United Arab Emirates 285/7 (50.0 ov) Zimbabwe RR 5.95
Last 5 ovs 36/0 RR 7.20
Zimbabwe 286/6 (48.0 ov) United Arab Emirates RR 5.70
Zimbabwe won by 4 wickets (with 12 balls remaining)
Current partnership 36 runs, 5.0 overs, RR: 7.20 (Chigumbura 14, Williams 22)
Last bat
CR Ervine c & b Krishna Chandran
42 (46m 32b 2x4 2x6)
SR: 131.25
Fall of wicket 250/6 (42.6 ov); Partnership: 83 runs, 10.2 overs, RR: 8.03 (Ervine 42, Williams 38)
Fall of wicket 250/6 (42.6 ov); Partnership: 83 runs, 10.2 overs, RR: 8.03 (Ervine 42, Williams 38)
End of over 48
(16 runs)
Zimbabwe
286/6
(RR: 5.95)
-
- SC Williams 76 (65b 7x4 1x6)
- E Chigumbura 14 (15b 2x4 0x6)
-
- Mohammad Naveed 10-1-60-1
- Krishna Chandran 9-0-59-1
47.6
Mohammad Naveed to Williams,
FOUR,
what a glorious way to win it. It's a
length ball on off stump and he simply shows the full face to send it
skimming smoothly down the ground, past the stumps, and into the
straight boundary
47.5
Mohammad Naveed to Williams,
FOUR,
short again, this one sits up, and
this is the best pull of the lot, cracked off the middle of the bat, in
front of square, and races away to the straight midwicket boundary
47.4
Mohammad Naveed to Williams,
FOUR,
short again, but this one's over leg
stump, and he can easily swivel and swat it over the gap to the left of
short fine leg
47.3
Mohammad Naveed to Williams,
2 runs,
short ball outside off, has to go
against the angle to pull it. Doesn't quite time it but it drops safely
near the midwicket boundary
47.2
Mohammad Naveed to Chigumbura,
1 run,
full on middle stump, driven down to long-on
47.1
Mohammad Naveed to Williams,
1 run,
fullish on off stump, pushed to mid-off for a quick single
16 from 18. Naveed is back in the attack.
End of over 47
(7 runs)
Zimbabwe
270/6
(16 runs required from 18 balls, RR: 5.74, RRR: 5.33)
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- E Chigumbura 13 (14b 2x4 0x6)
- SC Williams 61 (60b 4x4 1x6)
-
- Krishna Chandran 9-0-59-1
- Amjad Javed 9-0-49-1
46.6
Krishna Chandran to Chigumbura,
no run,
another slower ball, closer to off
stump this time, and he looks to flat-bat it towards long-on, but short
midwicket moves quickly to intercept it
46.5
Krishna Chandran to Chigumbura,
FOUR,
slower ball, but lots of width
outside off, and he stands tall and slaps it to the backward point
boundary
46.4
Krishna Chandran to Chigumbura,
no run,
length ball on middle stump and he goes on the back foot to punch it to short midwicket
46.3
Krishna Chandran to Williams,
1 run,
full on middle stump and he makes room to drive it down the ground to long-off
46.2
Krishna Chandran to Williams,
2 runs,
slower ball on off stump and he's
initially surprised but quickly adjusts to chip it back over the
bowler's head
46.1
Krishna Chandran to Williams,
no run,
back of a length on leg stump. Tucks it off his pads but can't beat short fine leg
End of over 46
(8 runs)
Zimbabwe
263/6
(23 runs required from 24 balls, RR: 5.71, RRR: 5.75)
-
- E Chigumbura 9 (11b 1x4 0x6)
- SC Williams 58 (57b 4x4 1x6)
-
- Amjad Javed 9-0-49-1
- Krishna Chandran 8-0-52-1
45.6
Amjad Javed to Chigumbura,
FOUR,
lovely shot. Finally he gets a bit
of width and he waves his hands through this drive to place it between
backward point and cover point
45.5
Amjad Javed to Chigumbura,
no run,
fullish offcutter on off stump and
Tauqir dives to his left at short midwicket to stop that swipe from
Chigumbura
45.4
Amjad Javed to Williams,
1 run,
fullish outside off, driven down to long-off
45.3
Amjad Javed to Chigumbura,
1 run,
length ball, comes in off the pitch and he tucks it away off the pads towards square leg
45.2
Amjad Javed to Williams,
1 run,
full outside off, driven down to long-off
45.1
Amjad Javed to Chigumbura,
1 run,
back of a length outside off, and he
can't time the punch through cover, ends up squirting it down into the
pitch, rolls back towards the keeper
Akshay: "I think i have found the perfect jinx against any player - picking them in my fantasy team. Always works."
End of over 45
(4 runs)
Zimbabwe
255/6
(31 runs required from 30 balls, RR: 5.66, RRR: 6.20)
-
- E Chigumbura 3 (7b 0x4 0x6)
- SC Williams 56 (55b 4x4 1x6)
-
- Krishna Chandran 8-0-52-1
- Amjad Javed 8-0-41-1
44.6
Krishna Chandran to Chigumbura,
1 run,
fullish legcutter on middle and leg. Chigumbura shows the full face to drive to long-on
44.5
Krishna Chandran to Chigumbura,
no run,
back of a length on off stump, no pace on it, punched back to the bowler
44.4
Krishna Chandran to Chigumbura,
no run,
length ball on middle stump, Chigumbura clips it but can't beat short midwicket
44.3
Krishna Chandran to Chigumbura,
2 runs,
length ball outside off, and he slaps it away towards deep point
44.2
Krishna Chandran to Williams,
1 run,
full-toss outside off, heaved down the ground to long-on
44.1
Krishna Chandran to Williams,
no run,
length ball outside off, pushed into the covers off the front foot
End of over 44
(1 run)
Zimbabwe
251/6
(35 runs required from 36 balls, RR: 5.70, RRR: 5.83)
-
- E Chigumbura 0 (3b 0x4 0x6)
- SC Williams 55 (53b 4x4 1x6)
-
- Amjad Javed 8-0-41-1
- Krishna Chandran 7-0-48-1
43.6
Amjad Javed to Chigumbura,
no run,
length ball outside off and he's beaten, flashing at it away from his body
43.5
Amjad Javed to Chigumbura,
no run,
fuller now, on off stump, punched back to the bowler
43.4
Amjad Javed to Chigumbura,
no run,
length ball, tucking him up on a middle-stump line, clipped to short midwicket
Over the wicket now to Chigumbura
43.3
Amjad Javed to Williams,
1 run,
full-toss outside off, pushed down the ground to long-off
43.2
Amjad Javed to Williams,
no run,
back of a length on a fourth-stump line, dabbed to backward point
43.1
Amjad Javed to Williams,
no run,
back of a length outside off, pushed back to the bowler from the crease
Elton Chigumbura: "Disappointed about the fielding, but our guys played well with the bat. I thought when Craig Ervine went into bat he was positive and brought the run-rate down and it made the job of the guy coming in easier. That's where we went wrong against South Africa. It's good to take the momentum from this game into the game against West Indies. Hopefully we can polish our fielding and have a good game in all departments."
Mohammad Tauqir: We played some good cricket but we were expecting a different result. I think this wicket, we saw the last game also, even 300 was not enough. We know our limitations. They batted well, had some good partnerships. Both the left-handers played well, and they won the game. I think overall the bowlers bowled well. One crucial partnership, I think it saw them through the game. If one of them got out it would have been a different result. It was a good learning experience, and I think we would like to put up a positive performance in the upcoming games."
Shwet: "#stragestat: MO Odumbe of Kenya got hit wicket twice in his career and both in the World Cup. Once in 1996 and once in 2003."
Rutul: "This is type of temperament that Zimbabwe lacking previously. Stupendous stuff from Williams and Ervine to build a formidable partnership to not let the chase get out of hand and then good job by Chiggy to ensure the team got the W with ease. "
Lakshman Kumar: "Gotta feel for Naveed..! His first 8 overs went for just 27 runs and the decisive last 2 went for 33..!" I know. That too right after I called him the best bowler in their team.
Williams is the man of the match. "I tried not to feel the pressure," he says. "We lost wickets at the wrong stages, but the wicket was very good just to keep knocking the ball down the ground. The coach and I have been trying to talk about the sweeps [not playing them so much]. I've been trying to punch it down the ground and build innings. Some of their guys bowled really well to us, credit to them for making it difficult for us. Wicket was very good, to play straight. Anything across the line was difficult. Started to lose pace towards the end."
6.35pm For a while it looked like a tricky chase, but the partnership between Sean Williams and Craig Ervine took the game away from UAE. A comfortable win in the end, with 12 balls remaining, but this was still the closest game of the World Cup so far. UAE can be proud of the way they played, especially with the bat. Their bowling looked pretty good in patches, but there wasn't enough threat in it to break down this experienced Zimbabwe team.