England Almost Mess It Up !!!

England finnally won a thriller in their first match against zimbabwe after making a mess of themselves.Zimbabwe looked better than England on all aspects of the game though.
Strauss and KP who opened, provided a solid start by adding 105 runs for the first wicket .KP never looked good at crease but still kept on playing at snails pace.Strauss on the other hand was classic and aggressive and was more attacking.Strauss finally got out making 88runs off 83 balls.Trott made a quick 62 from 65 which eased the required run rate before Bopara and Collingwood taking them home safely finally.

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For Zimbabwe who batted first winning the toss, Barresi provided a quick start with his 29 runs off 25 balls which had six fours. Then it was a Ryan ten Doeschate show who provided a solid innings scoring a hundred which was the main attraction . He scored 119 runs off 110 balls and hit 9 fours and 3 sixes.
For England, Swann continued his prime form with 2 wickets and S.Broad claiming 2. The biggest talk was not their bowling but their stupidity on the field. They were wayward in their bowling which might have been tolerable but in powerplay3 which was the batting powerplay taken by Zimbabwe from 46 overs.

The English players were confused to the core. The bowlers dint know where to bowl and the fielders dint know whether they were standing outside the circle or inside. Captain Strauss, it seems had no idea how many players were inside the circle.At one point when Zimbabwe's batsman Borren was caught out off Broad's bowling . The decision was reversed after the umpires realized that Collingwood was outside the circle. Probably the English captain should learn how to count for the next match.
This was not expected from a professional side like England which is the home of cricket !!!