Unchanged Netherlands choose to bat
Zimbabwe were asked to chase in what is a must-win game for them against
Netherlands. Having lost the first match of the tournament to Ireland,
only victory will keep Zimbabwe's hopes of competing in the main draw
alive.
Brendan Taylor was pleased his bowlers will get first use of a surface
that could have purchase for the spinners upfront. With turn expected to
be a factor, Zimbabwe made one change to their XI. They replaced one
legspinner, Tafadzwa Kamungozi, with another, Natsai Mushangwe. There
was still no place for allrounder Malcolm Waller.
Netherlands' captain Peter Borren decided to defend, bucking the trend
of chasing in this tournament so far. He wanted to take advantage of,
"Zimbabwe being under a bit of pressure having just lost," and said he
did not expect much dew later on.
Netherlands are in a fairly comfortable position. The beat the UAE
comprehensively to put points on the board but another win will allow
them to put one foot in the competition proper.
Zimbabwe: 1 Hamilton Masakadza 2 Sikandar Raza 3 Brendan Taylor
(capt & wk), 4 Vusi Sibanda 5 Sean Williams, 6 Elton Chigumbura, 7
Timycen Maruma, 8 Prosper Utseya, 9 Tinashe Panyangara, 10 Tendai
Chatara, 11 Natsai Mushangwe
Netherlands: 1 Stephan Myburgh, 2 Michael Swart, 3 Wesley
Barresi, 4 Tom Cooper, 5 Peter Borren (capt), 6 Ben Cooper, 7 Logan van
Beek, 8 Mudassar Bukhari, 9 Timm van der Gugten, 10 Pieter Seelaar, 11
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