Inept Zimbabwe spun out for 84
Wednesday, 5 May 2010
Zimbabwe came into the tournament as one of the form teams after shocking Pakistan and Australia in the warm-ups, but in a must-win game they subsided to one of the lowest Twenty20 totals to be on the verge of becoming the first team to bow out of the competition, reports cricinfo website.
After making a sprightly start, they collapsed spectacularly - losing eight wickets for sixteen runs - to put New Zealand on course for the Super Eights
After his middle-order heroics against Sri Lanka, Nathan McCullum swept through the Zimbabwe middle-order to put himself in line for successive Man-of-the-Match awards. The quick offspinners of Scott Styris also scooped up three wickets in an over to hasten the end of the innings.
Zimbabwe 84 (McCullum 3-16, Styris 3-5) v New Zealand 36/1, Over 8.1) at BST 9:30 pm.
After making a sprightly start, they collapsed spectacularly - losing eight wickets for sixteen runs - to put New Zealand on course for the Super Eights
After his middle-order heroics against Sri Lanka, Nathan McCullum swept through the Zimbabwe middle-order to put himself in line for successive Man-of-the-Match awards. The quick offspinners of Scott Styris also scooped up three wickets in an over to hasten the end of the innings.
Zimbabwe 84 (McCullum 3-16, Styris 3-5) v New Zealand 36/1, Over 8.1) at BST 9:30 pm.