Chevrons Off To a Winning Start




By Perkins-Tino Bare

The Chevrons got off to a winning start in their qualifying campaign for the T20 World Cup as they beat Hong Kong by 14 runs in a match played out in Nagpur India. After losing the toss, the Chevrons batted first and they set Hong Kong a target of 158 but they could only manage to post 144 as the Chevrons and Afghanistan drew first blood in their qualifying group which also contains Scotland.

The Chevrons lost the toss and had to settle for batting first in a match that they were expected to win. Hamilton Masakadza opened the batting with Vusi Sibanda whilst Richmond Mutumbami was on cue as the 3rd batsman which looks like pretty much the order of things for the Chevrons in terms of T20 cricket. Masakadza was the first to lose his wicket after having posted 20 runs on the board. His coun terpart Vusi Sibanda was the better of the pair as he had a final score of 59 hitting 5 fours and 2 sixes in the process. It was a goo day for Vusi as it was his maiden T20 half-century which saw him surpassing his high score of 49.

Richmond Mutumbami did not sparkle much as he holed on to long on for a second ball duck. The trio of Williams, Sikandder Raza and Malcolm was expected to stabilize the fall of wickets and add some depth into that middle order. Sean Williams had a score of 12 whilst Sikander Raza could only manage 3 runs. This is definitely an area of concern as the batsman were posting ridiculously low scores. This is in light of the fact that we were playing against Hong Kong which is an associate nation and we were therefore expected to win the match itself let alone post big scores. If players like Hamilton Masakadza, who is in form and Sikander Raza fail to get a half century against Hing Kong then it calls for some work t be done. The same also applies to Sean Williams and honestly some work needs to be done especially in that middle order.

Malcolm Waller was the only player who added something decent to the scoreboard as he had a score of 26 only clearing the boundary once for four in the process. He however stabilized the fall of wickets as they had the highest partnership on the day with Vusi Sibanda of 62. After Waller Chigunmbura was the other batsman who had a pretty much decent score of 30 with the highlight of his innings being his 3 sixes. There was a bit of a scare as the Chevrons lost 3 wickets in 8 balls leaving them at 127-7 after Donald Tiripano also went for a duck. The Chevrons were indeed in a bit of a mess but then Chigumbura led from the front as he had two partnerships at the end which came in handy. One was with Wellington Masakadza for 13 and the other with Tinashe Panyangara for 18. Elton really showed some character especially with his 30 off 13 balls, and the only thing is that his leadership qualities are only starting to crop up when he has already been `chopped` off those responsibilities.

On the bowling side Donald Tiripano and Tendai Chatara were the most dominant as they boothe had 2 wickets whilst Wellington Masakadza and Sikander Raza could only grab one for themselves. The bowlers had an average economy of 7.00 with Panyangara and Tiripano conceding 27 runs apiece in their allotted 4 overs.

The Chevrons now sit on top of their group with 2 points and their next match is against Scotland who lost to Afghanistan.

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