Friday, 17 February 2012

Zimbabwe rue over New Zealand thriller

New Zealand became only the 3rd team to win a T20 International chasing 200+, and in the process dashed Zimbabwe's chances of salvaging a consolation win from their disastrous Kiwi tour. Batting first, Zimbabwe has reached an impressive 200/2, with Brendan Taylor (75* off 43 balls) and Hamilton Masakadza (62 off 42) both claiming fifties - by far the most impressive batting performance of the tour, and a score that in most T20 matches would have been enough to secure victory. But New Zealand have been dominant all tour, and weren't about to lie down - especially when they'd already proven in the preceding matches that they had the mark of the Zimbabwean bowlers.To their credit, they kept the Kiwi run rate to around the required rate for the full innings.Never the less two fours and a six later the match was over, and Zimbabwe were left to rue how close it had been. Full scorecard below the cut.New Zealand won by 5 wickets.

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