next. Sri Lanka- Zimbabwe cricket national team are on the brink of super eight qualification after beating Australia with 23 runs, after putting on a spirited perfomance with both bat and ball, leaving themselves in a strong position for a super eight qualification at the ongoing T20 cricket world cup in Colombo.Having lost the toss and sent in to bat first, the Chevrons set the Aussies a fighting target of 170 with star batsman Brian Bennet scoring an unbeaten 64 as Zimbabwe scored 169/2 in their alloted 20 overs. Fellow opener, Tadiwanashe Marumani chipped in with a quick fire 35 runs off 21 balls, before being caught on long on with Ryan Burl adding another 35 before he too was dismissed.

In came captain Raza to see the innings through with an unbeaten 25, setting the Aussies a hard target of 170 to win.Just like in the opening game against Oman, the Chevrons ballers started strongly in the powerplay dismantling the Australian openers in the first four overs.Zimbabwean pacers Blessing Muzarabani and Brad Evans both claimed two wickets apiece in the powerplay. Australia looked like they were crawling back into the match as Stoinis and Renshaw steadily stabilised the Aussies innings before the former was bowled out by Burl.Australian dangerman, Maxwell was soon to follow Stoinis to the stands and Australia found themselves back to the drawing board, with only Renshaw the only recognised batter left. It was wasn’t a matter of if but when, before Australia would soon find out that Zimbabwe were cruising to victory as Renshaw was caught at mid on by Ryan Burl, off Muzarabani’s bowling.In the end, Zimbabwe nicely cruised to a 23 run victory, maintaining their clean sheet of victories over Australia at T20 world word cups, having first deafeted the Aussies at the inaugral tournament back in 2007. Muzarabani’s four wicket haul took him to second on the log standings of top wicket wicket takers at the ongoing world cup, while earning him a second successive man of the match award at the world cup.Zimbabwe are now one victory away from booking their place in the super eight.They meet Srilanka next.