1st ODI Zimbabwe vs Ireland

[grant]

50 for Raza!
Welcome back!

[secretzimbo]

50 for Raza
50 for Ervine
(almost) 50 for Taylor
Williams with an important contribution in the middle overs

Big 'fuck you' to the coach/selectors.

[secretzimbo]

266 is really good I think. That looked a hard pitch to bat on for most of the innings.

Get Stirling early and we probably win.

[Donald]

200 plus runs from the fab four and raza not out too .

Don't try and reinvent the wheel Selectors unless you have a nicky welch at your disposal

[Jemisi]

Good effort all round, just a couple of failures up top.

[CalZim]

That was a brilliant batting performance from Zimbabwe.

It’s a tough pitch to bat on yet everyone chipped in(other than chakabva and Myers) and we had a great finish.

Big 4 today:
Taylor 49
Ervine 64
Williams 33
Raza 59*

Makes a massive difference to have your best batsmen in the team.

If we get Stirling out early Ireland will crumble, can’t see them chasing this.

[slcricfan1]

200 plus runs from the fab four and raza not out too .

Don't try and reinvent the wheel Selectors unless you have a nicky welch at your disposal

is nick welch really that good? He doesnt play first xi for his county team

[sam_ahm]

Alright good stuff from Zimbabwe, the senior players chipped in beautifully, the only reason Ireland didn't concede over 300 is because their two main spinners bowled exceptionally well. Which is good news for Zimbabwe as they have Wellington, Raza, Williams and Madhevere at their disposal.

I think this is an above par score, the big wicket will be that of Stirling and then Balbirnie. If these two get out cheaply then it's Game Over for Ireland I reckon.

[sam_ahm]

Just to add to Zimbabwe's chances, the average score here is 240, the win % while batting second is 0%. Spinners doing well and Zimbabwe have 3 decent ones even if if I exclude Wesley.

All in All Zimbabwe favourites at half way stage. Come on boys get this done.

[TapsC2]

Yes. This is a good score plus we have 4 spinners. Not an easy track to bat on but our 2 seamers have to be very careful not to fire too many balls in. Especially Ngarava

Also excited to see how fast Blessing and Ngarava are. I got a feeling Ngarava might be slightly quicker