Baz ends in typical fashion, doesn't matter that Price fires it in flat and quick, Baz is already way down the track and has enough momentum to lift the ball high over wide long on to end the game
Zimbabwe vs New Zealand, 1st T20I at Harare, Oct 15 2011 - Ball by Ball Commentary
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1st T20I, Harare, October 15, 2011, New Zealand tour of Zimbabwe
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(13.3/20 ov, T:124) 127/0
New Zealand won by 10 wickets (with 39 balls remaining)
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That is all from us, this is Abhishek Purohit signing off along with our scorer Venkat Raghav. Join us for the 2nd T20I on Monday at 2 pm local time. Here is Sid Talya's match report for you to read. Cheers
Brendan Taylor wasn't at the presentation, hope he has not done too much harm after he banged his head in to the turf while attempting that catch.
Brendon McCullum, the Man of the Match. Brendon: "Most of the credit to the bowlers, they made it easy to come out and bat that way. I like to bat that way, we have got many players of different skillsets and power, this is my job, it is not going to work every time though."
Ross Taylor: "We came here to win, and the way we started with the ball was pleasing, but we know Zimbabwe will come hard at us. When you have been out of cricket for so long, the way we backed up the bowlers in the field was excellent. Brendon and Martin were outstanding with the bat."
Smashing win for New Zealand then, was too easy in the end. Zimbabwe lost it when they just could not get going with the bat, too many wickets falling throughout the innings. And then Brendon McCullum just blew them away
Phil: "Fortunately for Zimbabwe, Chris Martin wasn't needed today..." Aye, His Phantomness is safely tucked away for the crunch situations
Guptill: "We haven't played for six months now, good to get a win. Brendon is a freak, he does it so well. Wicket was a little bit slow."
13.3
6
Price to McCullum, SIX runs
13.2
1
Price to Guptill, 1 run
backs away even further outside leg, Price drops it a touch short as he angles it in, he drags the pull through midwicket
13.1
•
Price to Guptill, no run
stands a foot outside leg, Price follows him and he pushes it back to the bowler
Ben: "Batting down to #11 wasn't really needed for NZ today."
end of over 1310 runs
NZ: 120/0CRR: 9.23 • RRR: 0.57
Brendon McCullum75 (45b 5x4 5x6)
Martin Guptill39 (34b 2x4 2x6)
Hamilton Masakadza 1-0-10-0
Chamu Chibhabha 1-0-20-0
12.6
2
Masakadza to McCullum, 2 runs
squeezes the drive wide of long off for a couple more
12.5
•
Masakadza to McCullum, no run
slapped to extra cover off the back foot
andrew: "New Zealand are not 'rusty' at all. They are teaching poor Zim (my team) yet another T20 lesson. I wish we could compete more regularly."
12.4
1
Masakadza to Guptill, 1 run
pushes forward with a straight bat, single to long off
12.3
6
Masakadza to Guptill, SIX runs
Guptill gets maximum now, right in the hitting zone, full under the bat, clean swing and that has been lost beyond wide long on
12.2
•
Masakadza to Guptill, no run
that came so slowly that Guptill had enough time to contemplate a pull, withdraw out of it and dab it behind point
12.1
1
Masakadza to McCullum, 1 run
slow length ball angled in, dinked towards midwicket
Masakadza in to the firing line
end of over 1220 runs
NZ: 110/0CRR: 9.16 • RRR: 1.75
Brendon McCullum72 (42b 5x4 5x6)
Martin Guptill32 (31b 2x4 1x6)
Chamu Chibhabha 1-0-20-0
Kyle Jarvis 3-0-32-0
11.6
1
Chibhabha to McCullum, 1 run
length ball worked for a single
11.5
2
Chibhabha to McCullum, 2 runs
clobbers another full delivery but Mutizwa with some deft work in the wide long off rope saves the boundary, runnning across, and lobbing the ball in as he gets close to the rope
11.4
6
Chibhabha to McCullum, SIX runs
Baz wants to get this done with, this is in the slot, pitched up on the stumps, and he golf-swings it over long off
11.3
6
Chibhabha to McCullum, SIX runs
oh well, loopy attempted slow full toss ending high outside off, Baz waits for it to arrive and dispatches it disdainfully over deep midwicket
11.2
1
Chibhabha to Guptill, 1 run
dabbed on the off side for one
11.1
4
Chibhabha to Guptill, FOUR runs
Guptill wants a share of the action too, he forehands a length ball straight back at the bowler, who fortunately is able to get hands out of the way
Chibhabha comes on
end of over 1115 runs
NZ: 90/0CRR: 8.18 • RRR: 3.77
Brendon McCullum57 (38b 5x4 3x6)
Martin Guptill27 (29b 1x4 1x6)
Kyle Jarvis 3-0-32-0
Prosper Utseya 2-0-10-0
10.6
6
Jarvis to McCullum, SIX runs
imperious, Jarvis is disappearing all over now, full toss, he stands back and whips it in a flash, flat and just over a leaping Waller at deep square leg
10.5
2
Jarvis to McCullum, 2 runs
no issues this time, he gets to 50 with an inside out loft over extra cover for a couple
10.4
•
Jarvis to McCullum, no run
too much now, even by Baz's standards, he stands back and tries a cute little reverse paddle, misses and is out of breath after he cops a blow on the body
10.3
4
Jarvis to McCullum, FOUR runs
smartly done, Jarvis went full on leg with the angle, Baz shuffled across and tickled it deftly well past short fine leg
10.2
2
Jarvis to McCullum, 2 runs
Baz is ready with the dash down the wicket next ball, reaches the pitch of this one and slaps it through extra cover
10.2
1w
Jarvis to McCullum, 1 wide
jeez, Jarvis continues to spear it down the leg side, starts leg and goes further down
10.1
•
Jarvis to McCullum, no run
steady line on off stump first up, from a fullish length, he comes forward and blocks tentatively
Jarvis is back
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