Tour Match on Bangladesh: 180 all out in 49.3 overs

[andy24]

well done to Mutziwa, his in great form. i do not know why he isnt in the final 15.
well done to the boys for a good win too.

[brmtaylor.com admin]

Scorecard

http://www.cricinfo.com/zimvbdesh2009/e ... 10336.html

Taylor keeped instead of Taibu and Mutizwa which suggests he will take the gloves for the first ODI over Coventry

As long as Taylor is in the team on Sunday I don't mind whether he keeps or not. If Coventry plays also it would be tempting to let Coventry keep to free up Taylor for the slips IMO.

[CrimsonAvenger]

As long as Taylor is in the team on Sunday I don't mind whether he keeps or not. If Coventry plays also it would be tempting to let Coventry keep to free up Taylor for the slips IMO.

Well, I had pretty similar thoughts here: viewtopic.php?f=3&t=732&start=10#p7845. It could be pretty useful otherwise too.

[brmtaylor.com admin]

Utseya interview after the tour match: http://www.voanews.com/mediaassets/engl ... 8-07_0.mp3

Key points

- happy that the former players are returning as they bring in experience (and knowledge of various conditions) and will give increased competition to players trying to make the squad
- happy to win the award
- pleased that Bangladesh just lost to the Zim second team
- has been practicing very hard
- wants to work on better length (??)
- hopes to one day make the top 10 ODI bowling rankings and play in the IPL (didn't hear about Tests?)

[Sir Mupariwa]

its nice to know Shakib was playing and that he went for 28 runs in his 4 overs, and Ashraful continued on his poor display against us

[Detective RDS]

its nice to know Shakib was playing and that he went for 28 runs in his 4 overs, and Ashraful continued on his poor display against us

Actually, I'm not really worried about the form of Bangladesh. Bangladesh arrived in Bulawayo at 3.30 am in the following day and just after that went to play a match in the morning. So, tiredness will be there and it's the first match of the tour, just a practise match. Another fact, Ban won't be so confident not playing with their own kit. I'm looking forward to the ODI series.