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Zimbabwe
spinners spell Canada's downfall
Monday February 28, 2011 09:34:47 PM,
IANS
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Nagpur: Zimbabwe spun
a web around Canada, bowling them out for 123 to secure a 175-run
victory in their Group A World Cup match at the Vidarbha Cricket
Association (VCA) Stadium in Jamtha here Monday.
Tatenda Taibu (98) and Craig Ervine (85) helped Zimbabwe set a
challenging 299-run target.
Canada were never in the hunt with veteran left arm spinner Ray
Price (3-16) and leg spinner Graeme Cremer (3-31) coming good with
the ball. Off spinners Prosper Utseya and Greg Lamb took two
wickets each.
Zimbabwe thus logged their first points in the tournament, having
lost to Australia by 91 runs in the first match. Canada have lost
both their matches after going down earlier to Sri Lanka.
Canada got off to a disastrous start and were three wickets down
for just seven runs. Price, who operated with the new ball,
dismissed John Davison on the third ball and then went on to
remove Nitish Kumar and captain Ashish Bagai.
Canada could never recover from the initial jolt. Ruvindu
Gunasekera (24), Jimmy Hansra (20) and Zubin Surkari (26) spent
some time at the crease but consumed too many balls.
Earlier, Taibu (98) and Ervine (85), with their 181-run stand for
the third wicket, helped Zimbabwe recover from a poor start of two
for seven. For Canada, leg-spinner Balaji Rao was the most
successful bowler with four for 57 while seamers Khurram Chohan
and Harvir Baidwan claimed two wickets each.
Sean Williams (30), Cremer (26) and Utseya (22) made some
significant scores down the order as Zimbabwe posted a challenging
total after captain Elton Chigumbura elected to bat.
Zimbabwe lost openers Charles Coventry (4) and Bredan Taylor
early, but solid performances from Taibu and Ervine agonised the
Canadian bowlers.
Taibu was unfortunate to miss his third ODI century by just two
runs as his slog sweep off Rao found Davison at deep midwicket.
Taibu hit nine fours during his 99-ball stay while Ervine made 85
from 81 balls with two sixes and six fours.
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