Zimbabwe prevail in last-ball finish
Zimbabwe kept themselves in contention for the World T20 main draw with a five-wicket win over Netherlands.
Zimbabwe kept themselves in contention for the World T20 main draw with a five-wicket win over Netherlands.
Commentator: Andrew Fidel Fernando
That's the end of our coverage folks. The second match from Sylhet is coming up, so do stick around for that. Thanks.
More from Taylor: "Very basic errors on the boundary cost us 10-15 runs. Not good enough for a professional outfit. Hopefully we can rectify that against UAE and we'll be a chance."
Peter Borren: "I thought we were probably 20 short. That said we've got a good varied bowling attack, but we would have been confident with 150. It was a pretty poor start from us, but Tom Cooper is a class player and he showed that. Full credit to Zimbabwe, Brendan held their innings together with experience. Maybe if it wasn't for a French cut in the last over, we could have done more."
Simgwat: "after these two Zimbabwe games i,m all out of nails..... NAILBITING stuff"
Taylor is man of the match: We made it difficult for ourselves. They bowled good areas. I tried to get us as far as we could, and I'm glad we finished it off. We knew we were in with a chance because it can be tough to defend in the evening. Williams and I just wanted to take it to the end, and thankfully Vusi was there to finish it off.
Everyone is saving the single. 1 from 1 to avoid a Super Over. Another last-ball finish for Zimbabwe.
SC Williams run out 26 (29m 19b 2x4 0x6) SR: 136.84
Malik with the last over. 7 needed off 6
Zimbabwe thought they'd sealed the deal. The scores were tied and there were three deliveries remaining. Surely it could not go wrong from there? Vusi Sibanda ensured it didn't. Eventually.
Peter Borren, the Netherlands captain, was proud of his bowlers and fielders but said they had slipped behind when they posted what he felt was a below-par 140 after choosing to bat.
Plays of the Day from Zimbabwe's victory against Netherlands in Sylhet
Zimbabwe kept themselves in contention for the World T20 main draw with a five-wicket win over Netherlands.
With only a day available between games, Zimbabwe captain Brendon Taylor said his team would have to mentally work through where they had fallen short against Ireland, and avoid the same mistakes against Netherlands
First Round Group A | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Team | M | W | L | PT | NRR |
BAN | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1.466 |
NEP | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0.933 |
AFG | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | -0.981 |
HKG | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | -1.455 |
First Round Group B | |||||
Team | M | W | L | PT | NRR |
NED | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1.109 |
ZIM | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0.957 |
IRE | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 | -0.701 |
UAE | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | -1.541 |
Group 1 | |||||
Team | M | W | L | PT | NRR |
SL | 4 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 2.233 |
SA | 4 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 0.075 |
NZ | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -0.678 |
ENG | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 | -0.776 |
NED | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 | -0.866 |
Group 2 | |||||
Team | M | W | L | PT | NRR |
IND | 4 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 1.28 |
WI | 4 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 1.971 |
PAK | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -0.384 |
AUS | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 | -0.857 |
BAN | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | -2.072 |