Cricket Web XI v Zimbabwe
Teams:
CW XI:
Markus
Camps
de Silva
*Goff
Butler
Robbins
+Chaulk
Halsey
Hoy
Patrick
Pickup
Zimbabwe:
*Duffin
Rinke
Chibhabha
+Taylor
Masakadza
Coventry
Strydom
Mupariwa
Utseya
Mahwire
Higgins
Brendan Goff walks out in the middle and shakes hands with the Zimbabwean captain, Terry Duffin.
Duffin calls heads...
and it's tails.
Goff: "Good day for cricket - we'll bat."
It's Mupariwa and Mahwire who will take the new ball here - Zimbabwe have plenty of spin options on the notoriously turning CWBCC Stadium wicket.
Code:
Cricket Web XI innings
R B 4 6
I Markus not out 144 142 14 1
LA Camps c Taylor b Strydom 27 28 3 0
MW de Silva c Rinke b Strydom 8 12 1 0
BJ Goff not out 104 114 8 0
Extras (b2, lb7, w4) 14
Total (for 2 wickets, 50 overs) 299
Mupariwa 7-0-44-0
Mahwire 10-0-54-0
Strydom 10-0-50-2
Utseya 10-0-62-0
Higgins 10-0-57-0
Masakadza 3-0-22-0
0.1 Mupariwa to Markus, two runs, short, wide outside the off stump, Markus drives through the covers but a diving stop from Rinke prevents more than two.
0.6 Mupariwa to Camps, one run, single easily taken from a leg-side delivery.
1.2 Mahwire to Camps, FOUR, shot! pulled for four through mid-wicket, one-bounce, a heavy off-side field can not stop it and it runs away, Camps moves on to 6.
1.4 Mahwire to Camps, FOUR, and again! bit fuller this time but still strays on the stumps, slow delivery is pulled away, easy boundary
2.4 Mupariwa to Markus, FOUR, joins in on the fun! This could be a punishing day in the field for the Zimbabweans - ball is driven firmly square and a misfield by Rinke gives away a boundary
4.3 Mupariwa to Camps, no run, full delivery, hit on the pads, huge appeal from Taylor behind the stumps, umpire says going down leg
8.2 Mupariwa to Markus, two runs, line and length delivery for a change, Markus edges it weakly square of the wicket, picked up uncleanly by Rinke, two runs and the 50 partnership is up
8.3 Mupariwa to Markus, no run, stifled appeal as an awayswinger hits Markus on the thigh
8.4 Mupariwa to Markus, SIX, a bit shorter and Markus swings hard, ball flies through square leg and into the stands for the first maximum of the day!
9.6 Strydom to Camps, OUT, bowling change does the trick! slow delivery outside the off stump, Camps tries to drive but drags on, the inside edge goes past the stumps but into Taylor's gloves, end of a promising opening stand!
Code:
LA Camps c BRM Taylor b GM Strydom 27 (32b, 3x4)
Partnership of 62 (Markus 31*, Camps 27)
10.3 Mupariwa to de Silva, one run, cautiously dabbed into the off side for a quick single, Markus not quite safe, Taylor can't quite get behind the thrown ball and Markus runs in safe
11.4 Strydom to Markus, FOUR, dear oh dear, wasted short delivery which Markus drives straight, past a diving fielder and away for another boundary
12.3 Mupariwa to de Silva, FOUR, more runs, first slip can't quite react quickly enough and it bounces away to third man, de Silva opens his boundary account
13.3 Strydom to de Silva, OUT, Strydom strikes again! another slow delivery outside the off stump, attempts the big booming drive but the ball flies up square of the off side, Rinke runs in from the deep and this time makes no mistake, disappointment for de Silva in his first outing at No. 3
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MW de Silva c HP Rinke b GM Strydom 8 (12b, 1x4)
Partnership of 20 (Markus 42*, de Silva 8)
13.4 Strydom to Goff, one run, easy single for the new batsman
15.1 Strydom to Goff, FOUR, four men on the boundary but Goff still finds the gap with ease, first boundary for the skipper.
16.2 Utseya to Markus, one run, rare flighted ball, turns away from the right-hander, Markus reads it perfectly and guides it down past backward point, well fielded and it's just a single, half-century up
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I Markus 50* (46b, 5x4, 1x6)
19.6 Utseya to Goff, no run, wide outside the off stump and not tempted, end of a miserly over yielding just two runs
20.6 Strydom to Markus, one run, five dots and finally a ball driven firmly, straight to a fielder however
21.1 Utseya to Markus, FOUR, more like it, leg glance that runs away to fine leg without opposition, another boundary to the tally.
22.2 Strydom to Markus, FOUR, fourth boundary in the last two overs for Markus, well bowled on an off stump line but Markus drives straight back past the bowler and away for four, half-century stand up for the Webheads
29.6 Higgins to Markus, no run, gets the line right this time, end of another uneventful over, Higgins has kept things tight so far though he did just give up a boundary to Markus
30.2 Mahwire to Goff, no run, close one! lovely delivery on the off stump and swinging in, a bit too short though and the ball hits Goff high, umpire Dar turns down a loud appeal from the Zimbabwean fielders
33.3 Higgins to Markus, one run, turns it square and they run a quick single, 100 partnership up, Markus has definitely been the dominant partner as Goff has been a bit bogged down in the spin
34.6 Mahwire to Goff, two runs, driven firmly a bit wide of the fielder at long on, he dives well but can't stop the second run, 50 up for Goff
35.2 Higgins to Markus, one run, standing ovation as Markus registers yet another one-day hundred, marvellous batting against some tricky spin bowling and deserves every shout he gets
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I Markus 100* (104b, 11x4, 1x6)
36.1 Mahwire to Goff, no run, stifled appeal as Mahwire lets this one go way down the leg side, strange that that one wasn't called a wide
36.6 Mahwire to Goff, FOUR, pulled through midwicket and a fine boundary
39.6 Higgins to Markus, two runs, they've really taken a liking to Higgins now, ten off the over as the partnership moves past 150
41.1 Masakadza to Goff, FOUR, the desperate Duffin turns to a part-time leg spinner but only gets a very slow and straight delivery out of him, Goff says thanks and drives for another boundary
43.3 Strydom to Goff, no run, and again, beaten outside the off stump and it's another dot ball, good bowling from Strydom here
44.1 Utseya to Markus, FOUR, more boundaries, cut through point and past Rinke who misfields again
48.6 Utseya to Goff, FOUR, there it is, they've been trying to give him the strike all innings and he finally gets the boundary that gives him one hundred runs, it's been total domination here today
49.6 Higgins to Goff, one run, drives hard but the ball doesn't pass the fielder, good fielding in the final five overs here from Zimbabwe, kept the score below 300