Date: March 8, 2016 Venue: Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium, Nagpur
VS
158/8 (20)
144/6 (20)
Toss: Hong Kong won the toss and elected to field
Umpires: Aleem Dar (Pakistan) and Ian Gould (England)
TV umpire: Marais Erasmus (South Africa)
Match referee: Javagal Srinath (India)
Sri Lanka vs Bangladesh - 1st Test
BAN 302/2 OVERS: 90.0
Nepal
Match begins at 13:00 IST (07:30 GMT)
Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Rajasthan Royals - Match 16
Royal Challengers Bangalore
Match begins at 19:30 IST (14:00 GMT)
Sri Lanka vs Bangladesh - 2nd Test
29 Apr, 2021 10:00 IST
Pallekele International Cricket Stadium, Kandy
Zimbabwe vs Pakistan - 1st Test
29 Apr, 2021 13:00 IST
Harare Sports Club, Harare
24 Apr, 2021 13:00 IST
Tribhuvan University International Cricket Ground, Kirtipur
Zimbabwe vs Pakistan - 2nd T20I
23 Apr, 2021 14:30 IST
Harare Sports Club, Harare
Zimbabwe vs Pakistan - 3rd T20I
25 Apr, 2021 14:30 IST
Harare Sports Club, Harare
Chennai Super Kings vs Royal Challengers Bangalore - Match 19
25 Apr, 2021 15:30 IST
Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai
Mumbai Indians vs Rajasthan Royals - Match 24
29 Apr, 2021 15:30 IST
Arun Jaitley Stadium, Delhi
Rajasthan Royals vs Sunrisers Hyderabad - Match 28
02 May, 2021 15:30 IST
Arun Jaitley Stadium, Delhi
Punjab Kings vs Mumbai Indians - Match 17
23 Apr, 2021 19:30 IST
MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai
Rajasthan Royals vs Kolkata Knight Riders - Match 18
24 Apr, 2021 19:30 IST
Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai
Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Delhi Capitals - Match 20
25 Apr, 2021 19:30 IST
MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai
Punjab Kings vs Kolkata Knight Riders - Match 21
26 Apr, 2021 19:30 IST
Narendra Modi Stadium, Motera, Ahmedabad
Delhi Capitals vs Royal Challengers Bangalore - Match 22
27 Apr, 2021 19:30 IST
Narendra Modi Stadium, Motera, Ahmedabad
Chennai Super Kings vs Sunrisers Hyderabad - Match 23
28 Apr, 2021 19:30 IST
Arun Jaitley Stadium, Delhi
Delhi Capitals vs Kolkata Knight Riders - Match 25
29 Apr, 2021 19:30 IST
Narendra Modi Stadium, Motera, Ahmedabad
Punjab Kings vs Royal Challengers Bangalore - Match 26
30 Apr, 2021 19:30 IST
Narendra Modi Stadium, Motera, Ahmedabad
Mumbai Indians vs Chennai Super Kings - Match 27
01 May, 2021 19:30 IST
Arun Jaitley Stadium, Delhi
Punjab Kings vs Delhi Capitals - Match 29
02 May, 2021 19:30 IST
Narendra Modi Stadium, Motera, Ahmedabad
Kolkata Knight Riders vs Royal Challengers Bangalore - Match 30
03 May, 2021 19:30 IST
Narendra Modi Stadium, Motera, Ahmedabad
Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Mumbai Indians - Match 31
04 May, 2021 19:30 IST
Arun Jaitley Stadium, Delhi
Rajasthan Royals vs Chennai Super Kings - Match 32
05 May, 2021 19:30 IST
Arun Jaitley Stadium, Delhi
Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Punjab Kings - Match 33
06 May, 2021 19:30 IST
Narendra Modi Stadium, Motera, Ahmedabad
Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Rajasthan Royals - Match 16
22 Apr, 2021 19:30 IST | 14:00 GMT
Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai
Punjab Kings vs Mumbai Indians - Match 17
23 Apr, 2021 19:30 IST | 14:00 GMT
MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai
Rajasthan Royals vs Kolkata Knight Riders - Match 18
24 Apr, 2021 19:30 IST | 14:00 GMT
Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai
Chennai Super Kings vs Royal Challengers Bangalore - Match 19
25 Apr, 2021 15:30 IST | 10:00 GMT
Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai
Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Delhi Capitals - Match 20
25 Apr, 2021 19:30 IST | 14:00 GMT
MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai
Delhi Capitals vs Mumbai Indians - Match 13
Delhi Capitals beat Mumbai Indians by 6 wickets
Chennai Super Kings vs Rajasthan Royals - Match 12
Chennai Super Kings beat Rajasthan Royals by 45 runs
Delhi Capitals vs Punjab Kings - Match 11
Delhi Capitals beat Punjab Kings by 6 wickets
Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Kolkata Knight Riders - Match 10
Royal Challengers Bangalore beat Kolkata Knight Riders by 38 runs
Mumbai Indians vs Sunrisers Hyderabad - Match 9
Mumbai Indians beat Sunrisers Hyderabad by 13 runs
COMMENTARY
Zimbabwe won by 14 runs | Hong Kong Vs Zimbabwe Live Score 1st T20 Match Group B
More...
So the T20 WC is up and running and Zimbabwe will be grateful to get over the line here. They are the favourites to go through from this group and to get the first win out of the way should be satisfying.
Tanwir Afzal: 'We bowled well in the middle. Should have restricted them to around 140. I thought we could chase this total. Our batting lineup has ability. But Zimbabwe bowled well in the powerplay and that was the difference. Yeah, we bowled well in the middle overs and should have finished well. I was in good rhythm and thought that I'll keep going (referring to his bowling).'
Hamilton: I thought after the wobble we had, to get over 150 was pretty good. It was above par on this pitch. Though Elton played very well to get us there. Where we started and where we were, we would have taken 160. But at one stage, 170 looked possible. Sibanda played very well today. Stayed there for a while longer. He's normally more aggressive than that but pretty laudable how he held himself back.I've done two silly things in the last five games now. I thought I was in easily, but then there was a direct-hit and just one guy appealed in the whole team. I thought 'oh no'.
'Wasn't so easy out there. Thought it was a decent score, the wicket was a touch slower than we thought. We just had to drag the game to the end. Credit to the guys who stuck in with the bat. Without putting pressure on ourselves - myself, Hami (Masakadza) and the rest of the senior guys have to carry the team through. Wickets here are a lot different to back home. Need to try and spend more time at the crease. Came off today and quite chuffed with that,' says a delighted Sibanda who is Man of the Match
A target of 159 isn't so-so and more so on a slow, low Nagpur pitch. Zimbabwe were frugal with runs early on, bowling tight lines until Campbell yielded. His debut at 44 years of age lasted 19 balls for a meager 9 runs. Atkinson went on to score a fifty, the first ever for Hong Kong in a T20 WC, but Hayat and Chapman failed to hold fort at the other end. The opener couldn't carry on and perished trying to up the ante when the run rate spilled into danger zones. Captain Afzal was dropped on 17 but there was too much left to be done. Flurry of late wickets denied him the strike and both Tiripano and Chatara ended up with two wickets apiece in the win.
Jeez, that got close in the end. And the reactions from the Zimbabwe players suggests exactly that. More relief than anything else. But truth be told, the Hong Kong top order left too much to do for those below. Had there been more enterprise shown earlier on, the required rate wouldn't have gone out of bounds like it did.
End of over 20 ( 8 Runs )HK 144/6 30 runs for Tanwir Afzal 19.6Donald Tiripano to Tanwir Afzal. FOUR, Zimbabwe have done the job. Full ball on leg, Afzal sneaks out an inside edge which runs away to the fine leg fence. But it's Zimbabwe, who notch up the win
19.5Donald Tiripano to Tanwir Afzal. 2 runs, someone catch that, it's up there for ages. But no. Falls between two fielders. Lobbed off the toe-end, hangs there for eternity and falls in front of long-on
19.4Donald Tiripano to Tanwir Afzal. no run, it's beyond Hong Kong already. Full, fast and speared in towards the pads, Afzal is late on the slog and rapped on the leg
19.3Donald Tiripano to Tanwir Afzal. no run, slower short of length delivery wide of off, Afzal expects more pace and bounce as he slashes hard. Fails to connect
19.2Donald Tiripano to Aizaz Khan. leg byes, 1 run, deceives him in pace. Slower back of a length delivery which takes an age to reach Aizaz, he tries to hold his whip but is still through with the stroke. Brushes the pad on the way to the keeper
19.1Donald Tiripano to Tanwir Afzal. 1 run, knee-height full toss slanted in towards the pads, Afzal is late on the swipe, fails to connect and collects a leg-bye towards square leg. Or maybe he got an inside edge onto pad
Donald Tiripano [3.0-0-20-2] is back into the attack
Tiripano handed the responsibility of the final over. He has plenty of cushion with 23 to defend.
End of over 19 ( 7 Runs )HK 136/6 18.6Tendai Chatara to Aizaz Khan. no run, surely a wide. No? Oh, Chatara is a lucky man. Aizaz cuts a bemused figure and I don't blame him. Looked wide of the tramline to me and he failed to connect
18.5Tendai Chatara to Aizaz Khan. no run, what a ball! Despite the batsman moving across trying to cover for the widish line, he is able to do nothing. Cannoned into the blockhole and sneaks under the willow
18.4Tendai Chatara to Tanwir Afzal. 1 run, gets it spot on this time. Very full and wide of off, Afzal reaches out and drills the drive to sweeper cover
18.4Tendai Chatara to Tanwir Afzal. no ball, FOUR, oh my goodness! This is the pressure of a mega tournament. Tries a wide yorker from round the wicket, dishes up a high full toss on the stumps. Too high and a no-ball has been signalled. Free-hit to follow. What's worse is that Afzal has heaved it over mid-wicket and all the protection in the deep is on the off-side
Aizaz Khan, right handed bat, comes to the crease
18.3Tendai Chatara to Nizakat Khan. out Caught by Sean Williams!! Consecutive wickets for Chatara and what a time to do it. Sticks to his plan of bowling it full and wide from round the wicket, gets it out of Nizakat's swinging arc and he slices it to deep backward point. Afzal crosses over though. Nizakat Khan c Sean Williams b Chatara 0(1)