Canada pays the Price in big Zimbabwe win
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March 1, 2011, Tuesday
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A DEVASTATING opening spell from left-arm spinner Ray Price spurred Zimbabwe to a crushing 175-run victory over Canada in their World Cup Group A match in Nagpur, India, yesterday.
After setting Canada a daunting 299 for victory, Zimbabwe made sure it maintained its perfect record against the North Americans by skittling the Canadians for 123.
Price removed John Davison (0), Nitish Kumar (1) and Ashish Bagai (0) to leave Canada reeling on seven for three and it never recovered from the setback.
Bagai's team had crawled to 14 runs after the first 10 overs and facing a required run-rate of 7.12 at that stage, the result was all but a foregone conclusion.
Ruvindu Gunasekera scored a painstakingly slow 24 off 64 balls and when Greg Lamb dislodged his bails with a rather tame delivery, the Zimbabwean was rewarded with a sweaty cheek-to-cheek rub from one of his delighted teammates.
Price finished with 3-16.
While Zimbabwe recorded its first win in this World Cup, Canada seems destined to catch an early flight home after being subjected to a second successive hammering.
Earlier, Tatenda Taibu (98 from 99 balls) and Craig Ervine (85 off 81 balls) rescued Zimbabwe from a terrible start to propel the Africans to a total of 298-9.
In a clash between the tournament's two whipping boys, Zimbabwe looked as if it was going to suffer a bad case of stage-fright despite a nearly empty Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium as it too was reduced to 7-2.
Canada's Khurram Chohan struck with the first ball of the match when he had Brendan Taylor trapped leg before wicket, a verdict that was confirmed by the review system. The Canadians' shouts once again echoed around the 40,000-seater arena when Charles Coventry (4) fell lbw to Harvir Baidwan in the fourth over, leaving Zimbabwe facing an uphill task to post a respectable total against a team of part-timers.
After setting Canada a daunting 299 for victory, Zimbabwe made sure it maintained its perfect record against the North Americans by skittling the Canadians for 123.
Price removed John Davison (0), Nitish Kumar (1) and Ashish Bagai (0) to leave Canada reeling on seven for three and it never recovered from the setback.
Bagai's team had crawled to 14 runs after the first 10 overs and facing a required run-rate of 7.12 at that stage, the result was all but a foregone conclusion.
Ruvindu Gunasekera scored a painstakingly slow 24 off 64 balls and when Greg Lamb dislodged his bails with a rather tame delivery, the Zimbabwean was rewarded with a sweaty cheek-to-cheek rub from one of his delighted teammates.
Price finished with 3-16.
While Zimbabwe recorded its first win in this World Cup, Canada seems destined to catch an early flight home after being subjected to a second successive hammering.
Earlier, Tatenda Taibu (98 from 99 balls) and Craig Ervine (85 off 81 balls) rescued Zimbabwe from a terrible start to propel the Africans to a total of 298-9.
In a clash between the tournament's two whipping boys, Zimbabwe looked as if it was going to suffer a bad case of stage-fright despite a nearly empty Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium as it too was reduced to 7-2.
Canada's Khurram Chohan struck with the first ball of the match when he had Brendan Taylor trapped leg before wicket, a verdict that was confirmed by the review system. The Canadians' shouts once again echoed around the 40,000-seater arena when Charles Coventry (4) fell lbw to Harvir Baidwan in the fourth over, leaving Zimbabwe facing an uphill task to post a respectable total against a team of part-timers.
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