by The Professor » Mon Feb 28, 2022 5:59 pm
Always a bit heart breaking when a team puts up a decent performance when the game is already buried. Such was the case for Southern Zimabwbe today. After getting the North put for 272 in their second innings, they were in need of a huge 427 runs. After posting only 12 in their first dig it seemed unlikely. At 8-1 and 20-2, it seemed a humbling was on the cards. A staunch middle order resistance, led by Tafadzwa Tsiga, managed to haul them to 238 - still a gulf of 188 runs.
The second game starts on Sunday.
"It has been said of the unseen army of the dead, on their everlasting march, that when they are passing a rural cricket ground the Englishman falls out of the ranks for a moment to look over the gate and smile."