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U.A.E. vs Zimbabwe, 11th Match, First Round Group B at Sylhet, , Mar 21 2014 - Match Result

RESULT
11th Match, First Round Group B, Sylhet, March 21, 2014, World T20
(13.4/20 ov, T:117) 118/5

Zimbabwe won by 5 wickets (with 38 balls remaining)

Player Of The Match
53* (21)
elton-chigumbura
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Comms: Alagappan Muthu
Scorecard summary
United Arab Emirates 116/9(20 overs)
26 (27)
2/15 (3)
Zimbabwe 118/5(13.4 overs)

2.20 pm Well, that's that. It's over to Ireland and Netherlands now. Thank you for your company here and we hope you switch over to that match soon enough

Sid: "Is it just me or most matches are ending with a 6. :)"

Brendan Taylor "It was nice to see the guys coming out and playing with freedom. We were a bit more clinical today, even if we did lose a couple of early wickets. We were clear on 12 overs but then later we found out it was 15.4 and that relieved us and Elton was the guy who did it for us. We generally underperformed, we're a far better unit than that and hopefully we get more consistent in the future"

"It's disappointing to lose, again we didn;t have enough runs on the board. The wciket was slow and if we'd got 140-145, we could have done well," says Khurram Khan "Dropped catches also hurt us but we still had our chances early one. We're a young side and this is our first time at this level, so we'd need a bit of patience. We have to work on our fitness and hopefully next time around we go better"

Elton Chigumbura is the Man of the Match "Good to hit boundaries and score runs and win the game for the team and hopefully we have a chance now. I was told to back myself because I know if I get it in my area, I can hit it and it paid off today. For me, it was either win or lose so we give ourselves the best chance. Now we have to wait and hopefully Netherlands win the game and our chances become much higher"

Praveen: "Remember Netherlands can still sneak through if they win with a big margin against ireland"

Brett: "Good effort from zim to put the pressure on ireland. I would say ireland should win , stranger things have happened. Well done Elton..."

2.10 pm It looked to be going all wrong early on as Zimbabwe were looking for too many shots. The strategy did not change when Elton Chigumbura came in at No.6, only he managed to smite mores of them to the boundary. His 53 off 21 balls has given Zimbabwe their best chance of qualifying to the main stage

swaroop: "Now the equation is simple- Ireland need a win.God! I love simple equations."

13.4
6
Shazad to Chigumbura, SIX runs

fullish on middle and off, Chigumbura clears his front leg and pounds this for six straight down the ground to get his fifty and wins the game. Zimbabwe top the group with a better run-rate than Ireland, at the moment

13.3
3
Shazad to Maruma, 3 runs

fullish on middle and leg, whipped away towards the deep midwicket boundary. Chips down the track to get momentum into the stroke and the man pulls out a well-timed boot

raj: "Seems like Zimbabwe are going to make it. Chigumbura's innings might take them home within the stipulated 15.4 overs. The Two teams have made the dead rubber into kind of an interesting Game. This T20 World Cup Rocks!!!" Only if Ireland lose

13.2
2
Shazad to Maruma, 2 runs

fullish on middle and leg, Maruma slogs to deep midwicket.

13.1
4
Shazad to Maruma, FOUR runs

dug in short and it is outside off, Maruma goes for the pull and gets a top edge which flies off to the third man boundary

14 off 16 now for Zimbabwe

end of over 1312 runs
ZIM: 103/5CRR: 7.92 RRR: 2.00
Elton Chigumbura47 (20b 6x4 2x6)
Timycen Maruma13 (11b 2x4)
Amjad Javed 1-0-12-0
Manjula Guruge 4-0-18-2
12.6
6
Javed to Chigumbura, SIX runs

leg cutter and he has spotted it so very early! Stayed back and slapped it over the head of long-on. There's his power on display again

12.5
Javed to Chigumbura, no run

length ball with a bit of room outside off. Chigumbura set himself up for the swat but he gets it off the toe. Bat turns in his hand

12.4
1
Javed to Maruma, 1 run

slower ball off the back of the hand, Maruma slogs to deep midwicket

12.3
1
Javed to Chigumbura, 1 run

worked away into the leg side. Flick proving profitable

12.2
1
Javed to Maruma, 1 run

length ball on middle and leg, swung away to deep midwicket and it falls short of the man

12.1
3
Javed to Chigumbura, 3 runs

flicked to deep midwicket and the batsman at the keeper's end has raced down for the extra run! But the throw is at the wrong end. And worse the backing up wasn't up the mark. The bowler was pointing at the keeper's end but deep midwicket was blind to the chance. Deaf, rather. He signals he didn't hear the call

Zimbabwe need 26 off 22 balls to go over Ireland in net run rate

end of over 127 runs
ZIM: 91/5CRR: 7.58 RRR: 3.25
Timycen Maruma11 (9b 2x4)
Elton Chigumbura37 (16b 6x4 1x6)
Manjula Guruge 4-0-18-2
Ahmed Raza 3-0-29-1
11.6
Guruge to Maruma, no run

pace off the ball seems to be the norm. Length ball on off stump, defended square on the off side

11.5
Guruge to Maruma, no run

another slower ball, this one fuller on off stump. Pushed to point off the open face

11.4
1
Guruge to Chigumbura, 1 run

slower ball outside off, adjusts to it and steers towards short third man

11.3
2
Guruge to Chigumbura, 2 runs

dropped, and that must sting in more ways than one. It was Khurram himself. Not the best ball as it was short on off stump. Chigumbura made room and slaps into the covers and as ever doesn't bother keeping it down. Comes at an awkward chest height and he spills it

11.2
Guruge to Chigumbura, no run

fullish and just outside off, he clears his front leg and pushes to mid-off

11.1
4
Guruge to Chigumbura, FOUR runs

wrong line there. It was nice and full, but he strays on the pads and Chigumbura has tickled it very fine. No stopping that. Simple boundary to long leg

Guruge's back

end of over 1113 runs
ZIM: 84/5CRR: 7.63 RRR: 3.66
Elton Chigumbura30 (12b 5x4 1x6)
Timycen Maruma11 (7b 2x4)
Ahmed Raza 3-0-29-1
Khurram Khan 1-0-8-1
10.6
1
Ahmed Raza to Chigumbura, 1 run

waits on the good length ball on off stump and guides it to point

10.5
3
Ahmed Raza to Maruma, 3 runs

nudged through straight midwicket and they are racing between the wickets. In comes the throw and the dive saves him.

10.4
Ahmed Raza to Maruma, no run

saw him coming down so he pulls it back. But this was still nice and slow and keeps the batsman honest. Bit of chat between batsman and bowler there

10.3
1b
Ahmed Raza to Chigumbura, 1 bye

much better. This is the length Raza has success with. Looped up on middle and leg and lures the batsman to sweep. Too soon into the stroke and missles

Best performances - batters
Spike Graph
Wagon Zone
E Chigumbura
53 runs (21)
6 fours3 sixes
Productive shot
leg glance
16 runs
1 four1 six
Control
67%
SP Patil
30 runs (26)
5 fours0 six
Productive shot
leg glance
11 runs
2 fours0 six
Control
85%
Best performances - bowlers
SC Williams
O
4
M
0
R
15
W
3
ECO
3.75
AM Guruge
O
4
M
0
R
18
W
2
ECO
4.5
Match details
Sylhet Stadium
TossZimbabwe, elected to field first
Series
Season2013/14
Player Of The Match
Match numberT20I no. 376
Hours of play (local time)11.30 start, First Session 11.30-12.45, Interval 12.45-13.00, Second Session 13.00-14.30
Match days21 March 2014 - day (20-over match)
Umpires
TV Umpire
Reserve Umpire
Match Referee
PointsZimbabwe 2, United Arab Emirates 0
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TEAMMWLPTNRR
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NEP32140.933
AFG3122-0.981
HKG3122-1.455
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TEAMMWLPTNRR
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ZIM32140.957
IRE3214-0.701
UAE3030-1.541
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SA43160.075
NZ4224-0.678
ENG4132-0.776
NED4132-0.866
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WI43161.971
PAK4224-0.384
AUS4132-0.857
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