Zimbabwe v South Africa
Half-centuries from Brendan Taylor and Hamilton Masakadza led Zimbabwe to a shocking nine-wicket victory over South Africa within the tri-series final at Harare Sports Club. Faced with the tough prospect of chasing South Africa's 146 for six, each batsmen showed exceptional poise and confidence to race to the win with seventeen balls to spare. Their efforts capped an outstanding day for Zimbabwe, who kept South Africa fraught with the ball throughout. The guests had been carried by Faf du Plessis' fighting fifty however his efforts went in vain, and also the South African bowling attack had no answers to a flawless batting show.
England v West Indies T20
Alex Hales fell one run wanting England's 1st Twenty20 international hundred however his ninety nine, during a record 159-run partnership with Ravi Bopara, powered the house facet to a convincing seven-wicket victory against West Indies at Trent Bridge, with their highest successful T20I chase.
Hales' matchwinning innings, on his home ground, overtook Eoin Morgan's unbeaten eighty five against South Africa at Johannesburg as England's best during this format and secured his place for the globe Twenty20 title defence in Sri Lanka later this year. He fell to the last ball of penultimate over, bowled attempting to figure Ravi Rampaul to leg, and neither may Ravi Bopara keep to the top as he found long-off for fifty nine off forty four balls, however Eoin Morgan collected the winning runs (with the assistance of a misfield at mid-off) with 2
Half-centuries from Brendan Taylor and Hamilton Masakadza led Zimbabwe to a shocking nine-wicket victory over South Africa within the tri-series final at Harare Sports Club. Faced with the tough prospect of chasing South Africa's 146 for six, each batsmen showed exceptional poise and confidence to race to the win with seventeen balls to spare. Their efforts capped an outstanding day for Zimbabwe, who kept South Africa fraught with the ball throughout. The guests had been carried by Faf du Plessis' fighting fifty however his efforts went in vain, and also the South African bowling attack had no answers to a flawless batting show.
England v West Indies T20
Alex Hales fell one run wanting England's 1st Twenty20 international hundred however his ninety nine, during a record 159-run partnership with Ravi Bopara, powered the house facet to a convincing seven-wicket victory against West Indies at Trent Bridge, with their highest successful T20I chase.
Hales' matchwinning innings, on his home ground, overtook Eoin Morgan's unbeaten eighty five against South Africa at Johannesburg as England's best during this format and secured his place for the globe Twenty20 title defence in Sri Lanka later this year. He fell to the last ball of penultimate over, bowled attempting to figure Ravi Rampaul to leg, and neither may Ravi Bopara keep to the top as he found long-off for fifty nine off forty four balls, however Eoin Morgan collected the winning runs (with the assistance of a misfield at mid-off) with 2
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