[Series Thread] Zimbabwe XI in Canada

[jamthala]

chatara rocks get two wickets.

[maehara]

Canada 59/5 at lunch. Damn good start for our guys - two wickets each for Chatara and Rainsford, one for Shingi.

[maehara]

Two in two balls for Maruma, Canada 92/8. Zimbabwe in total control of this one...

[maehara]

Canada 129 (54.2 overs; Rizwan Cheema 46*, Chatara 3/21). Which is better than they should have gotten to, but still a good performance for our guys.

[sloandog]

More and more signs that our pace battery is getting stronger....
Excellent days play boys

[maehara]

Last Bat S Matsikenyeri c Kumar b Bhatti 0 (15b 0x4 0x6) SR: 0.00
Fall of wicket: 2/1 (3.3 ov); Partnership: 2 runs, 3.3 overs, RR: 0.57

Oh dear... ::whistles innocently::

[Train Driver]

Well, cricinfo did say it would be a hard first hour

Pretty good return for the Zim bowlers, i understand that at least 2 or 3 catches went down as well, so it could have been a much smaller Canadian total

Struggling in reply though, Williams now out for 5 as the score reaches 16-2 after 9 overs, 114 more required for the first innings points ....

[Train Driver]

Good sensible play by Sibanda and Ervine now after the earlier rattle of wickets

Matsikenyeri 2, Williams 5 and Dabengwa 24 the men out, Sibanda 23* and Erine 27* at close of play with the score at 88-3 from 27 overs

Trailing by 41 runs now with 7 wickets in hand and those 6 first innings lead points amost in the bag

Not exactly a boring first day on a draw wicket

[eugene]

The Matsikenyeri express came to a halt today. Shame to see Sean Williams fail also. This is an important series for him. Great to see Ervine continuing his good form however.

[jamthala]

Canada 129

Zimbabwe XI 88/3 (27.0 ov)