Zimbabwe cricket – Scotland out of T20 World Cup after defeating Zimbabwe by five wickets in Hobart; Zimbabwe and Ireland progress to Super 12; Scotland were restricted to 132-6 at Bellerive Oval before Zimbabwe won the total in nine balls.
Scotland crashed out of the T20 World Cup after a five-match defeat against Zimbabwe and the opposition won the Super 12 World Cup.
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Scotland’s second consecutive defeat, following Wednesday’s loss to Ireland, left them third in Group B as Zimbabwe advanced to the second round at the top.
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Richie Berrington’s side were restricted to 132-6 in Zimbabwe after skipper Craig Erwin (58 off 54 balls) and Sikandar Raza overcame a 7-2 deficit in the second half of the chase. 40 of 23).
Raza was dismissed for 27 off 31 balls and Erwin then departed for 14 in the 17th over to give Scotland hope, but for Zimbabwe Milton Shumba (No.11) and Ryan Burl (No.9) took them home, Burl muscled him. Safyan Sharif runs towards midfield for a match-winning four.
Scotland narrowly defeated the West Indies in their opening match but back-to-back defeats have ended their hopes of reaching the second round for the second consecutive year.
Zimbabwe now look forward to matches against India, Pakistan, South Africa, Bangladesh and the Netherlands after reaching the Super 12 for the first time in their history.
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Ireland booked their place in the Super 12 earlier in the day by defeating the two-time West Indies by nine wickets, resulting in annihilation of their rivals.
Zimbabwe’s victory dropped Ireland to second place and Andrew Balburnie’s side will now progress to the Super 12s in England, with the teams meeting at the MCG next Wednesday.
Ireland beat West Indies by nine wickets to seal their place in the Super 12 of the T20 World Cup and destroy the two-time World Cup winners.
Erwin’s side were good with the ball and the field as they bounced back from Wednesday’s loss to the West Indies, who beat Ireland by 31 runs in their opening match.
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Scotland lost two wickets in the power play, including Wesley Madhwere’s brilliant catch at midwicket off Richard Ngarawa (2-28) by Matthew Cross (1).
Top scorer George Munsey (51 off 54) – whose ninth half-century in T20 Internationals – shared 40 and 36 with Berrington (13) and Callum McLeod (25) respectively but the runs were either quick or fluent.
Tendai Chatara (2-14) spearheaded the attack for Zimbabwe, while others Seaman Ngarawa and Raza (1-20) also impressed.
Regis Chakabwa (4) and Madhewere (0) didn’t bat, though, with Chakabwa being out lbw to Brad Wheel and pulling Josh Davey onto his stumps.
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Erwin propelled the side with a top score of 35 from Shaun Williams (7) before the skipper and Raza put on 64 off 43 balls in the fourth innings.
Both failed to get a hit in the game, but it didn’t matter, as Burl’s boundary off Sharif led to a celebration from Zimbabwe.
Image credit: Captain Richie Berrington was “extremely disappointed” by Scotland’s defeat but was proud of his players’ performance during the tournament
Scotland captain Berrington said after his side’s defeat: “It’s very disappointing not to get over the line.
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“A few more runs on that surface would have given us a chance to increase the pressure. It was disappointing that we didn’t have the pace to bat.
“We can be really proud of some performances. Some of the cricket we played was very good. We can definitely take a lot of good things forward.” HARARE, Zimbabwe – When aeronautical engineer Gerald Makota quit his job in Abu Dhabi for another in Ireland last January, he was excited by the prospect of traveling to England to watch his country Zimbabwe at the 2019 Cricket World Cup.
Makota, 32, grew up playing cricket in his hometown of Mutare in Zimbabwe. He booked the trip even before the qualifying round was over.
Zimbabwe have played in every ICC Cup since 1983 and nothing has changed in Makota.
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But when the World Cup began in England at the end of May, Zimbabwe’s failure to qualify was a disappointing memory for Makota.
“I scrapped all my plans to stay in England when we didn’t score those three crucial runs against UAE [in the qualifiers],” Makota told Al Jazeera in Shannon, Ireland.
“It will be the first time in my life not to see Zimbabwe in the World Cup, it’s a bitter pill. Failure to qualify is a huge blow to our country’s game. Huge financial reward for participating. Stop playing Zimbabwe oxygen.”
Prior to this tournament in England, Zimbabwe had qualified for the World Cup directly from the 1999 edition as a Test nation.
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FACTS OF FRAUD. Imagine Zimbabwe fighting Qatar, UAE Nepal etc to qualify for Cricket World Cup yet we have to say Zimbabwe nywe nywe. People should wake up and realize that Zimbabwe has been bad for a long time. — Protest Breaker 🇿🇼🇼🇿 (@TKMRushwaya) May 28, 2019
But with this year’s competition reduced to 10 teams, a play-off system has been introduced that includes the bottom and second-tier teams in international cricket.
Goalkeeper Gary Brent, who played for Zimbabwe at the 2007 World Cup, said the failure to qualify was a “huge disappointment” but the defeat could only make the country stronger. Brent’s old friend Brian Strang, however, did not share this hope.
“Shall we dine at the high table,” asked Strang. “I guess not going to the World Cup has to do with karma. It’s hard to pay off when the goal is wrong. It seems like a missed goal and a World Cup loss were inevitable.”
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There are fears that qualifying for the World Cup could have a negative impact on public interest and the growth of cricket in Zimbabwe. In last year’s qualifiers, Zimbabwe played well until an unprecedented crowd saw a fierce match against the United Arab Emirates.
Almost all games in the four stadiums in Harare and Bulawayo, even those with neutral teams, received a packed house.
Ali Shah, who has represented Zimbabwe in three World Cups, salary issues and a weak club cricket system are the main reasons behind the turmoil.
“You cannot play cricket at the highest level without a good club cricket system. When cricket died in Zimbabwe, the national team died. When the administration abandoned club cricket, cricket took off in this country,” Shah said.
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“Money is not transferred to develop the game. We are talking about increasing the number of players, but only a handful of cricketers in the national team are paid. How do you continue the game when there is nothing coming from the game? ?
Zimbabwe’s qualifier against the West Indies at the Harare Sports Club, in which the hosts could have wrapped up the qualifiers with one game to spare, was watched by around 10,000 spectators.
For the winning game in the UAE, nearly 17,000 people, the largest crowd ever seen at a cricket match in the country, gathered at the venue. A confused and raucous home crowd – who expected nothing more than to clinch a ticket to the World Cup – watched in horror as Zimbabwe lost by three runs.
Zimbabwean fan Geoff Guwakuwa said, “The loss against the lowly team UAE added to the injuries.” “Watching your team compete on the biggest stage is every cricket fan’s dream. It will be hard to enjoy the tournament.”
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After the collapse, Zimbabwe Cricket (ZC) descended into chaos as the management sacked coach Heath Streak, captain Graeme Kramer and head of selectors Tatenda Taibu.
Zimbabwe, which has often had serious financial problems and had to resort to a financing scheme devised by the ICC to ease its cash situation, would be poorer without the wind of the World Cup.
It’s sad, but right now we have to accept the fact that we are not on top. Ali Shah, Zimbabwean cricketer
Asked to predict how the game will be played in the country, ZC Tavengwa president ZC Tavengwa also revealed how Zimbabwe is on the brink of bankruptcy due to injury at the World Cup. Mukhlani declined to comment after several calls and messages.
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Zimbabwe’s victory over India and South Africa in the 1999 World Cup were largely responsible for increasing the game’s popularity among the country’s predominantly black population.
Although Streak said the reduced number of World Cup teams will affect the game at the international level, the failure to qualify will have a major impact on young cricketers.