Zimbabwe vs Canada (Nagpur) (28th February)

ICC World Cup 2011 – 28^th February

12^th Match – Group A     (50-over match)

Played at Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium, Jamtha, Nagpur,

Zimbabwe won by 175 runs;

Zimbabwe won the toss and selected to bat first;

Scoreboard:

Zimbabwe        298/9    (50 over)

Zimbabwe Innings	50 over maximum	R	B	4s	6s	S/R
BRM Taylor	lbw b Khurram Chohan	0	1	0	0	0.00
CK Coventry	lbw b Baidwan	4	10	0	0	40.00
T Taibu†	c Davison b Balaji Rao	98	99	9	0	98.98
CR Ervine	c †Bagai b Balaji Rao	85	81	6	2	104.93
E Chigumbura*	c †Bagai b Rizwan Cheema	5	8	1	0	62.50
SC Williams	c †Bagai b Balaji Rao	30	25	3	0	120.00
GA Lamb	b Balaji Rao	11	13	1	0	84.61
P Utseya	c Hansra b Khurram Chohan	22	29	2	0	75.86
AG Cremer	b Baidwan	26	23	2	0	113.04
RW Price	not out	10	6	2	0	166.66
CB Mpofu	not out	3	5	0	0	60.00
Extras	(lb 2, w 1, nb 1)	4

Total (9 wickets; 50 over) 298 (5.96 runs per over)

Did not bat: all batted;

Fall of wickets:

1-0 (Taylor, 0.1 over), 2-7 (Coventry, 3.3 over), 3-188 (Ervine, 31.2 over), 4-193 (Chigumbura, 32.4 over), 5-201 (Taibu, 33.6 over), 6-219 (Lamb, 37.4 over), 7-240 (Williams, 41.4 over), 8-281 (Utseya, 47.4 over), 9-284 (Cremer, 48.2 over)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ.
Khurram Chohan	10	0	44	2	4.40	(1nb, 1w)
HS Baidwan	9	0	47	2	5.22
AS Hansra	4	0	41	0	10.25
Rizwan Cheema	9	0	51	1	5.66
WD Balaji Rao	10	0	57	4	5.70
JM Davison	8	0	56	0	7.00

Canada            123/10    (42.1 over)  

Canada Innings	(target: 299 runs from 50 overs)	R	B	4s	6s	S/R
JM Davison	b Price	0	8	0	0	0.00
NR Kumar	c & b Price	1	10	0	0	10.00
R Gunasekera	b Lamb	24	64	2	0	37.50
A Bagai*†	c Williams b Price	0	1	0	0	0.00
AS Hansra	st †Taibu b Utseya	20	41	1	1	48.78
Rizwan Cheema	c Cremer b Utseya	14	10	2	1	140.00
ZE Surkari	st †Taibu b Lamb	26	48	2	0	54.16
TG Gordon	lbw b Cremer	7	20	1	0	35.00
Khurram Chohan	lbw b Cremer	8	22	1	0	36.36
HS Baidwan	not out	13	23	1	0	56.52
WD Balaji Rao	b Cremer	1	6	0	0	16.66
Extras	(w 9)	9

Total (all out; 42.1 over) 123 (2.91 runs per over)

Did not bat: All batted;

Fall of wickets:

1-1 (Davison, 1.3 over), 2-7 (Kumar, 5.3 over), 3-7 (Bagai, 5.4 over), 4-50 (Hansra, 20.3 over), 5-50 (Gunasekera, 21.1 over), 6-66 (Rizwan Cheema, 22.5 over), 7-78 (Gordon, 26.6 over), 8-97 (Khurram Chohan, 34.3 over), 9-122 (Surkari, 41.1 over), 10-123 (Balaji Rao, 42.1 over)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ.
CB Mpofu	5	1	12	0	2.40	(1w)
RW Price	8	4	16	3	2.00
P Utseya	7	0	24	2	3.42	(2w)
GA Lamb	8	0	29	2	3.62	(6w)
AG Cremer	9.1	1	31	3	3.38
SC Williams	5	0	11	0	2.20

Player of the match:    T Taibu (Zimbabwe)

Umpires:        Asad Rauf (Pakistan) and BNJ Oxenford (Australia)

TV umpire:        SJ Davis (Australia)

Zimbabwean third wicket partnership between Tatenda Taibu and Craig Ervine propelled their side to 175-run triumph in Nagpur. Taibu and Ervine's 181-run stand which is Zimbabwe's highest third wicket partnership in ODIs and their fifth largest overall, they helped their team recover from a shaky start to drive to 298 for 8 on good batting wicket. While Zimbabwe spinners presumed full control sharing 37.1 over, all ten wickets of Canada were bowled out in the 43^rd over.

Things got inferior to Canada four over later when, in consecutive deliveries, Price stuck out his left hand and held onto a chipped drive to get rid of Kumar and Ashish Bagai swept straight to short backward square. Jimmy Hansra safely negotiated the hat-trick ball but the damage had been done with Canada staring into the precipice at 7 for 3. Canada will play its next match with Pakistan on 3^rd March.