Driven down to long off and it doesn't matter. Zimbabwe have won by 11 runs. BT hugs his boys while Alan Butcher can smile now.
Zim XI vs Bdesh XI, 1st Match at Harare, Jun 17 2012 - Ball by Ball Commentary
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1st Match, Harare, June 17, 2012, Zimbabwe Twenty20 Triangular Series
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end of over 207 runs • 1 wicket
BanXI: 143/5CRR: 7.15
Mashrafe Mortaza2 (2b)
Nasir Hossain29 (15b 3x4)
Kyle Jarvis 4-0-32-1
Richard Muzhange 4-0-33-1
That's it from the team. We'll be back on Tuesday when Bangladesh play South Africa. Cheers for now.
Presentation:
MOM Hamilton Masakadza:
Lots of credit to our spinners for pulling it back to nicely in the middle and to Richard. Its very difficult when the pitch slows a little but but you have to make sure you keep things ticking, which is where I think they got it wrong. 165 would have been par. I've been striking the ball well and scoring quite a few runs.
Brendan Taylor:
We felt we were 15 short, we stuck it out towards the end to get a competitive total. Our bowlers were exceptional today. We knew our spinners could do the job, a lot of slower balls from the seamers. Richard is exceptional, able to find the blockhole at will. He's got a great attitude and he just wants to keep learning and improving. He's just a keen kid who wants to get better. Bowling upfront can be better. We leaked a couple too many boundaries and we can sharpen up our middle overs with the bat.
Mushfiqur Rahim:
I thought the boys really tried hard but Zimbabwe executed their plans better than us. I thought the wicket was still good, we had a good start but ZImbabwe came back well in the middle overs. Ash and Tamim were successful, hopefully we can learn from our mistakes.
Zimbabwe defended a score that was perhaps slightly below-par. Excellent bowling from Jarvis and Muzhange on debut. Bangladesh faltered when Tamim Iqbal and Ash adopting a cautious approach. Even though they managed a stand of 61, they left to much for the middle order to do. Join us in a few for the presentation.
19.6
1
Jarvis to Mortaza, 1 run
19.5
3
Jarvis to Nasir, 3 runs
Zimbabwe's much improved fielding continues as that is hit over third man and hauled in by Stuart M who tag teams with Mpofu to stop the boundary
19.4
2
Jarvis to Nasir, 2 runs
driven on the up, beats the inner ring but Cremer comes round to stop the four and this could be it for Bangladesh
19.3
1
Jarvis to Mortaza, 1 run
another good ball, Jarvis finding the spot perfectly and that's only a single. Bangladesh need three sixes to win now
19.2
W
Jarvis to Mahmudullah, OUT
Another dot ball from Jarvis and a wicket. Lucky perhaps, a full toss as he searched for the yorker. Mahmuldullah hits in the air and finds Stuart M on the edge of the circle who takes a good catch. Pressure on Bangladesh now.
Mahmudullah c Utseya b Jarvis 14 (15b 1x4 0x6 25m) SR: 93.33
19.1
•
Jarvis to Mahmudullah, no run
excellent, full, straight, perfect. There's no getting a run off that one.
Jarvis to bowl the last over. Bangladesh need 19 runs to win. Quite an end we have in store here.
end of over 198 runs
BanXI: 136/4CRR: 7.15 • RRR: 19.00
Mahmudullah14 (13b 1x4)
Nasir Hossain24 (13b 3x4)
Richard Muzhange 4-0-33-1
Kyle Jarvis 3-0-25-0
18.6
1
Muzhange to Mahmudullah, 1 run
Muzhange ends with another full ball, driven to long-on and he has done himself pretty proud in his first match for his country. Jason Gillespie is smiling somewhere.
18.5
1
Muzhange to Nasir, 1 run
in the blockhole again, Hossain can't get it away and Muzhnage fields in his follow through
18.4
1
Muzhange to Mahmudullah, 1 run
another good ball, full and straight, Mahmudullah tries to innovate and hit past fine leg but can only tap it down next to the pitch and sneak a single
18.3
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Muzhange to Mahmudullah, no run
that's a super yorker, Mahmudullah has a big swing, looking at the area over mid-wicket, and misses by a mile
18.2
1
Muzhange to Nasir, 1 run
driven to long-off this time, Cremer fumbles a little but does not cost his side anything
18.1
4
Muzhange to Nasir, FOUR runs
ridiculous fielding there, full and straight from Muzhange, driven in the gap on the on side, Chigs misjudges horribly and dives over Sibanda as the pair let the boundary through
It's tight - at this stage Zimbabwe were 132 for 4 so still anyone's game
end of over 189 runs
BanXI: 128/4CRR: 7.11 • RRR: 13.50
Nasir Hossain18 (10b 2x4)
Mahmudullah12 (10b 1x4)
Kyle Jarvis 3-0-25-0
Richard Muzhange 3-0-25-1
17.6
1
Jarvis to Nasir, 1 run
full but wide and driven to extra cover, nine off this over, so the required run-rate has climbed but Bangladesh still with plenty of batsmen to come
17.5
4
Jarvis to Nasir, FOUR runs
full and squeezed out to third man, Hossain had the most delicate of touches as he played that off the face, classy
17.4
1
Jarvis to Mahmudullah, 1 run
in the air, find long-on so just the one again.
17.3
1
Jarvis to Nasir, 1 run
full and straight again, driven into the covers and well fielded
17.2
1
Jarvis to Mahmudullah, 1 run
full again but a bit of width, slapped down to deep cover
17.1
1
Jarvis to Nasir, 1 run
full and straight from the returning Jarvis and driven to long off
Alan Butcher looking rather stressed, also looks like he has lost a fair bit of weight.
end of over 1714 runs
BanXI: 119/4CRR: 7.00 • RRR: 12.00
Nasir Hossain11 (6b 1x4)
Mahmudullah10 (8b 1x4)
Richard Muzhange 3-0-25-1
Chris Mpofu 4-0-20-2
16.6
1
Muzhange to Nasir, 1 run
full again and driven to extra cover, good fielding and an accurate throw keeps it down to one but its been an expensive over
16.5
1
Muzhange to Mahmudullah, 1 run
full and driven to long on, Muzhange still searching for that yorker
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