8th Match, Pool B: U.A.E. v Zimbabwe - ZIMBABWE WON BY 4 WICKETS

[TheParraboy]

UAE's first appearance

Zimbabwe should be too strong in this one

Starts 9am AEDT on Thursday

 

[TheParraboy]

Zimbots won toss and sent U.A.E in to bat

promising start so far

0/10 3 overs

 

[vvvrulz]

Pity Amjad Ali got out, he's a pretty good player

 

[JW]

UAE in a decent position with 12 and a bit overs left.

 

[JW]

Nek minnit, Ervine and Williams start smashing them everywhere.

 

[Mr Angry]

UAE still in this

6/250

7 overs left

 

[Mr Angry]

6.35pm For a while it looked like a tricky chase, but the partnership between Sean Williams and Craig Ervine took the game away from UAE. A comfortable win in the end, with 12 balls remaining, but this was still the closest game of the World Cup so far. UAE can be proud of the way they played, especially with the bat. Their bowling looked pretty good in patches, but there wasn't enough threat in it to break down this experienced Zimbabwe team.

 

[Timbo]

The fielding by the UAE cost them the game.

About 6 fours went through the legs of fielders.

 

[vvvrulz]

UAE showed some pretty good touches though, couple of their batsman look quite solid.
Bowling and fielding the issue, as with many teams at their level