[Match Thread] Bangladesh v Zimbabwe: 1st ODI

[clikcspeed]

Oh yeah!!!! We needed this! Congrats boys...

[jamthala]

good win for zim.

meth hold his nerves well
mopfu the hero.

[jimbo]

Good Good win for Zimbabwe, For me at least that was a pretty experimental Zimbabwe side. Chakbva batting at 3, Utseya batting as high as 7 and no Cremer or masacadza!!!!
I can understand the concept of not tinkering with a winning side but i think we need to make some changes next match, Dabengwa didnt really do much in this match and masacadza should come back in place of him, We could always bowl Chibhabha for a few overs

[auszim]

Makorokoto boys!!

Surprised about hammy so expect to see him in the 2nd ODI which should only a strength to batting as BRM said...

[mdm]

Ye ye ye yeah! My God is good wo!
I said it ddnt i, Zim almost alwez win the 1st game of every series, hope we wil go 2-0 up

yeah double double!!!

[clikcspeed]

ZIMBABWE oh yeah!!! Great fight back so much for a Banglawash I was quite impressed by Chris Today.

Very impressed, great economy and 3 wickets. He just needs to be more confident when playing big sides (for instance recent tour of SA)

Ye ye ye yeah! My God is good wo!
I said it ddnt i, Zim almost alwez win the 1st game of every series, hope we wil go 2-0 up

excellent win, guys...i was hoping for 5-0, but i guess that will have to wait till next winter (or summer)...i hope this is the noise that will wake the sleeping giant.

Zim guys need to build on this, every time we find ourselves one up, we lose the rest of the series, twice recently against Bangladesh (home and away) and during the Caribbean tour earlier this year.

I also would like to think that we could have done it a bit more comfortably by playing Hamilton (more runs) or Cremer (tighter middle overs) need I say who was to be replaced (no hation)

[clikcspeed]

I love the way Utseya has matured, contributing with both bat and ball, he's been posting an average of 20+ in recent ODIs, really positive contribution coming from the tail. I hope Cremer can do the same

[zimwon-olready]

What i liked about this game is that almost everyone contributed to the win, this gets everyone fired up for the next game. We have the momentum we want to win a couple more but its not going to be easy.

The strategy came down well with Taylor and Chamu setting the platform with a quick 50 run partnership off the quicks before the spinners were introduced. The spinners came in and slowed down things with some quick wickets but this brought forth the nudge-rs (Taibu, Chakabva and Lamb) who did quite well.

I felt we didnt quite slog as we should have maybe a Butterworth would have been handy instead of Dabengwa although Hamilton is favorite to come in in place of Keith. We should have got at least 230 and that would have been a huge ask for Bangladesh.

I though Mpofu did quite well, Price and Utseya are seasoned performers. Good win for Zim am happy

[shumbat]

CONGRATS BOYS, A WIN IS A WIN.

[zimfanatic]

Zim Cricket is beyond my understanding...Why was Sr. Masakadza dropped and why do i see this clown,Dabengwa in the side every match despite no good performances..
Why not play butterworth if they want to go with an allrounder option...Further,i won't be surprised to see Masakadza bowl his slow medium pace...That will give some
variety in slow pitches in bangladesh.

Ervine should bat higher in the order and i am fed up with Zim batsmen throwing their wickets away at wrong time. Its good to see a wicketkeeper play well..Taibu seriously
needs some competition for the wicketkeeping position. He is someone like ashraful who has not made use of the immense talent. And,i also hate the sharp singles by taibu..

The Zimbabwe tail still looks really weak for my liking. They need to reinforce that with someone who hat hit useful runs consistently.

The bowling looks really good...The spinners are always good..And,meth needs to bowl more slowly with more variations. Mpofu will use his height and pace and he is the ideal man.
The bowling is great...I just wish the batting clicks and they get the batting order right,reinforce the batting and bowling with an allrounder and don't select jokers to perform in the cricket field...