ICC Cricket World Cup Qualifiers: Scotland vs Zimbabwe Match Preview, ICC Cricket World Cup Qualifiers

6th ODI • Queens Sports Club • Bulawayo

Scotland

234/8 (50)

Zimbabwe

203 (41.1)

SCO won by 31 runs

Info

Fantasy

Live

Scorecard

Stats

Playing XI

Table

Date & Time

04 Jul, 12:30 PM IST

Venue

Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo

Match

6th ODI,

ICC Cricket World Cup Qualifiers

Points Table

Schedule

Stats

Umpires

Allahudien Paleker (South Africa), Asif Yaqoob (Pakistan), Roly Black (Ireland, TV)

Referee

Shaid Wadvalla (South Africa)

Toss

Zimbabwe elected to bowl

Pitch Report

PitchFlat Track Pitch

Pace BowlingSwing Favourable

Batting ConditionAverage

Spin BowlingSlow Spin

1st Innings

246Avg Runs

8Avg Wkts

2nd Innings

196Avg Runs

7Avg Wkts

Playing XILineups Out

Points Table

Head To Head (Last 10 Matches)

ZIM

1- 1

SCO

Team Form (Recent 5 Matches, Latest First)

Zimbabwe

Scotland

Players to Watch

Top Batters

Sean Williams

ZIM . ALL

588 Runs

6 Matches

Sikandar Raza

ZIM . ALL

291 Runs

6 Matches

Craig Ervine

ZIM . BAT

257 Runs

5 Matches

Top Bowlers

Richard Ngarava

ZIM . BOWL

13 Wkts

6 Matches

Chris Greaves

SCO . ALL

12 Wkts

5 Matches

Brandon McMullen

SCO . ALL

10 Wkts

5 Matches

Player of the Match Chris Sole

3/33

Player of the Series Sean Williams

SCO

ZIM

Info

Scotland

234/8 (50)

Batters

Chris McBride

62.22

b T Chatara

Matthew Cross

50.67

b S Williams

Brandon McMullen

100.00

c B Muzarabani b S Williams

George Munsey

59.62

b R Ngarava

Richie Berrington

(C)

38.89

c I Kaia b S Williams

Tomas Mackintosh

61.90

runout (B Muzarabani)

Michael Leask

141.18

c W Madhevere b T Chatara

Chris Greaves

50.00

runout (J Gumbie / W Madhevere)

Mark Watt

140.00

Not out

Safyaan Sharif

125.00

Not out

Extras

(B: 1, LB: 3, NB: 0, W: 4)

TOTAL

(50 Ov, RR: 4.68)

234/8

Did not Bat

Chris Sole

Bowlers

EXT

4.67

5.44

6.57

3.60

4.10

3.40

Fall Of Wickets

SCORE

OVER

Chris McBride

b T Chatara

1-56

16.1

Matthew Cross

b S Williams

2-102

25.1

Brandon McMullen

c B Muzarabani b S Williams

3-105

27.1

Richie Berrington

c I Kaia b S Williams

4-118

31.3

Tomas Mackintosh

runout (B Muzarabani)

5-151

39.3

George Munsey

b R Ngarava

6-168

42.3

Chris Greaves

runout (J Gumbie / W Madhevere)

7-170

43.1

Michael Leask

c W Madhevere b T Chatara

8-216

48.4

Zimbabwe

203/10 (41.1)

Batters

Joylord Gumbie

0.00

c M Cross b CB Sole

Craig Ervine

(C)

33.33

b CB Sole

Innocent Kaia

63.16

lbw b B McMullen

Sean Williams

75.00

b CB Sole

Sikandar Raza

85.00

c T Mackintosh b CN Greaves

Ryan Burl

98.81

c B McMullen b M Leask

Wesley Madhevere

102.56

lbw b M Watt

Wellington Masakadza

27.78

c R Berrington b B McMullen

Richard Ngarava

50.00

c & b M Leask

Tendai Chatara *

14.29

b S Sharif

Blessing Muzarabani

37.50

Not out

Extras

(B: 0, LB: 3, NB: 2, W: 3)

TOTAL

(41.1 Ov, RR: 4.93)

203/10

Bowlers

EXT

Chris Sole

4.71

Brandon McMullen

3.88

Safyaan Sharif

6.1

6.16

Mark Watt

4.00

Chris Greaves

5.80

Michael Leask

5.50

Fall Of Wickets

SCORE

OVER

Joylord Gumbie

c M Cross b CB Sole

1-0

0.1

Craig Ervine

b CB Sole

2-13

2.2

Sean Williams

b CB Sole

3-29

6.2

Innocent Kaia

lbw b B McMullen

4-37

7.5

Sikandar Raza

c T Mackintosh b CN Greaves

5-91

17.5

Wesley Madhevere

lbw b M Watt

6-164

30.1

Wellington Masakadza

c R Berrington b B McMullen

7-177

35.1

Richard Ngarava

c & b M Leask

8-182

36.2

Ryan Burl

c B McMullen b M Leask

9-197

38.4

Tendai Chatara

b S Sharif

10-203

41.1

Match Info

Date & Time

04 Jul, 12:30 PM IST

Venue

Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo

Match

6th ODI,

ICC Cricket World Cup Qualifiers

Points Table

Schedule

Stats

Umpires

Allahudien Paleker (South Africa), Asif Yaqoob (Pakistan), Roly Black (Ireland, TV)

Referee

Shaid Wadvalla (South Africa)

Toss

Zimbabwe elected to bowl

0 4 6 W 1 0

Over 39

Runs: 11

0 0 0 0 1 2lb

Over 40

Runs: 3

1 0 0 0 1 0

Over 41

Runs: 2

Over 42

Runs: 0

All Overs

Player of the Match Chris Sole

3/33

Player of the Series Sean Williams

Commentary

That's it from the enthralling encounter, folks! It will be hard for Zimbabwe to hit the restart button while Scotland just need to keep their nerves and tickets to India will be theirs. Hope you enjoyed our coverage. This is the duo of Rudransh and Mohul signing off!

Craig Ervine [Zimbabwe captain]: Certainly, we thought we did well to restrict them to 230. The first spell from Sole put us on the back foot. We played some extremely good cricket in this tournament but fell short today. [On Leask] Uptil that point, we had done really well to restrict them but he took him from a potential 210 score to over 230 and we fell short. Everybody's really gutted. It would have been nice to put 2018 demons to bed and this is another moment we'll have to live for a long time. We still have a lot of positives, like Sean Williams. We are really thankful to the crowd for coming out and supporting us. Cricket has really changed in Zimbabwe in the last 2 years that's because of the kind of cricket we have played. We really appreciate the crowd.

Richie Berrington [Scotland captain]: Incredible play from the lads today. It was our best performance. Getting those early wickets was absolutely key. Our bowlers have been fantastic all throughout the tournament. Really pleased for Chris Sole to get Man of the Match today, he has bowled a couple of good spells for us and got the reward today. Look, we knew it would come to a stage where we'll face must-win games. Now we need to recover quickly and come strong against the Netherlands. The guys have been playing a lot of good cricket and we can take confidence. It will be another great occasion and another good test. The support from back home has been fantastic and this is also a really close group. We are looking forward to Thursday.

Chris Sole, Player of the Match: I was always given the advice to bowl as fast as I can, and luckily, things went in the right direction today. We are not looking that far ahead (to India) but to beat Zimbabwe in their own backyard is really nice. We had a good game today; I am pleased with the way things unfolded.

Scotland win by 31 runs.

Michael Leask 48 (34) | Chris Sole (3/33)
Ryan Burl 83 (84) | Sean Williams (3/41)

Oh, what a match! The pendulum swung again and again and again till it finally went Scott! Having been put into bat, Scotland would have felt they didn't get the par score but their bowling bowled like their lives depended on it. Chris Sole got Gumbie out first ball with a beautiful riser and set things up. McMullen didn't start too well and gave away a couple of boundaries in his first over but Sole picked two more from his end.

He cracked serious pace, over 150 kph at one time, and beat both Craig Ervine and Sean Williams with pace. The delivery to get Williams out was a hall-of-famer as far as this tournament goes. Scotland kept it tight in the field too. McMullen slowly got his length back and almost got Raza but the catch went down in the field. It didn't cost much as he trapped Kaia, who was chipping in singles well with Williams, out trapped in front.

Raza and Burl built a nice partnership. Berrington took out Sole perhaps too early and they took advantage of Sharif's struggle to get his lengths right. The right-arm seamer tried too much and leaked boundaries. Matt Watt with his notes was ineffective initially too. That's when Greaves came in and got the breakthrough by setting up Raza to hit one against the longest boundary.

The game looked down but Madhevere came out and played out a run-a-ball blinder, finding gaps for fun. With pressure eased off him, Burl also got into his groove. Berrington brought Sole back to get the wicket but Madhevere hit him for two boundaries as well.

Watt was brought back when the pressure was at its peak and he bowled a beauty to clean up Madhevere against the run of play. He was having a poor match but got the wicket at the best possible moment. It was a matter of patience after that as Scotland had made inroads into Zimbabwe's tail. The crowd had kept the music on but slowly became quieter as the match progressed.

McMullen got Masakadza, signaling to Burl that it was time to go all-out. He got away with a couple against Leask but holed out the third, ending a valiant knock, his best in ODIs. Leask then played the patience game well and got Ngarava before Sharif redeemed himself by cleaning up Chatara.

Zimbabwe have been knocked out of the ICC Qualifiers because of their negative NRR! The host fans, brilliant as they have been, have been treated with a disappointing performance. So much promise of a sleeping giant rising again but it would be Scotland or Netherlands who'll join Sri Lanka! Forget pins, drop a hair strand here and you'll hear it. They are in despair. Scotland are delighted and do their handshakes and fistpumps with smiles.

42.0

41.1 Safyaan Sharif to Tendai Chatara, BOWLED HIM! SCOTLAND WIN THIS GAME! At a length on off and middle, comes back in after pitching. Chatara tries to defend it but gets beaten to see the ball crash onto his stumps. The ball manages to dislodge his bails, and in turn, dislodge Zimbabwe from this competition as well. They have been knocked out of the race to qualify for the ICC Cricket World Cup in India later this year owing to a negative net run rate. It comes down to either Scotland or the Netherlands to become the second qualifier after Sri Lanka!

Tendai Chatara b Safyaan Sharif 2 (14b, 0x4, 0x6)

Brilliant from Watt. Nice loopy deliveries in that over. Zimbabwe are hanging on though. How close can they take it?

overs

203 /9 score

runs

Blessing Muzarabani *

3 (8)

Tendai Chatara

2 (13)

Mark Watt

1 /36

40.6 Mark Watt to Blessing Muzarabani, BIG APPEAL FOR LBW BUT MISSING LEG! Drifting in on off and middle. Muzarabani tries to whip it away to the on side but gets rapped on the pads. The ball is evidently missing leg.

40.5 Mark Watt to Tendai Chatara, tossed up on off and middle. Chatara whips it towards long on. Single taken.

40.4 Mark Watt to Tendai Chatara, fired in on off and middle. Chatara leans in and blocks it comfortably.

40.3 Mark Watt to Tendai Chatara, arm ball on off and middle, angles in. Chatara manages to just hang back and prod it to the off side.

40.2 Mark Watt to Tendai Chatara, back of a length on off, skids through. Chatara pats it back to the bowler.

40.1 Mark Watt to Blessing Muzarabani, at a length on off and middle. Muzarabani works it to midwicket. A run taken.

Mark Watt [8-0-34-0] comes back into the attack

Sharif now looks like a changed bowler! He was trying too much so far but just switched to simple death-overs bowling. A game of patience for Scotland which they seem to be winning now. Scotland fans must be calling for Sole now! Bring him on and clean it up!

overs

201 /9 score

2lb

runs

Tendai Chatara *

1 (9)

Blessing Muzarabani

2 (6)

Safyaan Sharif

0 /38

39.6 Safyaan Sharif to Tendai Chatara, BIG APPEAL BUT NOT GIVEN! Two runs taken. Berrington takes the review for lbw. Full and straight on off and middle. The only thing that can save Chatara here is if there is some bat involved. Otherwise, he is plumb in front. UltraEdge confirms that there is no bat involved. Ball tracking, however, shows that the ball was missing the leg stump. Chatara SURVIVES! The batters, in the meanwhile, have picked up a couple of leg byes.

39.5 Safyaan Sharif to Blessing Muzarabani, full and straight on off and middle. Muzarabani punches it back past the bowler. Single taken.

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