West Indies in Zimbabwe

[Auwais]

Originally posted by sonic
ya know, i often wonder what on earth the ICC is thinking allowing certain members to play international cricket. if they got rid of all the shabby nations from the calendar then we could see far more interesting matches. west indies v zimbabwe is a classic example - whats the point? if we did away with these nations then we could have more games involving the likes of south africa and australia. :rant:

I have to disagree because if that did happen, we wouldn't see the likes of Australia or Pakistan whitewashing/thrashing Bangladesh or Zimbabwe.
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What?
Why's everyone looking at me like that?

 

[rocklara]

yea go lara!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[sonic]

i think they should introduce a two-tier system at the very least so the top 5 nations are in one pool of fixtures for two calendar years (home and away) and the, how should i put this, shite ones play each other, instead of clogging up the ICC tour programme. i.e:

tier 1

australia
south africa
england
new zealand
sri lanka

tier 2

pakistan
india
west indies
bangladesh
zimbabwe

that should go some way to curing the problem, i think

 

[Rangeela]

2nd ODI

Toss: West Indies

West Indies 125 (42.3 ov) (Samuels 36*) (Price 2/16, Blignaut 2/27)
Zimbabwe 128/4 (29.4 ov) (Vermeulen 66*, Streak 38*)

Result : Zimbabwe won by 6 wickets

Man of the Match: M.Vermeulen

Series: 5-ODI series level 1-1

 

[Rangeela]

3rd ODI

Toss: West Indies

Zimbabwe 229/5 (50 ov) (Vermeulen 66, Streak 65*) (Hinds 2/43)
West Indies 208 all out (47.2 ov) (Gayle 61) (Blignaut 4/43)

Result: Zimbabwe won by 21 runs

Man of the Match: H.Streak

Series: Zimbabwe leads the 5-ODI series 2-1

 

[Rangeela]

4th ODI

WIN: 256/3 in 45 overs (Hinds 127*) (Streak 1/46)
Zimbabwe: 150/7 in 32 overs (Taibu 66) (Edwards 6/22)

Result: West Indies wins by 72 runs (D/L method)

Man of the Match: F Edwards

Series: 5-ODI series level 2-2

 

[Rangeela]

5th ODI

Toss: Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe 196 (47.5 ov) (Gayle 4/24)
West Indies 197/2 (25.4 ov) (Gayle 112*)

Result: West Indies won by 8 wickets

Man of the Match: C.Gayle

Man of the Series: C.Gayle

Series: West Indies won the 5 odi series 3-2

 

[rocklara]

yaaaaaaaaaaaaaayyyyyyyyyyyyyy!