[Match Thread] South Africa V Zimbabwe – 1st ODI

[andy24]

zim can get morkel out in the batting powerplay early zim will be in shot to keep south africa down for a chaseable total

[Dr_Situ(ZimFanatic)]

two quite overs

[Dr_Situ(ZimFanatic)]

I should have kept mum

44.4
Mpofu to Petersen, FOUR

44.3
Mpofu to Petersen, FOUR, half-volley

[anusha gamage]

chibaba world denger bawler in this side i am happy .. sure zim will win this game with chibaba

[Horo]

chibaba world denger bawler in this side i am happy .. sure zim will win this game with chibaba

*sigh*

[r@ndom]

at least its not over 300
price doing the business as was never in doubt
and cremer stood up to the test as well, here'shoping taibu and co do likewise
interesting to see Chigumbura not bowl,i guess he's injured
also masakadza never bowled himself when he was stand-in captain and utseya has followed suit, streak sees potential in chamu chibhabha but not hammy. on a less serious note my mind wondered and thought whether mark vermeulen will be sledging the protea batsmen from his slip position in afrikaans today

[Dr_Situ(ZimFanatic)]

Mazza not opening 2day

[Kriterion_BD]

restricting SA to under 300 was a decent job. price bowled very well, and so did mpofu with all his yorkers, though the stats might not show it.

utseya is just mediocre, and chibabha should not be bowling at the death...5-6 overs from him in the middle overs is the max he should get. rainsford and more importantly mupariwa need to be played.

at any rate, the wicket looks good for batting, and if you continue to hold onto your wickets, who knows. taibu is back, chigumbura and masakadza still to come, and ZIM have scored 295 against recent Saffers before.

best of luck!

[Dr_Situ(ZimFanatic)]

It seems as if these two gentleman's are playing in "Slow Motion". The only thing which can distract them now is probably Anusha gamage's PM

[Dr_Situ(ZimFanatic)]

7.6
Tsotsobe to Chibhabha, 2 runs. Good drive again from Chibhabha

7.3
Tsotsobe to Chibhabha, FOUR, another boundary, this time a beautiful straight drive.

7.2
Tsotsobe to Chibhabha, FOUR, stepped down the track and smacked the ball through midwicket. First boundary for Zimbabwe

Chibhabha got his PM