| 0.0 : Hello and welcome to the 2nd T20I between Scotland and Zimbabwe. The hosts edged their opponents by 7 runs in the first match, courtesy of some really good death bowling and will look to wrap up the series today itself. The visitors, on the other hand, will look to improve on their middle order collapse and stay in the series with a win. Who will win? We shall find out soon, but first, the toss and team news in a bit. |
| TOSS - Up goes the coin and it lands in favor of Zimbabwe. They elect to bat first. |
| Both teams are out on the middle and we will have the national anthems, starting with the national anthem of Zimbabwe followed by the national anthem of Scotland. Safyaan Sharif to start with the ball. |
| Both the teams are out for their respective national anthems! Right then! We are done with the national anthems and are set for the game to begin! Scotland's players stride out to the middle. Safyaan Sharif to start with the ball. Wesley Madhevere and Regis Chakabva are the openers for Zimbabwe. |
| 0.1 : Safyaan Sharif to Innocent Kaia, Good-length ball, on off. Madhevere defends it off the back foot. |
| 0.2 : Safyaan Sharif to Innocent Kaia, Length ball, outside off. Madhevere taps it towards point. |
| 0.3 : Safyaan Sharif to Innocent Kaia, Back of a length, on off. Madhevere pushes it to cover. |
| 0.4 : Safyaan Sharif to Innocent Kaia, Leg bye! Good-length ball, darted on the pads. Madhevere misses the flick and gets rapped on the pads. They sneak in a bye as the ball rolls away. |
| 0.5 : Safyaan Sharif to Regis Chakabva, Back of a length, outside off. Regis Chakabva cuts it towards third man for a run. |
| 0.6 : Safyaan Sharif to Innocent Kaia, Full ball, on off. Driven towrads mid off for a quick single. |
| 1.1 : Alasdair Evans to Innocent Kaia, LEG BYE! Back of a length, on the pads, the batter looks to tuck it away but misses. The ball comes off the thigh pads and rolls onto the leg side. They take a leg bye. |
| 1.2 : Alasdair Evans to Regis Chakabva, Short of a length and outside off, the cut shot is missed by the batter. |
| 0.0 : Zimbabwe (Playing XI) - Wesley Madhevere, Regis Chakabva (WK), Craig Ervine (C), Sean Williams, Milton Shumba, Ryan Burl, Luke Jongwe, Wellington Masakadza, Tendai Chatara, Richard Ngarava, Innocent Kaia (In for Tadiwanashe Marumani). |
| 1.3 : Alasdair Evans to Regis Chakabva, On a length, around off,extra bounce off the wicket, Chakabava taps it to point for no run. |
| 1.4 : Alasdair Evans to Innocent Kaia, On a length on middle, Innocent Kaia  clipps it to deep mid- wicket for a couple. |
| 1.5 : Alasdair Evans to Innocent Kaia,  WIDE! THis time the bowler tries a short ball. But gets it to bounce way too high over the head of Innocent Kaia to be called a legal delivery. |
| Alasdair Evans to Innocent Kaia, Four! |
| 1.6 : Alasdair Evans to Innocent Kaia, OUT! c Matthew Cross b Alasdair Evans. |
| Who will come in next? |
| 2.1 : Mark Watt to Regis Chakabva, Six! |
| 2.2 : Mark Watt to Regis Chakabva, No run. |
| 2.3 : Mark Watt to Regis Chakabva, OUT! c Alasdair Evans b Mark Watt. |
| 2.4 : Mark Watt to Craig Ervine, 2 runs. |
| 2.5 : Mark Watt to Craig Ervine, No run. |
| 2.6 : Mark Watt to Craig Ervine, OUT! run out (Kyle Coetzer / Mark Watt). |
| 3.1 : Alasdair Evans to Sean Williams, Four! |
| 3.2 : Alasdair Evans to Sean Williams, No run. |
| 3.3 : Alasdair Evans to Sean Williams, No run. |
| 3.4 : Alasdair Evans to Sean Williams, 1 run. |
| 3.5 : Alasdair Evans to Craig Ervine, No run. |
| 3.6 : Alasdair Evans to Craig Ervine, 1 run. |
| 4.1 : Safyaan Sharif to Craig Ervine, Good-length ball, on off. Craig Ervine hangs back and defends it solidly. |
| 4.2 : Safyaan Sharif to Craig Ervine, Length ball, on the pads. Tucked towards fine leg for a run. |
| 4.3 : Safyaan Sharif to Sean Williams, On a length, outside off. Sean Williams looks to drive on the up but misses. |
| 4.4 : Safyaan Sharif to Sean Williams, Good-length ball, on off. Sean Williams pushes it to cover off the back foot for a single. |
| 4.5 : Safyaan Sharif to Craig Ervine, Short of a length, outside off. Craig Ervine guides it towards third man for another single. |
| 4.6 : Safyaan Sharif to Sean Williams, Back of a length, jagging back in from middle. Sean Williams gets an inside edge onto his pads. The ball rolls away towards backward point and they take one. |
| 5.1 : Gavin Main to Sean Williams, Good-length ball, on middle. Sean Williams tucks it towards the left of the bowler. |
| 5.2 : Gavin Main to Sean Williams, Wide! Main sprays down leg. Sean Williams misses the flick. Wided! |
| Gavin Main to Sean Williams, FOUR! STREAKY! Good-length ball, on off. Sean Williams looks to drive on the up but gets an inside edge and the ball beats the keeper on his right and races away for a boundary. |
| 5.3 : Gavin Main to Sean Williams, Good-length ball, on off. Sean Williams hits it straight back to the bowler. |
| 5.4 : Gavin Main to Sean Williams, Length ball, on the pads. Sean Williams clips it off his pads towards mid-wicket to collect three runs. |
| 5.5 : Gavin Main to Craig Ervine, Good-length ball, on off. Craig Ervine defends it out. |
| 5.6 : Gavin Main to Craig Ervine, Back of a length, outside off. Craig Ervine taps it towards point. |
| 6.1 : Mark Watt to Sean Williams, Tossed up, on off. Sean Williams drives it down the ground for a run. |
| 6.2 : Mark Watt to Craig Ervine, Floated, around middle and leg. Craig Ervine turns it on the leg side. |
| 6.3 : Mark Watt to Craig Ervine, Tossed up, outside off. Craig Ervine drives it through cover and takes a run. |
| 6.4 : Mark Watt to Sean Williams, Tossed up, on middle. Sean Williams flicks it towards square leg for a single. |
| 6.5 : Mark Watt to Craig Ervine, Tossed up, outside off. Craig Ervine eases it down the ground to collect a single. |
| 6.6 : Mark Watt to Sean Williams, Tossed up, on leg. Sean Williams pushes it back to the bowler. |
| 7.1 : Michael Leask to Craig Ervine, Flatter one, on off and punched to the cover region. |
| 7.2 : Michael Leask to Craig Ervine, Slightly tossed up, around off. Ervine looks to cut off the back foot but gets an outside edge towards short third man. |
| 7.3 : Michael Leask to Craig Ervine, On off and driven through point for a single. |
| 7.4 : Michael Leask to Sean Williams, A tad short and on off, punched off the back foot to extra cover. |
| 7.5 : Michael Leask to Sean Williams, Flighted ball, around off. Williams can't get it past extra cover. |
| 7.6 : Michael Leask to Sean Williams, Flatter delivery, angled in on middle. Blocked out by Sean Williams. |
| 8.1 : Gavin Main to Craig Ervine, Back of a length, around off. This is worked to wide long off for a run. |
| 8.2 : Gavin Main to Sean Williams, FOUR! Short and wide, Williams latches onto that one and cuts it beautifully past point for a boundary. |
| 8.3 : Gavin Main to Sean Williams, Good-length ball, on middle. Kept out by Williams. |
| 8.4 : Gavin Main to Sean Williams, LEG BYE! Back of a length, on leg stump. Williams looks to turn it on the leg side but misses. The ball goes off the arms and towards the off side. They sneak in a quick leg bye. |
| 8.5 : Gavin Main to Craig Ervine, Length ball, outside off, nicely guided down to third man for one. |
| 8.6 : Gavin Main to Sean Williams, On middle and blocked out by Williams. The runs are hard to come by at the moment for Zimbabwe. |
| 9.1 : Michael Leask to Craig Ervine, Short and wide, cut away to backward point for a quick single. |
| 9.2 : Michael Leask to Sean Williams, Tossed up, on middle and Williams works it to deep mid-wicket for one. |
| 9.3 : Michael Leask to Craig Ervine, FOUR! Lovely cricketing shot from Craig Ervine. Tossed up again, around off and Ervine steps out and just caresses it over extra cover and picks up a boundary. |
| 9.4 : Michael Leask to Craig Ervine, On off and driven through covers for another one. |
| 9.5 : Michael Leask to Sean Williams, Flighted ball, on middle. Williams pushes it to wide long on for one. |
| 9.6 : Michael Leask to Craig Ervine, A touch shorter, on middle. Ervine punches it off the back foot for a run. |
| 0.0 : Scotland (Unchanged XI) - George Munsey, Kyle Coetzer (C), Oliver Hairs, Richie Berrington, Calum MacLeod, Matthew Cross (WK), Michael Leask, Safyaan Sharif, Mark Watt, Gavin Main (In for Chris Sole), Alasdair Evans. |
| 10.2 : Calum MacLeod to Craig Ervine, Bye! Tossed up, on off. Craig Ervine looks to play the reverse sweep but misses and gets rapped on the pads. The batters sneak in a bye! |
| 10.1 : Calum MacLeod to Craig Ervine, Tossed up, outside off. Craig Ervine misses the drive and the keeper fails to collect the ball cleanly. |
| 10.3 : Calum MacLeod to Sean Williams, Floated, around middle. Sean Williams works it on the leg side to collect a run. |
| 10.4 : Calum MacLeod to Sean Williams, Leg bye! Quicker ball, darted on the pads. Sean Williams misses the flick and gets hit on the pads. The batters take a quick run as the ball deflects off Sean Williams' pads. |
| 10.5 : Calum MacLeod to Craig Ervine, Tossed up, on middle and leg. Craig Ervine turns it on the leg side for a single. |
| 10.6 : Calum MacLeod to Sean Williams, Wide! Calum sprays one down leg. Sean Williams misses the sweep and it is called wide. |
| Calum MacLeod to Sean Williams, Flighted ball, down leg. Sean Williams clips it off his pads towards deep mid-wicket for a couple of runs. |
| Richie Berrington comes back into the attack. |
| 11.1 : Richie Berrington to Craig Ervine, Length ball, on the pads. Ervine tucks it to deep square leg for a single. |
| 11.2 : Richie Berrington to Sean Williams, On middle and leg, worked to deep mid-wicket for another one. |
| 0.0 : Bowling Change. Richie Berrington comes into the attack. |
| 11.3 : Richie Berrington to Craig Ervine, FOUR! Cheeky shot from Craig Ervine. On leg stump and just flicked over backward square leg and into the fence. |
| 11.4 : Richie Berrington to Craig Ervine, Length ball, on middle and pushed down the ground for a run. |
| 11.5 : Richie Berrington to Sean Williams, On the pads again and flicked to deep square leg for one. |
| 11.6 : Richie Berrington to Craig Ervine, Good-length ball, on off and played through cover for a single. |
| 12.1 : Mark Watt to Craig Ervine, Tossed up, on middle. Craig Ervine flicks it towards mid-wicket and takes a quick run. |
| 12.2 : Mark Watt to Sean Williams, Tossed up, down leg. Sean Williams whips it towards deep mid-wicket for a couple of runs. |
| 12.3 : Mark Watt to Sean Williams, Flighted ball, on off. Sean Williams defends it out. |
| 12.4 : Mark Watt to Sean Williams, Two wides! Sprayed down leg. The keeper fails to collect the ball and they take a run. |
| Mark Watt to Craig Ervine, Flatter ball, on middle. Craig Ervine flicks it towards fine leg for a run. |
| 12.5 : Mark Watt to Sean Williams, FOUR! SMASHED! Short ball, down leg. Sean Williams rocks back and slashes it hard through square leg for a boundary. |
| 12.6 : Mark Watt to Sean Williams, Flighted ball, on leg. Sean Williams tucks it round the corner and collects a single. |
| 13.1 : Alasdair Evans to Sean Williams, Full ball, on off and bunted on the off side for a run. |
| 0.0 : Alasdair Evans is brought back into the attack. |
| 13.2 : Alasdair Evans to Craig Ervine, On a length, around middle and leg. Ervine tucks it away toward mid-wicket for another quick single. |
| 13.3 : Alasdair Evans to Sean Williams, SAFE! Fullish ball, on middle and Williams taps it back onto the deck. Craig Ervine is way out of the batting crease and scampers to get back. The bowler misses the shy at the stumps and Ervine survives. Huge let-off! |
| 13.4 : Alasdair Evans to Sean Williams, On off and pushed to mid off for a single. |
| 13.5 : Alasdair Evans to Craig Ervine, Length ball, on middle. Ervine bunts it towards mid on and gets the single. |
| 13.6 : Alasdair Evans to Sean Williams, A quick bumper this time, on middle and Williams looks to pull. He takes his eyes off the ball and the ball hits him on the body. |
| Michael Leask is back into the attack. |
| 14.1 : Michael Leask to Craig Ervine, Tossed up, outside off. Craig Ervine looks to reverse sweep but gets a top edge towards short third man. |
| 14.2 : Michael Leask to Craig Ervine, Flatter ball, on off. Craig Ervine eases it down the ground for a run. |
| 14.3 : Michael Leask to Sean Williams, Tossed up, outside off. Sean Williams miscues the sweep shot as the ball goes towards the long on fielder. The batters take one. |
| 14.4 : Michael Leask to Craig Ervine, OUT! TAKEN! That is a huge wicket for Scotland. Leask serves a loopy ball, around off. Craig Ervine makes room to go over extra cover but he only manages a thick outside edge and the ball goes straight to Kyle Coetzer at backward point who pouches it with ease. Michael Leask provides his team with an important breakthrough! |
| Milton Shumba is the new man in. |
| 14.5 : Michael Leask to Milton Shumba, Tossed up, on off. Milton Shumba taps it towards cover. |
| 14.6 : Michael Leask to Milton Shumba, Leg bye! Flighted ball, down leg. Milton Shumba misses the sweep and gets hit on the pads. The batters take a leg bye! |
| 15.1 : Gavin Main to Milton Shumba, Full and way outside off. Shumba leaves it alone, but its just inside the tramline. |
| 15.2 : Gavin Main to Milton Shumba, Fullish ball, on off. Shumba swats it to long on for a run. |
| 15.3 : Gavin Main to Sean Williams, Length ball, on off and Sean Williams looks to slog it over mid-wicket but just closes the face of the bat too early and the ball goes to long on. They get another single. |
| 15.4 : Gavin Main to Milton Shumba, OUT! CAUGHT! Milton Shumba is a goner and that is a big wicket for Scotland as Shumba was devastating in the previous match. Length ball, around off and Shumba frees his arms. He looks to go over extra cover but hits it straight down the throat of Alasdair Evans at mid-off who takes a sharp catch. Ryan Burl comes out to bat now. |
| 15.5 : Gavin Main to Ryan Burl, Good-length ball, on off stump. Kept out by Burl. |
| 15.6 : Gavin Main to Ryan Burl, WIDE! Length ball, pushed wider and going across the left-hander. Burl leaves it alone and a wide is called. |
| Gavin Main to Ryan Burl, FOUR LEG BYES! Main drifts onto the pads and Burl looks to tuck it fine. The ball comes off the thigh pads and beats short fine leg and races away to the boundary. |
| 16.1 : Michael Leask to Sean Williams, Flatter ball, outside off. Sean Williams hangs back and cuts it hard through extra cover for a couple. |
| 16.2 : Michael Leask to Sean Williams, Quicker ball, outside off. Sean Williams cuts it again but finds the backward point fielder. |
| 16.3 : Michael Leask to Sean Williams, SIX! BANG! Sean Williams breaks the shackles! Tossed up, on middle. Sean Williams gets low and slog sweeps it over the deep mid-wicket region for a maximum! Zimbabwe needs more of those! |
| 16.4 : Michael Leask to Sean Williams, Flatter ball, on middle and leg. Sean Williams turns it towards deep mid-wicket for a run. |
| 16.5 : Michael Leask to Ryan Burl, Short ball, turning away late. Ryan Burl pushes it towards long off for a run. |
| 16.6 : Michael Leask to Sean Williams, On a length, around off. Sean Williams works it down the ground and collects a single. 11 runs from the over! |
| Safyaan Sharif comes in to replace Gavin Main. |
| 17.1 : Safyaan Sharif to Sean Williams, Length ball, on top of off. Williams wrists it to deep mid-wicket and picks up a run. |
| 17.2 : Safyaan Sharif to Ryan Burl, Good-length ball, around off. Burl steers it to backward point for a quick single. |
| 17.3 : Safyaan Sharif to Sean Williams, This one is on the pads and Sean Williams flicks it to deep square leg for another one. |
| 17.4 : Safyaan Sharif to Ryan Burl, A yorker this time, on middle and leg. Burl digs it out to long on and gets a run. |
| 17.5 : Safyaan Sharif to Sean Williams, Length ball, on middle and worked towards deep mid-wicket by Williams. He comes back for the second and brings up a gutsy half-century. This one can prove very important in the context of this match. |
| 17.6 : Safyaan Sharif to Sean Williams, Good-length ball, around off. Williams bottom-edges it back onto the deck and sneaks in the single. |
| 18.1 : Alasdair Evans to Sean Williams, Full and outside off, Sean Williams creams it to wide long off for just a single. |
| 18.2 : Alasdair Evans to Ryan Burl, LEG BYE! A slower length ball, on leg stump. Burl doesn't pick it up and is through his slog early. He misses and gets hit on the thigh pad. They do get a leg bye. |
| 0.0 : Alasdair Evans to bowl the penultimate over. |
| 18.3 : Alasdair Evans to Sean Williams, FOUR! On leg stump and Sean Williams gets down on one knee and then just helps it over backward square leg for a boundary. |
| 18.4 : Alasdair Evans to Sean Williams, Length ball, outside off and played to wide long off for a single. |
| 18.5 : Alasdair Evans to Ryan Burl, FOUR! A touch short and wide, Ryan Burl thrashes at it. He manages to clear the off side field as the ball goes over backward point and into the fence. |
| 18.6 : Alasdair Evans to Ryan Burl, A quick bumper, on middle. Ryan Burl looks to pull but misses and the ball hits him on the helmet. Hope he is fine. |
| Mandatory concussion check. Ryan Burl is hit on the grill of the helmet and the physio is out to have a look. Burl is fine and we are ready for the final over. |
| 19.1 : Safyaan Sharif to Sean Williams, On the pads and Williams gets down on one knee again. This time he gets an inside edge to deep backward square leg for one. |
| 19.2 : Safyaan Sharif to Ryan Burl, Nicely disguised slower ball from Safyaan Sharif. On a length and on leg stump. Ryan Burl doesn't pick it up again and misses. |
| 19.3 : Safyaan Sharif to Ryan Burl, FOUR! Full, but on the pads. Burl clips it past short fine leg and the ball races away into the fence. |
| 19.4 : Safyaan Sharif to Ryan Burl, Fuller delivery, on the stumps. Burl looks to flick but gets an inside edge onto the pads and the ball goes nowhere. They sneak in a quick run. |
| 19.5 : Safyaan Sharif to Sean Williams, A yorker this time, on middle. Sean Williams can't get under it and manages to heave it down to deep mid-wicket for a single. They think about the second but decide against it in the end. |
| 19.6 : Safyaan Sharif to Ryan Burl, In the slot, around off. Burl mistimes it to extra cover and they get just one. Zimbabwe END WITH 136/5! |
| The visitors did not start well with the bat and lost 3 wickets in the Powerplay. Craig Ervine and Sean Williams steadied the ship and stitched together a crucial partnership of 71 runs, before the former got out on 30. Sean Williams played a brilliant knock of an unbeaten 60 for his side and helped Zimbabwe to put up some sort of a respectable total of 136 on the board. |
| This has been a pretty good comeback from Zimbabwe after losing early wickets in the Powerplay. The hosts would be a tad disappointed as they gave away some freebies in the end. |
| ... THE RUN CHASE... |
| Right then! Scotland have to get 137 runs from 20 overs and by doing so they will also clinch the T20I series! Zimbabwe, on the other hand, will have to be at their best both with the ball and in the field as it is a do-or-die encounter for them, and they do not have much runs to play with either. |
| The Scottish bowlers were up to the mark once again as all the bowlers stuck to their plans and executed them nicely. Safyaan Sharif was exceptional with the ball but he went wicket-less this time around. The spinners also kept Zimbabwean batters in check and hardly gave any loose balls. Overall, it was a good bowling effort from the hosts, but they would feel that they missed out on a trick after taking crucial wickets upfront. |
| We are back for the chase. |
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