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Zimbabwe won by 14 runs | Hong Kong Vs Zimbabwe Live Score 1st T20 Match Group B

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)

Updated at: 2016-03-08 18:47:48

Match details

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)

PLAYING XI

Hong Kong

James Atkinson(wk), Ryan Campbell, Babar Hayat, Mark Chapman, Anshuman Rath, Nizakat Khan, Kinchit Shah, Tanwir Afzal(c), Aizaz Khan, Haseeb Amjad, Nadeem Ahmed

Zimbabwe

Hamilton Masakadza(c), Vusi Sibanda, Richmond Mutumbami(wk), Sean Williams, Malcolm Waller, Sikandar Raza, Elton Chigumbura, Donald Tiripano, Tinashe Panyangara, Wellington Masakadza, Tendai Chatara

Zimbabwe and Hong Kong lock horns in the first match of the ICC World T20 2016 qualifiers at Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium, Jamtha, Nagpur on March 8. The qualifying round has two groups—Group A and Group B—with both the groups consisting of four teams each. While Bangladesh, Ireland, Netherlands and Oman make Group A, the other group consist of the likes of Afghanistan, Hong Kong, Scotland and Zimbabwe. The country that wins the most number of matches in both the groups proceeds for the Super 10 round of the World Cup. The main event will begin from March 15 where New Zealand will take on the hosts, India.

If Zimbabwe goes on to top Group B at the end of the qualifying round matches, they will be grouped with the big sides like England, South Africa, Sri Lanka and West Indies for the Super 10 round in Group 2. Meanwhile, Group 2 will feature Australia, India, New Zealand, Pakistan and the winner of qualifying round’s Group A winner.

While India, Pakistan, West Indies, Sri Lanka and England have won the world T20 once, the other teams haven’t. India, who will be hosting the world T20 for the very first time this year won the inaugural edition of the T20 World Cup in South Africa. And having won back-to-back T20I series against Australia and Sri Lanka respectively, they are clear favourites to lift the trophy for a second time.

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