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Wednesday 17 April 2013

Zimbabwe v Bangladesh 2013 Preview



Zim vs BD is a mother of all contest



Zimbabwe won the test and ODI series in 2011 at their own backyard. The tour started with a ugly comment made by Tamim regarding Vitori, he stated  Vitori is a ordinary blower but in reality ZIM quickie won the field encounter. So Zim vs BD is a mother of all contest. Bangladesh clearly improved a lot over the year and so. The sign is there, BD reach the Asia cup final lost to Pakistan by 2 runs. They played well vs WI and won the ODI series, recent tour of Sri Lanka  went as per plan BD played really well in the test matches and drew the ODI series . whereas ZIM did not play international cricket for while their recent tour of WI was a sorrowful did not manage to win a single match or did not come close to win. ZIM lacking quality blowers and batters , they do not have any world class player who can stand up and deliver. Bangladesh got lots of young and talented guys right now in their rank along with experience Ashraful who nearly missed a double century vs Sri Lank  last month. Bangladeshi blowers are superior than ZIm blowers still  the contest will be tough one as Zim will prepare bouncy track ,BD batters struggle to play shot ball. Right now weather is bit cold in ZIm so ball will swing either way. In the recent past we have seen ZIM management playing dirty game off the field as team Bangladesh hotel had no water connection yesterday for 4-5 hours. Trusted sources reported that ZIM hotel was providing drinking water like oil. Before the first test eve BD bus was down on their way to hotel so players had to walk one hour to get in the hotel. As per paper BD should win the series without a bother but as we all know BD can’t deliver under pressure, specially playing vs ZIM never easy as whole country want them to win. Take BD to win the series narrowly at 5/6.
Key players: Shakib and Ashraful ( BD) B Taylor and M Waller ( ZIM).