Lanka win rain curtailed match, Zim caught napping
Monday, May 3, 2010
10:01 AM
Labels: 2010 , 2010 Group B , 2010 Sri Lanka , 2010 World Cup , 2010 Zimbabwe , Sri Lanka , Zimbabwe , 0 comments
Zimbabwe's inexperience got exposed in rain today, as they squandered a chance to go through to Super 8 group of World T20.
In the end, it may seem that Zimbabwe did not have luck, but they knew what they had to do. However, Zimbabwe's batsmen never seemed to realize that they are standing on a pot of gold. All they needed was to have a mad dash to 44 but in the end fell short by 15. It was senseless sweeps by Taibu and company to fine short leg for singles that frustrated everyone except Lankans and Zimbabwe players. Taibu in particular should not have been there in the center purely on merit. It's been Chigumbura who has done the damage in their warm up games and was fit to try and achieve the target. Taibu seemed unaware of the task and was simply going through the motions (of a test match).
Credit must go to Mahela who scored maiden century in World T20 to take Lanka to 173. Zimbabwe came out to bat but the innings lasted only 1 over when rain forced suspension of play. When Zimbabwe came out again, the match was shortened to 11 over, and Zimbabwe had to score less than 100 in remaining 10 overs. However, they should have realized that the match can end with minimum 5 overs bowled in the innings.
It started raining again towards end of 3rd over, but Zimbabwe never made an attempt to reach target of 45, nor tried to ensure that 5th over of the match is not completed. In the end, Sri Lankan players were already running towards dressing room as last bowl of 5th over was being bowled. For Zimbabwe, it was "Baby's day out".
In the end, it may seem that Zimbabwe did not have luck, but they knew what they had to do. However, Zimbabwe's batsmen never seemed to realize that they are standing on a pot of gold. All they needed was to have a mad dash to 44 but in the end fell short by 15. It was senseless sweeps by Taibu and company to fine short leg for singles that frustrated everyone except Lankans and Zimbabwe players. Taibu in particular should not have been there in the center purely on merit. It's been Chigumbura who has done the damage in their warm up games and was fit to try and achieve the target. Taibu seemed unaware of the task and was simply going through the motions (of a test match).
Credit must go to Mahela who scored maiden century in World T20 to take Lanka to 173. Zimbabwe came out to bat but the innings lasted only 1 over when rain forced suspension of play. When Zimbabwe came out again, the match was shortened to 11 over, and Zimbabwe had to score less than 100 in remaining 10 overs. However, they should have realized that the match can end with minimum 5 overs bowled in the innings.
It started raining again towards end of 3rd over, but Zimbabwe never made an attempt to reach target of 45, nor tried to ensure that 5th over of the match is not completed. In the end, Sri Lankan players were already running towards dressing room as last bowl of 5th over was being bowled. For Zimbabwe, it was "Baby's day out".
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