 The New Zealand tour of Zimbabwe includes two Twenty20 matches, three ODIs
and a one-off Test match. The tournament starts with a Twenty20 match which will
be played in October 15 at 17:30 IST or 12:00 GMT in Harare.
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Zimbabwehad a pretty good tournament against Bangladesh but they got a humiliationwhile
Pakistan visited them, they failed to win a single match against the tourists.
Their opponent is also a very strong team so it is not going to be easy for them.
They have not made so many changes. As usual Brendan Taylor willbe their regular
skipper and he will be assisted by the likes of Tatenda Taibu, Hamilton
Masakadza, Elton Chigumbura, Charles Coventry, Vusimuzi Sibanda and their regular
players.
Brian Vitori will be missing and their pace attack will be dependent on Christopher
Mpofu and Kyle Jarvis. They have included Keegan Meth who has been ruled out due
to a very serious mouth injury while playing against Bangladesh. Leg spinner NatsaiMushangwe
and Forster Mutizwa have also been called up.
NewZealand reached Zimbabwe on Wednesday and they should be pretty confident
towin the match, but their captain hard hitter batsman Ross Taylor expressed
that it is not going to easy for them as Zimbabwe have some good players like
Tatenda Taibu, Elton Chigumbura, Hamilton Masakadza and a new captain
BrendanTaylor like him so they will keep pressing to win the tournament.
Like the host Zimbabwe, there are not so many changes in their squad except
Hamish Bennettwho will be missing due to his soreness in lower back. Their key
batsmen include Martin Guptill, Brendon McCullum, Jesse Ryder and key
bowlers attack include Kyle Mills, all rounder James Franklin and Jacob
Oram.
Zimbabwe do know well that this going to be much tougher than even Pakistan
but they have no option left to play well. They will be certainly hoping to
play well as they have some good batsmen, who have the ability to score very
quick runs and their bowling is not so bad either. Certainly New Zealand
have the upper hand not only for the upcoming Twenty20 clash but also the whole
tournament as they are far superior to their opponent in every department, but
nobody can guarantee the result when it is cricket especially Twenty20 cricket.
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