Published: Mar 10, 2016, 02:32 PM (IST)
Edited: Mar 10, 2016, 02:32 PM (IST)
A confident Zimbabwe side take on Scotland in the match 5 of the ICC World T20 2016 First Round Group B match at Nagpur on Thursday. The live cricket streaming of the match is available on starsports.com while the live telecast of the match is available on Star Sports. Zimbabwe got a head-start to their ICC World T20 2016 campaign as they defeated Hong Kong in the very first match of the major ICC event while Scotland’s series opener has been disappointing as they lost it to Afghanistan. While Zimbabwe will look to win the next one as well so that they can get one more step closer to qualification for the next round, Scotland would hope for a turn around with the match. Live Cricket Scorecard, Scotland vs Zimbabwe, Round 1, Group B 5th T20 at Nagpur
Zimbabwe had started the match with a power-packed batting from their new skipper Hamilton Masakadza and the other opener Vusimuzi Sibanda. Following Hamilton’s bizarre dismissal, Sibanda played a winning knock of 59 off 46 balls while another major contribution came from Elton Chigumbura down the order who added 30 off 13. Chasing the 158 put up by Zimbabwe, the Hong Kong team were bowled out for 172 gifting the opponents a 14-run win. A stand out performance came from the Hong Kong skipper Tanwir Afzal who scored an unbeaten 31 off 17 after his terrific spell of 2 for 19.
Scotland’s performance in their series opener has been pretty disappointing considering their team strength. Initially, the bowlers failed to restrict a batting-strong Afghanistan team as they put up 170 for Scotland to chase. The Scotland team had started off their chase as the openers added over 80 runs but the middle-order batsmen failed to maintain the momentum and their innings came to an end with 156 for 5.
