Currently, Zimbabwe has wrapped up its super league campaign and shifted most of its focus to the upcoming world cup. The One-day international series between Zimbabwe and Netherlands is a surprise to most cricket experts around the world.
The series is currently hosted by Zimbabwe and it surely will be a tough competition between the two teams, because the winner would have a greater chance of proceeding more into the world finals. Moreover, it will also clearly identify to both of the teams their lack of abilities. It will provide both teams with an opportunity to improve their gameplay and give a stunning performance in the world cup.
So far, Zimbabwe has a much stronger team with excellent players such as Sikandar Raza and Ryan Burl. In addition to the previous, star players such as Blessing Muzarabani, Sean Williams, and Tendai Chatara will also be included in the squad. These three players did not take part in the recent test series due to injuries, but their inclusion in the squad means that they have fully recovered and are fit to play.
On the other hand, the Netherlands team has also come up with a hardcore team consisting of star players such as Aryan Dutt. The nineteen-year-old is a replacement for the all-rounder Bas De Leede as he has been dropped due to a knee injury and it will take him time to recover.
In addition to the above, we can analyze from the first one-day international match that the Netherlands has overcome them in terms of all three formats of the game. They have been exceptional in batting, bowling as well as fielding. From the Netherlands side, Teja Nidamanuru played a stunning inning comprising 110 runs from 96 bowls without getting out. He managed to score 9 fours along with three sixes to give the Netherlands a total of 255 runs.
Along with Teja, Clive Madande also managed to score 74 from 98 bowls, which included six fours. However, he was caught out by the bowler Klaassen. In the first one-day international match, the Netherlands bowlers also had a great day because they managed to bowl out every single batsman from the opposing team. Fred Klassen from the Netherlands team managed to take three massive wickets. He was also the one to conquer the last wicket.
However, on the other side, things were a bit shaky because the Zimbabwe team did not perform well in all three formats. At the start of the tournament, most experts were of the fact that Zimbabwe will be the better team, but it seems that the other team has worked hard and proved everyone wrong in the first one-day international match.
Furthermore, all eyes now lay on the next upcoming one-day international match between Zimbabwe and Netherlands. It’s a total of 3 one day international matches so that means if the Netherlands wins the upcoming match that will be held tomorrow, they will win the series and take the cup home. As a result, the team players from Zimbabwe should work ever hard to win tomorrow’s match and equalize the series. It will also make the third and last match much more entertaining and fierce.
Let us now see what the experts have to say about tomorrow’s game. According to the official win predictors from the International cricket council, Zimbabwe still has a 66% chance to win tomorrow’s game against the Netherlands. It surely will give a slight boost of confidence to the team players, but in the end, even a little overconfidence can change the results drastically.
Conclusively, all eyes are on tomorrow’s game and it will be a deciding factor for the Zimbabwe team as many would see as to what areas of the game have been improved by their team players.
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