Australia v Zimbabwe
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World Cup 2011
At Ahmedabad
February 21, 2011, 14:30 IST (09:00 GMT)
Although Australian were quite down on confidence after Ashes humiliation by England; but there 6-1 convincing victory over England in the Commonwealth Bank series showed the world why the Aussies are ranked number 1 in the ICC ODI ratings.
With a sky high confidence, Kangroo’s arrived in India and started their warm ups almost perfectly - they bundled out the famed Indian batting line up for a paltry 214 and at one position were at 120-2. However, they ended up losing 8 wickets for 56 runs and the match due to some extraordinary spin bowling by Indian spinners.
A similar story against South Africa in the next game ensured that the Aussies warmed up with 2 losses. Australia's strongest vulnerability in this World Cup will be their middle order's weakness to quality spin bowling - they have lost 13 wickets to spinners in the 2 warm up games played. With most teams having quality spinners in their line ups, the Australian batsmen will have to quickly find answers to their middle order woes.
Tomorrow Australian are set to begin their World Cup bid taking on minnow Zimabawe. The last time Australia lost a match in a World Cup was more than a decade back, in 1999. For a team that has won 29 successive World Cup games, a match against Zimbabwe should be a pushover. However, any minnow could pose a threat in a World Cup game, especially in the first game; as they had shown in their first ever world cup game in 1983 when they stunned beating Australia by 13 runs.
Teams:
Australia (From): Shane Watson, Brad Haddin(w), Ricky Ponting(c), Michael Clarke, Cameron White, David Hussey, Steven Smith, Mitchell Johnson, Brett Lee, Doug Bollinger, Shaun Tait, John Hastings, Tim Paine, Callum Ferguson, Jason Krejza
Zimbabwe (From): Brendan Taylor, Charles Coventry, Regis Chakabva, Tatenda Taibu(w), Craig Ervine, Sean Williams, Elton Chigumbura(c), Prosper Utseya, Graeme Cremer, Ray Price, Chris Mpofu, Sean Ervine, Gregory Lamb, Shingirai Masakadza, Tinashe Panyangara, Terry Duffin
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