New Zealand tour of Zimbabwe 2016 [2 Tests]

[Sammo360]

Zimbabwe Squad

• Graeme Cremer (c)
• Regis Chakabva (wk)
• Brian Chari
• Chamu Chibhabha
• Michael Chinouya
• Craig Ervine
• Hamilton Masakadza
• Prince Masvaure
• Peter Moor
• Richmond Mutumbami
• Taurai Muzarabani
• Njabulo Ncube
• Sikandar Raza
• Donald Tiripano
• Sean Williams

New Zealand Squad

• Kane Williamson (c)
• Trent Boult
• Doug Bracewell
• Mark Craig
• Martin Guptill
• Matt Henry
• Tom Latham
• Henry Nicholls
• Jeet Raval
• Luke Ronchi
• Mitchell Santner
• Ish Sodhi
• Tim Southee
• Ross Taylor
• Neil Wagner
• BJ Watling (wk)

1st Test: Zimbabwe v New Zealand at Bulawayo on Jul 28-Aug 1, 2016 (09:30 local | 17:30 AEST)
2nd Test: Zimbabwe v New Zealand at Bulawayo on Aug 6-10, 2016 (09:30 local | 17:30 AEST)

Day 1 (set VPN to USA)


Day 2 live coverage (set VPN to USA)

 

[The_Reaper]

Whatmore just said he expects Zimbabwe to go the way of Kenyan cricket

 

[Carbine Chaos]

At what point do we just stop bothering? As horrible as it sounds.

 

[the universal]

 

[Wolfs]

Keep on fighting Tiripano and Masvaure.

 

[Wolfs]

Well hey they did score 164. Sooooo progress?

 

[ioppolo]

Number 10 scores 49* from 162 deliveries after coming in after they went from 4/72 to 8/72

 

[Sammo360]

Zimbabwe's first Test in 20 months so probably not expected to do much here. Wagner hammered them with short balls which paid off.

Great opportunity for Guptill to make a big 100 here. NZ fans will love that!

 

[Choomah]

craptill will no doubt ton up the minnow basher

 

[t_94]

Zimbabwe's downturn is very sad. They were a very handy team at the turn of the century but their decline looks pretty much irreversible now.

 

[Hellgood]

Not really sure what you expect given the health of cricket anywhere will generally be correlated to that of the country.

Passion for the game is great but can only take the development of cricket so far.

 

[ioppolo]

Not really sure what you expect given the health of cricket anywhere will generally be correlated to that of the country.

Passion for the game is great but can only take the development of cricket so far.

Well Pakistan as a country has all sorts of problems but the cricket team still finds ways to win

 

[Drugs Are Bad Mackay?]

Can Zimbabwe enter a team(s) in the South African domestic competition?

 

[Torz]

Good to see Cremer having a long spell. Talented leggie.

Sounds like he had Williamson in a fair bit of trouble and should've ended up with more than one wicket for the day.

 

[Wolfs]

Well Pakistan as a country has all sorts of problems but the cricket team still finds ways to win

Their FC scene is a lot, lot, lot, lot better.

 

[Wolfs]

Sucks for them that Sean Wiliams and their keeper are ill.

 

[Marklar_33]

BJ Watling pretty keen to get his share of the 6th wicket world record partnership back

 

[Kyptastic]

Really like Williams, hope he goes on with it here.

 

[the universal]

I'm very fond of the NZ team but I do hope Zimbabwe make enough to force NZ to bat once again.

 

[The Speaker]

At what point do we just stop bothering? As horrible as it sounds.

This is why they'll bring in two divisions for Tests. Sri Lanka is good enough to beat Australia at home, but the Windies haven't a chance again India, and Zimbabwe is even worse.

 

[Sammo360]

This is why they'll bring in two divisions for Tests. Sri Lanka is good enough to beat Australia at home, but the Windies haven't a chance again India, and Zimbabwe is even worse.

I reckon Zimbabwe would beat the Windies home or away. Windies are a real rabble.

More ZIM Tests replaced
http://www.espncricinfo.com/zimbabwe/content/story/1041351.html

 

[Damon_3388]

Another blown opportunity for a Test century from Guptill. 16 Test 50s now, but just 3 centuries.

 

[Sammo360]

Well done Williamson. 13th man to make a hundred against all other nine Test-playing nations.

 

[philreich]

At this rate of scoring, Zimbabwe should take the lead by lunch on day 9

 

[jackster83]

Zimbabwe putting up a pretty good fight here. Ervine is a decent player - should have played a lot more than 9 tests to date.