Group B (Sri Lanka, New Zealand, Zimbabwe) - 9th Match Zimbabwe v NZ

[aussie1st]

Group B
Sri Lanka (2)
New Zealand (7)
Zimbabwe (10)

Fixtures:

• Fri Apr 30, 1st Match, Group B -
  
  v
  
  at Providence Stadium, Guyana
• Mon May 3, 7th Match, Group B -
  
  v
  
  at Providence Stadium, Guyana
• Tue May 4, 9th Match, Group B -
  
  v
  
  at Providence Stadium, Guyana

Squads:
New Zealand
Daniel Vettori (c)
Shane Bond
Ian Butler
Martin Guptill
Gareth Hopkins (wk)
Brendon McCullum (wk)
Nathan McCullum
Kyle Mills
Rob Nicol
Jacob Oram
Aaron Redmond
Jesse Ryder
Tim Southee
Scott Styris
Ross Taylor

Sri Lanka
Kumar Sangakkara
Muttiah Muralitharan (vc)
Dinesh Chandimal
Tillakaratne Dilshan
Chinthaka Jayasinghe
Sanath Jayasuriya
Mahela Jayawardene
Suraj Randiv
Chamara Kapugedera
Nuwan Kulasekara
Lasith Malinga
Angelo Mathews
Ajantha Mendis
Thissara Perera
Chanaka Welegedara

Zimbabwe
Prosper Utseya (c)
Andy Blignaut
Chamu Chibhabha
Elton Chigumbura
Charles Coventry
Graeme Cremer
Craig Ervine
Greg Lamb
Timycen Maruma
Hamilton Masakadza
Chris Mpofu
Ray Price
Vusi Sibanda
Tatenda Taibu (wk)
Brendan Taylor

 

[Chewie]

First match we'll go in with our strongest team, so probably,

Ryder
McCullum
Guptill
Taylor
Styris
Hopkins (+)
Vettori (c)
McCullum/Oram
Mills/Butler (2)
Southee
Bond (1)

They won't play Nicol against Zimbabwe unless we win our first game I presume. And I hope to god we don't play Butler...

 

[Mihir Doshi]

This is the best group of all!!

All teams can upset their chances going to next round!!

If zimbabwe play the same way they did against westindies then...

 

[BKB1991]

Tough group considering that Zimbawe like the conditions in WI..

 

[Mihir Doshi]

Yes Bilal bhai!! They will not repeat few mistakes which caused them 1or 2 win this season in west indies

 

[Chewie]

These three teams have arguably the best OD spinners in them and WI pitches tend to favour spin don't they?

 

[TumTum]

These three teams have arguably the best OD spinners in them and WI pitches tend to favour spin don't they?

I don't think spinners will make as much difference as everyone says, usually spinners get put to the hammer in international matches..

 

[Paki007]

no i beleive in this t20 wc spinners will put up a great difference and i am getting this feeling that sri lankan spinners do so

 

[McLOVIN]

The group of scoopers.

All the scoopers are in this group. Zims came up with the scoop and one of the best ambassadors of the scoopers are here. Just missing Ashraful and Misbah

 

[pcfan123]

What a boring group tbh. Sri Lanka 2-0, NZ 1-1, Zim 0-2

There, now we don't have to watch them until the 8's

 

[McLOVIN]

Dilshan, McCullum. then we also got Mahela, Sang..meh..nvm ya..

and the scoops are out of form. so

 

[Dare]

Zimbabwe just lost to West Indies A by 5 wickets with 2 balls left. Spinners did most of the work but the 3 quick bowlers that WI played had allot of success.
And these matches are being played at Providence, spinners will own here.

 

[pcfan123]

Spinners will own in general this entire WC I think

 

[Ari]

What a boring group tbh. Sri Lanka 2-0, NZ 1-1, Zim 0-2

There, now we don't have to watch them until the 8's

Wouldn't count us out of beating Sri Lanka we did beat them 2-0 in Sri Lanka last year.

 

[Dare]

West Indies A 129/6 (18.3 ov, JO Holder 7*, I Khan 60*, CJ Chibhabha 1/20) - Match over | Live Scorecard | Cricinfo.com

Zimbabwe once again lost to West Indies A. Shane Shillingford took 4/16 which makes it 7/30 in 2 matches. Imran Khan hit a wonderful 60* to steer WI to a win.