South Africa vs Zimbabwe

[battye]

In the coming weeks, S.A. will take on Zimbabwe in 3 ODI's as practice for the Champions Trophy.

Does anyone know if there will be any broadcast of this game online (either TV or radio?).
As it is two full members, I expect a South African broadcaster will televise this, but I am hopeful that there will be an internet audio stream.

Thanks

[Tigers_eye]

If Cricbuzz do the commentary then they should have a free Audio link. Will try to find it. Good luck Zimbabwe.

[Rabz]

Good Luck Zimbabwe.
Wish u the best.

[Sovik]

love to see zimbabwe doing better

[battye]

Originally Posted by Tigers_eye
If Cricbuzz do the commentary then they should have a free Audio link. Will try to find it. Good luck Zimbabwe.

Cricbuzz:

Zimbabwe in South Africa, 2006 Calendar

* All matches with icon will have live ball-by-ball text commentary on Cricbuzz. There is no audio or video coverage.

** Status on other matches will be updated as soon as the decision to cover them live is taken.

Any South African's here who know the radio station (if any) it is being broadcast on?

[israr]

We'll be 9th by the time this series finishes

[TheWatcher]

Originally Posted by israr
We'll be 9th by the time this series finishes

Nope, according to BC calculator, even if Zimbabwe lose the series three-nil, they will still have a higher rating than ours by friction.

Anyway, I like to see BD getting the 9th position by beating Zimbos or a team of highers strength, not by otherways.

[Andy-Flower]

Originally Posted by Sydney
Good Luck Zimbabwe.
Wish u the best.

thanx

hope the lads play well and give S.A some competition..but obviously they will loose 3-0. They will be playing a 20-20 Today against Eagles, hope they will win that one to gain a bit of some confidence ahead of the Acid Test against the mighty Proteas. To be for real Zim will get no where near winning against S.A although it will be good exposure for the lads...if they can post over 250 runs then thats as good as a win to us or loosing by less than 50 runs will be a huge plus to the lads.

The Zimbabwe squad to South Africa: Prosper Utseya (captain), Chamunorwa Chibhabha, Elton Chigumbura, Terrence Duffin, Anthony Ireland, Tafadzwa Kamungozi, Timycen Maruma, Hamilton Masakadza, Stuart Matsikenyeri, Tafadzwa Mufambisi, Tawanda Mupariwa, Edward Rainsford, Piet Rinke, Vusumuzi Sibanda and Brendan Taylor.

Coach: Kevin Curran

[battye]

Andy-Flower, will it be on the radio or by any means (other than Cricinfo) that can be seen or heard via the internet?

[Andy-Flower]

Im not sure whether you can get audio or visual on the net ..here we will watch it on SABC3, SuperSpot 2 or listern to the live commentry on radio2000 [DSTV and South African channel]

[Rabz]

Originally Posted by Andy-Flower
thanx

mate, its all good.
just dont like ur signature.
adding salt to our wound, ey?

[Tigers_eye]

Andy, anything above 200 is as good as a win Since SA will deploy their strongest squad possible. Getting four runs and not getting bowled out would say Zim has achieved something. Why so low expectation? cause: 1) this is in their (SA) own back ground 2) the SL odis were cancelled. They (SA) are desperate to put 100% effort. Can you let us know the scores on the 20-20 match? Thanks in advance.

[Tigers_eye]

The Twenty-20 didn't go well for Zimbabwe team. They were all out 18.5 overs at 103. Although the opening and 1st down were doing well. They were at one point 1 for 79. This collapse is worse than the WI one. However, this is a twenty-20 match. Eagles finished off in 11.4 overs losing one wicket. Hope the remaining games get better.

[battye]

This was Zimbabwe's first Twenty20 game, so of course you can't expect them to adjust immediately. Just as you wouldn't expect the Bangladeshi's to blitz a huge score when they play their first Twenty20.

Come to think of it, it would have made sense if a T20I was played on the Bangladesh tour of Zimbabwe....

Andy-Flower: I searched for a long time looking for a live webcast of Radio2000.. no luck. Know of any other radio stations that could be doing it? Thanks

Edit: Oh, and after BRM Taylor made 25 on his Twenty20 debut, it makes me believe even stronger, that he is one of the most promising young cricketers in the world.

[Andy-Flower]

Originally Posted by Sydney
mate, its all good.
just dont like ur signature.
adding salt to our wound, ey?

HA HA HA dont worry man, im going to change it after today's game when Chibhabha scores his 3rd 50,

[Andy-Flower]

Originally Posted by Tigers_eye
Andy, anything above 200 is as good as a win Since SA will deploy their strongest squad possible. Getting four runs and not getting bowled out would say Zim has achieved something. Why so low expectation? cause: 1) this is in their (SA) own back ground 2) the SL odis were cancelled. They (SA) are desperate to put 100% effort. Can you let us know the scores on the 20-20 match? Thanks in advance.

Sorry mate...saw your post just today, well S.A are 2nd in the world, Kallis has been quoted as having said they will show no mercy on Zim. Our bowling attack is not that strong, Rainsford is accurate but he lacks penetration, he gets at most two wickets a match and thats not good enough. Mpariwa our main wicket taker is out of form, Ireland is not in good touch either. So we only have Utseya to rely on but by the time he gets to bowl the run rate will have reached 9 an over.

On the batting side very few players will be able to play Ntini and Pollock...im tipping Vusi, Duffin, Chibhabha, Taylor to do well...coz they are the ones who have been playing well in the build up. As for S.A Ntini and pollock will definetly cause havoc, Gibbs and De Villers will be too much for our bowlers to handle.

[Andy-Flower]

Originally Posted by battye
This was Zimbabwe's first Twenty20 game, so of course you can't expect them to adjust immediately. Just as you wouldn't expect the Bangladeshi's to blitz a huge score when they play their first Twenty20.
Come to think of it, it would have made sense if a T20I was played on the Bangladesh tour of Zimbabwe....
Andy-Flower: I searched for a long time looking for a live webcast of Radio2000.. no luck. Know of any other radio stations that could be doing it? Thanks
Edit: Oh, and after BRM Taylor made 25 on his Twenty20 debut, it makes me believe even stronger, that he is one of the most promising young cricketers in the world.

im not sure whether they have a webcast, im not very familiar with radio webcast because here we have DSTV that covers just about every thing in as far as sport is concerned. Try these two sites i think they might have commentry www.cricketworld.com or www.superport.co.za

About the 20-20, Zim crumbled from 79-1 in the 12th over to 103 all out and that has always been a cause of concern ragarding our batting. If we start good we will end bad and vice versa. I heard Zim and B/D are goint to play a 20-20 in November, it would have been nice if they had played one in Zim

[battye]

Thanks Andy-Flower, hopefully one of those sites will have audio

[battye]

Zimbabwe 7/0 after 3.0 overs

[israr]

one down zimbabwe

anyone watching it? how are the crowd attendances?

[battye]

I am interested in the crowd too..

Zimbabwe going well (if you ignore the run rate)

Zimbabwe 33/1 (12.0 ov)
Sibanda on 24

[battye]

Sibanda: 2 fours in the last few balls, about half a dozen boundaries in the last few overs.

[battye]

Sibanda out on 51

[Tigers_eye]

I like what I see from the Zim. They are fighting. The coach has prepared them well. 125/2 in 31 overs. 230+ should be on the cards. Thank you kallis for bowling wides.

[battye]

This is embarrassing for South Africa, they were probably hoping to bowl them out for 80.