Zimbabwe in South Africa

[ZoraxDoom]

Imagine if they bat out the whole of tommorow
An absolute nightmare here for Zim.
I bet no-one could do this even on and AI less C2K4.

Bowling O M R W
Streak 13 0 90 0 (4nb)
Mpofu 12 2 53 0
Blignaut 6 0 44 0 (2nb, 1w)
Chigumbura 8 0 53 0 (1nb)
Cremer 7.3 0 82 3 (1nb)
Matsikenyeri 1 0 6 0

South Africa 1st innings R M B 4 6
*GC Smith c Masakadza b Cremer 121 167 107 17 2
AB de Villiers c Blignaut b Cremer 98 182 118 20 0
JA Rudolph not out 46 42 7 1
JH Kallis c Blignaut b Cremer 54 42 25 3 5
HH Gibbs not out 0 1 0 0
Extras (lb 1, w 1, nb 8) 10
Total (3 wickets, 47.3 overs) 329



Zimbabwe 54
South Africa 331/3 (48.0 ov) South Africa lead by 277 runs with 7 wickets remaining in the 1st innings

South Africa RR: 6.90

Minimum overs
remaining today: 8.0

400 isn't out of the question....

 

[Stephen Bailey]

aww, he's out

Cremer an absolute star here, 3/81 off 7.1

His best figures in tests, says it all really.

 

[Sureshot]

i bet de villiers is ****ed off. good comedy though

 

[Stephen Bailey]

If the ICC are going to let this farcical situation continue, they should make columns for the following:
Test 50's/100's and Test 5 for's/10 for's
Zim/Bangla 50's/100's and Zim/Bangla 5 for's/10 for's

This isn't just a sad day for Zimbabwe, its a say day for cricket.

 

[Gibbsrules]

This is a joke.Records are going to be tumbling if this continues.

 

[Inside_Edge]

Looks like Kallis came out with a point to prove. That being Zimbabwe have no place in Test cricket with their current team. Even with streak and Blignaut back, they are seriously underpowered. Embarrasing stuff indeed.

 

[Will p]

Sad day for cricket as Stevie said, they have to do something

 

[barmyarmy]

Liquor in the front, poker in the rear says:
whats the fastest 200 in tests?
saint says:
astle
Liquor in the front, poker in the rear says:
i know that
Liquor in the front, poker in the rear says:
balls
saint says:
166 balls in 2001

I was at that game...

400 isn't out of the question....

800 isn't out of the question!

 

[Dhoni]

Yo, SA really bust zimbabwe... In the 1st place when I went to check the score card I thought it was a ODI and then looked at where is says Day 1, Day 2 and noticed it was a Test......

 

[Sureshot]

166 balls in 2001 barmyarmy? you need to go to the doctors

 

[T20]

they should stop these tests for test cricket's sake

 

[zulaid2005]

Are you seriously suggesting Twenty20 will help them?! The aim of Twenty20 as a batsman, is basically to score as quickly as you can. Look at this 'test' match, the economy rates of each bowler is awful, they would get trounced at Twenty20.

They should be stripped of test status, harsh, but its the awful truth.

I remember Michael Vaughan saying the 'warm-up' games against Namibia were as tough as the Zimbabwe ODI's!

In a shorten version of the game anyone can win, its a format that would interest the US market and not bore them out like 5 days tests would.

Test Cricket is never going to expand in the next 20 years (atleast), Zim and Ban are never going to improve in the next 10 years... stripping them of test status nothing except kill off any associate/affilated country like UAE,USA,Canada,Scotland,Kenya etc which is trying to get ODI/test status.

imo 20/20 is the answer is unpredictable, it would expand countries that participate in it and if Zim and Ban only concentrate on ODIs and 20s cricket they would be far better adapted to that form of cricket them some of the current test playing nations, no they would never be up to the standard of Oz, however they would cause upsets on a regular basis to the point where they wont be upsets.

Case in point - Rugby 7s. Fiji has on and off been the reigning world champions of Rugby 7s, yes Cricket had its own version - Hong Kong 6s, but without TV rights and lack of interest outside Asia (only England was the non-asian nation participating) sixes have become a flop....
ICC now has an innovative platform that some experts former players are saying is the way to go.
purists never want to see test cricket die and fans (like myself) dont want to see the end of Zim and Ban, so keep them participating in 20-20 cricket, i mean whats the harm? everyone wins - no more onesided tests and Zim and Ban can be successful....

have a Sharajah tornament or something every second year with 20 teams
Aus, Aus A, Ban, Eng, UAE, USA, etc..... not all the stars will come out ofcourse but nearly all countries have such depth in personel... so that say the Ashes where on.... both Eng and Aus would be able to send a pretty glitzy team to the comp.

There has to be a way to keep Zim and Ban going without sending Cricket backwards and I think 20-20 cricket is the answer.... I mean what else could they do kill them all off and while your at it check out Sri Lanka as they would be the next team to struggle because they will have no one else to beat.

 

[Pak_cricketer]

Losest Scores

26 New Zealand v England Auckland 1954/55
30 South Africa v England Port Elizabeth 1895/96
30 South Africa v England Birmingham 1924
35 South Africa v England Cape Town 1898/99
36 Australia v England Birmingham 1902
36 South Africa v Australia Melbourne 1931/32
42 Australia v England Sydney 1887/88
42 New Zealand v Australia Wellington 1945/46
42 *India v England Lord's 1974
43 South Africa v England Cape Town 1888/89
44 Australia v England The Oval 1896
45 England v Australia Sydney 1886/87
45 South Africa v Australia Melbourne 1931/32
46 England v West Indies Port of Spain 1993/94
47 South Africa v England Cape Town 1888/89
47 New Zealand v England Lord's 1958
47 West Indies v England Kingston 2003/04
51 West Indies v Australia Port of Spain 1998/99
52 England v Australia The Oval 1948
53 England v Australia Lord's 1888
53 Australia v England Lord's 1896
53 West Indies v Pakistan Faisalabad 1986/87
53 *Pakistan v Australia Sharjah 2002/03
54 New Zealand v Australia Wellington 1945/46
54 West Indies v England Lord's 2000
54 Zimbabwe v South Africa Cape Town 2004/05
58 South Africa v England Lord's 1912
58 *Australia v England Brisbane 1936/37
58 India v Australia Brisbane 1947/48
58 India v England Manchester 1952
59 Pakistan v Australia Sharjah 2002/03
60 Australia v England Lord's 1888
61 England v Australia Melbourne 1901/02
61 England v Australia Melbourne 1903/04
61 West Indies v England Leeds 2000
62 England v Australia Lord's 1888
62 Pakistan v Australia Perth 1981/82
63 Australia v England The Oval 1882
63 Zimbabwe v West Indies Port of Spain 1999/00
64 England v New Zealand Wellington 1977/78
65 *England v Australia Sydney 1894/95
65 Australia v England The Oval 1912
65 New Zealand v England Christchurch 1970/71
66 *Australia v England Brisbane (Exhibition 1928/29
66 India v South Africa Durban 1996/97
67 India v Australia Melbourne 1947/48
67 New Zealand v England Leeds 1958
67 New Zealand v England Lord's 1978
68 Australia v England The Oval 1886
70 Australia v England Manchester 1888
70 New Zealand v Pakistan Dhaka 1955/56
71 England v West Indies Manchester 1976
71 Sri Lanka v Pakistan Kandy 1994
72 *England v Australia Sydney 1894/95
72 South Africa v England Johannesburg 1956/57
72 South Africa v England Cape Town 1956/57
72 Pakistan v Australia Perth 2004/05
73 New Zealand v Pakistan Lahore 2002
74 Australia v England Birmingham 1909
74 New Zealand v West Indies Dunedin 1955/56
74 New Zealand v England Lord's 1958
75 England v Australia Melbourne 1894/95
75 South Africa v England Leeds 1907
75 Australia v South Africa Durban 1949/50
75 India v West Indies Delhi 1987/88

Losest ODI TOTAL

35 (18 overs) Zimbabwe v Sri Lanka Harare 2004
36 (18.4 overs) Canada v Sri Lanka Paarl 2002/03
38 (15.4 overs) Zimbabwe v Sri Lanka Colombo (SSC) 2001/02
43 (19.5 overs) Pakistan v West Indies Cape Town 1992/93
45 (40.3 overs) Canada v England Manchester 1979
45 (14 overs) Namibia v Australia Potchefstroom 2002/03
54 (26.3 overs) India v Sri Lanka Sharjah 2000/01
54 (23.2 overs) West Indies v South Africa Cape Town 2003/04
55 (28.3 overs) Sri Lanka v West Indies Sharjah 1986/87
63 (25.5 overs) India v Australia Sydney 1980/81
64 (35.5 overs) New Zealand v Pakistan Sharjah 1985/86
65 (24 overs) United States of America v Australia Southampton 2004
68 (31.3 overs) Scotland v West Indies Leicester 1999
69 (28 overs) South Africa v Australia Sydney 1993/94
70 (25.2 overs) Australia v England Birmingham 1977
70 (26.3 overs) Australia v New Zealand Adelaide 1985/86
71 (23.4 overs) Pakistan v West Indies Brisbane 1992/93
74 (29 overs) New Zealand v Australia Wellington 1981/82
74 (31.1 overs) New Zealand v Pakistan Sharjah 1989/90
74 (40.2 overs) Pakistan v England Adelaide 1991/92
76 (30.1 overs) Bangladesh v Sri Lanka Colombo (SSC) 2002
76 (27.3 overs) Bangladesh v India Dhaka 2003
77 (19.3 overs) Bangladesh v New Zealand Colombo (SSC) 2002/03
78 (24.1 overs) India v Sri Lanka Kanpur 1986/87
78* (16.5 overs) Sri Lanka v Pakistan Sharjah 2001/02
79 (34.2 overs) India v Pakistan Sialkot 1978/79
81 (48 overs) Pakistan v West Indies Sydney 1992/93
84 (35.3 overs) Kenya v Australia Nairobi (Gym) 2002
84 (17.4 overs) Namibia v Pakistan Kimberley 2002/03
85 (47 overs) Pakistan v England Manchester 1978
86 (31.5 overs) Bangladesh v New Zealand Chittagong 2004/05
86 (32.4 overs) England v Australia Manchester 2001
86 (29.3 overs) Netherlands v Sri Lanka Colombo (RPS) 2002/03
86 (37.2 overs) Sri Lanka v West Indies Manchester 1975
87* (34.2 overs) Bangladesh v Pakistan Dhaka 2000
87 (32.5 overs) Pakistan v India Sharjah 1984/85
87 (29.3 overs) West Indies v Australia Sydney 1992/93
88 (46.1 overs) England v Sri Lanka Dambulla 2003/04
89 (37.2 overs) England v New Zealand Wellington (WS) 2001/02
90 (37.1 overs) Kenya v India Bloemfontein 2001/02
91 (35.4 overs) Australia v West Indies Perth 1986/87
91 (35.5 overs) Sri Lanka v Australia Adelaide 1984/85
91 (31.5 overs) West Indies v Zimbabwe Sydney 2000/01
92 (32.3 overs) Bangladesh v Zimbabwe Nairobi (AK) 1997/98
92 (24.5 overs) Zimbabwe v England Bristol 2003
93 (31.3 overs) Bangladesh v South Africa Birmingham 2004
93 (36.2 overs) England v Australia Leeds 1975
93 (35.2 overs) West Indies v Kenya Poona 1995/96
94 (35.3 overs) Bangladesh v Pakistan Moratuwa 1985/86
94 (52.3 overs) East Africa v England Birmingham 1975
94 (31.7 overs) England v Australia Melbourne 1978/79
94 (32 overs) Kenya v Pakistan Birmingham 2004
94 (25.2 overs) New Zealand v Australia Christchurch 1989/90
94 (31.4 overs) Zimbabwe v Pakistan Sharjah 1996/97
96 (41 overs) Sri Lanka v India Sharjah 1983/84
97 (33.4 overs) New Zealand v Australia Faridabad 2003/04
98 (34 overs) Sri Lanka v South Africa Colombo (RPS) 1993
98 (39 overs) Sri Lanka v India Sharjah 1998/99
99 (33.3 overs) Sri Lanka v England Perth 1998/99
99* (36.3 overs) Zimbabwe v West Indies Hyderabad (Decc) 1993/94

 

[andrew_nixon]

No need to post that much of the table.

Plus, the actual record for lowest score in a test innings is technically 0 for 0 declared by England in the 1st Innings of the infamous Centurion test in 2000.

 

[fardin]

What a poor performance by zimbabwe despite heath streak and blignaut,zimbabwe couldnt do much to stop kallis from picking up wickets.

I think bangladesh is much more a better side then zimbabwe,even my club can avoid a 54 runs collapse,I had high hopes for zimbabwe but it has really gone down,zimbabwe was my favoirte team and now it is all gone,I have to remove my avatar now.