[Match Thread] Zimbabwe v Bangladesh - 1st ODI

[zimfan1]

Its going to take patience. There was not that much turn for our spinners and the pitch looked ok so if we cut out the silly shots then we should be ok but its not going to be easy. Need a partnership first up, it will be intresting to see who opens the innings.

[Boundary]

Chibhabha is opening.

[anusha gamage]

anusha from sri lanka
186 is not easy target like this pitch. zim need a good partnership gool luck for zimbabwe

[zimfan1]

Wow great shot by Chibhabha six of no ball

Need to play sensible cricket here an not get carried away. Oppotunities to score will come if they bat time and look to rotate the strike. The biggest threat will be of Shakib of course we just need to get our bats in front out our pads when we are playing him to negotiate the LBW threat.

Chibhabha hits another 4

[Dr_Situ(ZimFanatic)]

Prosper Utseya has developed a ankle ligament injury and will only bat if needed

blessing in disguise

[Boundary]

damn 2 wkts down, Taylor's duck

[andy24]

were in trouble taibu duck we need conventry to find form

[maehara]

7.5 Abdur Razzak to Taibu, OUT
T Taibu b Abdur Razzak 0 (3b 0x4 0x6) SR: 0.00

7.4 Abdur Razzak to Taibu, no run, he does it again! he shapes to sweep but adjusts to push it away to the off side .

7.3 Abdur Razzak to Taibu, no run, On a hattrick and what does Taibu try to do? he attempts to play the sweep but sees the ball turning away from him and adjusts to defend

Tibbly appears to have a death wish. Stupid, stupid, stupid.

[Train Driver]

I've just been watching some of this on the feed, thanks for the link.

Chibhabha, Taylor, ok, both beaten playing for spin that didn't happen, TAIBU what was he doing ? is he on drugs ? has he lost his senses ? i'm not sure as i've seen anything quite so ridiculous, especially from a senior player.

Bangladesh well on top now, it's going to need some seriously sensible play from these two to save us from a very red face.

[Boundary]

Divastating over, we lost 3 wickets. The crowd is behind their team. We need to show character now