Saturday, August 06, 2011
Zimbabwe got vital lead against Bangladesh
Zimbabwe got a lead of 83 runs against Bangladesh in the first test at Harare.Bangladesh batsman failed to capitalised on good start and three of their batsman,Nafees,Ashraful and Shakib Al Hasan,got out after scoring half centuries.Vitori was the pick of the bowlers and he took 66/4 in his debut match.Bangladesh got all-out after scoring 287runs.Zimbabwe got good start in their second innings and they were 69/0 but they lost 4 wickets in just 22 runs which send them to backfoot and they were 92/4 at stumps on day 3.
Friday, August 05, 2011
Zimbabwe failed to capitalise after good start
Zimbabwe scored a good total against the Bangladesh in the first test at Harare.Earlier Bangladesh won the toss and elected to bowl first against inexperienced and young side of Zimbabwe.Ervine,Jarvis,Mavoyo and Vitori from Zimbabwe made their test debut.Masakadza scored a ccentury and he was well supported by Sibanda and Taylor,both of them scored a half century.At one time,they were 304/2 but they lost their whole side under 375 and posted a total of 370 all out.Rubel and Shakib took three wickets each and helped Bangladesh to wrap up the Zimbabwe innings.Bangladesh had a poor start and they lost their openers Tamim Iqbal and Imrul Kayes very early in the innings,both of them got out against the good bowling og debutant Vitori.Bangladesh made 107/3 at stumps on Day 2.
Sehwag and Gambhir failed in the practice match
Sehwag and Gambhir failed in practice match against the Northamptonshire.India won the toss and M S Dhoni elected to bat first but soon Sehwag departed after scoring 8 runs,Gambhir joined him after making 18 runs.Sehwag was playing after a long time and his return after injury will be very much helpful for Indian team.Abhinav Mukund continued his good form and scored century 113 runs and engaged in a very good partnership with VVS Laxman. Raina and captain Dhoni failed again and got out cheaply.India after 90 overs were 327/7,thanks to Laxman and Mukund for their valiant efforts.
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