Zimbabwe play the 18th game of the cricket World Cup against New Zealand on March 4. Both the sides will be playing in their third game each after winning one game and losing one games each.
This means that the winner of this game will have a good chance of making it to the top four slot, a must to get to the quarter-finals.
New Zealand will know that while they will go into the game as favourites but will have a lot of ground to make. For one, they will need to beware that if they bat first they will need to play coolly under the moist conditions. If they bat second, they will need to restrict the side to a low score given that the Zimbabweans have many spinners in their ranks.
Zimbabwe will look to their top order to deliver. For one, Brendan Taylor needs to start scoring some runs along with Charles Coventry. Then, Tatenda Taibu needs to continue with his good form as well.
Watch New Zealand v Zimbabwe ICC Cricket World cup 2011 match Video Highlights at youtube!
This means that the winner of this game will have a good chance of making it to the top four slot, a must to get to the quarter-finals.
New Zealand will know that while they will go into the game as favourites but will have a lot of ground to make. For one, they will need to beware that if they bat first they will need to play coolly under the moist conditions. If they bat second, they will need to restrict the side to a low score given that the Zimbabweans have many spinners in their ranks.
Zimbabwe will look to their top order to deliver. For one, Brendan Taylor needs to start scoring some runs along with Charles Coventry. Then, Tatenda Taibu needs to continue with his good form as well.
Watch New Zealand v Zimbabwe ICC Cricket World cup 2011 match Video Highlights at youtube!
CWC 2011 Cricket Match fixture between New Zealand & Zimbabwe teams is scheduled as following:
Fri Mar 4, 201104:00 GMT | 09:30 local09:00 PKT 18th Match, Group A - New Zealand v ZimbabweSardar Patel Stadium, Motera, Ahmedabad
Cricket World Cup 2011 New Zealand squad
Daniel Vettori, Hamish Bennett, James Franklin, Martin Guptill, Jamie How, Brendon McCullum, Nathan McCullum, Kyle Mills, Jacob Oram, Jesse Ryder, Tim Southee, Scott Styris, Ross Taylor, Kane Williamson, Luke Woodcock
Cricket World Cup 2011 Zimbabwe squad
Elton Chigumbura, Charles Coventry, Graeme Cremer, Craig Ervine, Sean Ervine, Greg Lamb, Shingirai Masakadza, Chris Mpofu, Ray Price, Edward Rainsford, Tatenda Taibu, Brendan Taylor, Prosper Utseya, Sean Williams, Regis Chakabva