Pakistan vs Zimbabwe

Match: 33rd ODI Match ICC CWC 2011
Venue: Pallekele International Cricket Stadium
Date: March 14,2011 (Monday)
Toss: Zimbabwe elected to Bat
Target: Pakistan’s target is 162 in 38 overs
Result: Pakistan beat Zimbabwe by 7 wickets (D/L method)

Scoreboard : Zimbabwe Innings

Fall of Wickets (Zimbabwe):

1 – 5 (Brendan Taylor, 0.5), 2 – 5 (Regis Chakabva, 2), 3 – 13 (Vusi Sibanda, 5.2), 4 – 43 (Tatenda Taibu, 12.4), 5 – 84 (Greg Lamb, 23.5), 6 – 103 (Craig Ervine, 29.3), 7 – 151 (Prosper Utseya, 39.4)

Scoreboard : Pakistan Innings

Fall of Wickets (Pakistan) –

1-17 (Ahmed Shehzad, 3.4 ov), 2-99 (Mohammad Hafeez, 22.2 ov), 3-110 (Shahid Afridi, 23.3 ov)

Powerplay: 1-8, 9-12 (Bowling)

Teams
Zimbabwe (Playing XI): Brendan Taylor, Regis Chakabva, Tatenda Taibu(w), Vusi Sibanda, Craig Ervine, Elton Chigumbura(c), Gregory Lamb, Prosper Utseya, Graeme Cremer, Shingirai Masakadza, Ray Price

Pakistan (Playing XI): Mohammad Hafeez, Ahmed Shehzad, Kamran Akmal(w), Younis Khan, Misbah-ul-Haq, Asad Shafiq, Shahid Afridi(c), Abdul Razzaq, Abdur Rehman, Wahab Riaz, Umar Gul

March 14, 2011 : The Pakistan team will play with Zimbabwe team in the 33rd match of World Cup 2011. The Pakistan team confidence must be dented after the match against the New Zealand team. On the other hand Zimbabwe is totally flop in this big World Cup tournament. Their team is outplayed by the big teams of World Cricket. It will be a golden chance for Zimbabwe team to try their best and got a victory against a good side of International Cricket. The Pakistan team will be the favorite for this match.

Match Details
Match – ICC Cricket World Cup 2011 33rd Match
Date – March 14th,2011 (Monday)
Time – 09:00 GMT, 14:30 IST
Venue – Pallekelle

The Zimbabwe team has lost their spark in the Cricket World. They got a young team fulfilled with some impressive talent but failed to shine at the big tournaments like World Cup. The Zimbabwe team middle order not had a good run in all the matches. They team is not able to put up a good score on the scoreboard. The form of Taylor and Taibu will be the good sign for the Zimbabwe team. The bowling need to be more improved the Zimbabwe team bowlers has given away lot of runs in the power play overs. The Zimbabwe had to sort out these problems for a good run in the Cricket World.

The Pakistan team was shocked as they were defeated by the New Zealand team in the last match. The worry factor of Pakistan team is their top order batting. The Pakistan team openers were not able to get their team a good start in all the matches. The middle order of Pakistan looked rock solid. The Pakistan team had to be focused on their game plan. The Captain Afridi had done a remarkable job for the Pakistan team with his all round performance. The form of all rounder Razzaq will be the good sign for Pakistan team. it will be tough chance for Zimbabwe team to get ride of Pakistan team.

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March 10, 2011 : It was a match between Sri Lanka vs Zimbabwe in the ICC World Cup 2011. This was the 26th match of the Tournament. The match was played at Pallekele International Cricket Stadium. Team Zimbabwe won the toss and elected to field first. The Sri Lanka team started their innings with Upal Tharnga and Dilshan. Both the openers got their team to a remarkable start as they scored runs in quick pace in the power play over. The Zimbabwe bowlers was failed to restrict the Sri Lanka team openers. Both the players stroked over 100 runs in the first 20 over. The Zimbabwe team needs wickets but they failed to do it. The Sri Lanka team openers stroked memorable centuries and took the team score up to 200 runs. The Sri Lanka team was heading towards a big total. In the end Tharanga was got out after scoring 133 runs in 141 balls and Dilshan played a knock of 144 runs in 131 balls. The Sri Lanka team lost some quick wickets in the final over. The Sri Lanka team after a fine effort by their batsmen setting a huge total of 327 runs in 50 over.

Match Notes
Toss – Zimbabwe Won the toss and elected to field first
Innings Break – Sri Lanka 327/6 (50 Overs)
Results – Sri Lanka Won By 139 runs

It was a big ask for Zimbabwe BR Taylor and Chakabva started the run chase for Zimbabwe team. They took their team to a flying start and dominated the pace attack of Sri Lanka. Both the Zimbabwe team openers utilize the power play condition and stroked the ball out of the park. Sri Lanka team needs quick wickets. It was Murlidharan strikes for Sri Lanka team and picked up the wicket of Chakabva. The Zimbabwe team total score was 116 runs at the loss of 1 wicket. After that Taibu and Utseya got out in very quick Session. It was the turning point of the match the Sri Lanka team spin attack dominated the game plan of Zimbabwe team. It was Dilshan and Murlidharan took wickets at regular intervals and breaks the hopes of Zimbabwe team. Taylor was the highest run scorer for Zimbabwe team as he scored 80 runs in 72 balls. In the Zimbabwe team Innings was wrapped up at 188 runs. The Sri Lanka team won the match by 139 runs.

Playing Eleven for World Cup 26th Match

Zimbabwe Team Line Up : C Mpofu , T Panyangara, R Price, *E Chigumbura, P Utseya, G Cremer, G Lamb, C Ervine, R Chakabva, B Taylor, T Taibu

Sri Lanka Team Line Up : L Malinga, N Kulasekara, T Perera, M Muralitharan, A Mathews, T Dilshan, C Silva, T Samaraweera, M Jayawardene, U Tharanga, *K Sangakkara

Sri Lanka vs Zimbabwe

Match: 26th ODI Match ICC CWC 2011
Venue: Pallekele International Cricket Stadium
Date: March 10th, 2011 (Thursday)
Toss: Zimbabwe Won The Toss and Field First
Result: Sri Lanka beat Zimbabwe by 139 runs

Scoreboard : Sri Lanka Innings

Fall of wickets (Sri Lanka):

1-282 (Tharanga, 44.4 ov), 2-289 (Dilshan, 45.4 ov), 3-296 (Perera, 46.3 ov), 4-300 (Jayawardene, 47.1 ov), 5-302 (Mathews, 47.3 ov), 6-308 (Silva, 47.6 ov)

Scoreboard : Zimbabwe Innings

Fall of wickets (Zimbabwe):

1-116 (Chakabva, 19.5 ov), 2-125 (Taibu, 22.1 ov), 3-132 (Taylor, 24.1 ov), 4-150 (Utseya, 27.3 ov), 5-156 (Ervine, 29.3 ov), 6-156 (Lamb, 29.4 ov), 7-165 (Chigumbura, 31.5 ov), 8-185 (Price, 36.5 ov), 9-185 (Panyangara, 37.4 ov), 10-188 (Mpofu, 38.6 ov)

Powerplay: 1-10, 11-15 (Bowling), 32-36 (Batting)

Teams
Zimbabwe (Playing XI): Brendan Taylor, Regis Chakabva, Tatenda Taibu(w), Craig Ervine, Elton Chigumbura(c), Gregory Lamb, Graeme Cremer, Ray Price, Prosper Utseya, Chris Mpofu, Tinashe Panyangara

Sri Lanka (Playing XI): Upul Tharanga, Tillakaratne Dilshan, Kumar Sangakkara(w/c), Mahela Jayawardene, Thilan Samaraweera, Chamara Silva, Angelo Mathews, Nuwan Kulasekara, Thissara Perera, Lasith Malinga, Muttiah Muralitharan