Perkins-Tino Bare

By Perkins-Tino Bare The Chevrons are now all but out of the 2019 Cricket World Cup as they succumbed to their second consecutive defeat in the tournament which was enough to deny them a spot in England next year. This was the UAE`s first victory over a Test nation as they won the match by three runs in a match which was rather affected by rain. Zimbabwe won the toss and they elected to field and the UAE set them a target of 235/7 in 47.5 overs. Rameez Shahzad was once again the start for the UAE as he had a score of 59 while Gulam Shabber chipped with a score of 40. In all cases the Arabs got of to a strong start as they rushed on to a score of 180-4 in 38 overs. They still had the wickets and the overs and they were well on their way to posting a 250+ score before the rains came to the rescue of the Chevrons. The target was then revised to 230 from 40 overs as the rain threatened to all but spoil the mood for the Zimbabwean fans who knew that a win would send them through

By Perkins-Tino Bare Zimbabwe Cricket lost to West Indies by 4 wickets in nail-biting match played at the Harare Sports Club in a match which Taylor had a brilliant knock of 138 which included a whooping 20 fours and 2 sixes. Zimbabwe won the toss and elected to bat first but it was not a good start for the Chevrons as they lost Zhuwawo in the second over for a duck and soon the Chevrons were on 48-3. Solomon Mire chipped in with a healthy 45 but then it was up to the former captain Brendan Taylor to step up to the plate starting off with a partnership of 49 with Craig Ervine then 76 with Sean Williams to go on to the final knock of 79 with Sikandar Raza.  "Total control, very calm. He put the bad ball away and he put the good ball away for ones and twos. Zimbabwe had great fight, as we expected. We had to play well to beat them." Said Law the west Indies coach on Taylor`s in a post match interview. It was a brilliant knock in all cases as he once again showed his s

By Perkins-Tino Bare   Zimbabwe beat Afghanistan by 2 runs in a thriller played at the Queens Sports Club in Bulawayo as they held their nerve to bowl out Afghanistan for 194 after they had set a target of 197 to win the match.   The Chevrons went in to bat first as they lost all three openers losing the wicket of Solomon Mire, Cephas Zhuwawo and Hamilton Masakadza for a meagre 7 runs. This would have put into question the aggressive approach being employed by the coach as the middle order is having to do the dirty work. They once again stepped up to the plate and held the wicket fall following a 98 run wicket stand between Sikandar Raza and Brendan Taylor who has seen a turn of fortunes ever since he was dropped down the batting line up. Sikandar Raza scored 60 runs including 6 fours at a staggering strike rate of 88.23 as it came from just 68 balls. Brendan Taylor failed to reach a century as he fell for 89 with 7 fours and 3 sixes to his name. This was th