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Zimbabwe vs Australia

2nd ODI · Harare Sports Club

Status MATCH OVER

Series: Australia ODI Tour of Zimbabwe 2026

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AdminLegend

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It is unlikely that BT will be dropped.

Welly should make way for either Burl or Cremer. I would prefer Burl, but Cremer is still a good option.

Who's in your XI? I think they will go with this one 👇

Curran, Bennett, Kaia, Taylor, Craig, Raza, Wes, Burl, Evans, Newman, Muzarabani
ZCF Admin
AdminLegend
Ben Curran survives.
ZCF Admin
ModZCF OriginalVeteran
Big let off.
ZCF OriginalLegend
Travis head 😂😂😂 showing why Australia was the penal colony
ZCF Original
benn curran is not comfortable by this ausie attack.
Shukla
ModZCF OriginalVeteran
I say the plan is to bat out the overs.
A good stat pad game without trying to win it
Veteran
Pathetic though, being bowled by Renshaw of everyone in the aussie attack
Zimbabwe fan, long time lurker on the old ZCF
ZCF OriginalVeteran
Yeah horrible shots as well
Veteran
Taylor looking a league above the rest
Zimbabwe fan, long time lurker on the old ZCF
Veteran
Kaia got a good ball, another batter gone after a start
Not a Zimbabwean, a massive cricket fan and longtime lurker on the old ZCF
ZCF OriginalVeteran
That's how you play the reverse sweep
ZCF OriginalVeteran
Reverse sweep gets Ervine.

Evans gets promoted
Veteran
Whenever Evans gets the promotion he fails. He kinda also looks lost batting higher guess don't fix what's not broken
Not a Zimbabwean, a massive cricket fan and longtime lurker on the old ZCF
Veteran
Why is everyone scoring a 30 odd and getting out to the spinners
Not a Zimbabwean, a massive cricket fan and longtime lurker on the old ZCF
Veteran
That could have been not out
Not a Zimbabwean, a massive cricket fan and longtime lurker on the old ZCF
Veteran
Well that's what happens when Evans gets promoted. Better they let him keep at 8, and ffs put Wes at 5
Zimbabwe fan, long time lurker on the old ZCF
Veteran
Atleast we didnt lose by over a hundred
Zimbabwe fan, long time lurker on the old ZCF
ZCF OriginalVeteran

Edited

Evans never getting promoted again.

Scoreline is very flattering. And we get a flat pitch today so never a hope especially against some of the best flat-track bullies in Australia
ModZCF OriginalVeteran
Zims kryptonite has always been the part time spinner.
ZCF OriginalLegend
That was a total trainwreck 🚮

350 is like a 7 an over chase. A four and 3 singles an over. Simple. Heck, you could probably even do it in singles at a run a ball and pick the other 50 up with a few boundaries and extras over the course of the full 50 overs without even trying. And even worse, after Stanlake was injured they had 2 seamers, Zampa and a load of part time spinners, they used 8 bowlers ffs 😂😂 if there was ever a game to be won, it was that game after Stanlake went man down.

It’s all mental. The top 3 chowed down thousands of dot balls trying to build a platform and keep wickets in hand and by the 20th over the asking rate was probably 10 an over and just kept rising from there. Even if they weren’t making boundaries, HSC is the biggest ground in world cricket with 2s everywhere and they’re still out there now 😂

Promoting Evans was just wild. He’s no all rounder, just in a purple patch of form. That’s the same lack of joined up thinking that Houghton had in that Uganda game promoting Wellington over Clive and Wez.
ModZCF OriginalVeteran
My change would be

Taylor and Ervine to be rested/managed.
They have shown they still have it.

Bring in Burl and Maru.

Depending on the pitch maybe drop a pacer for Creamer.

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