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[Nanga Parbat]

Durham tour of Zimbabwe 2025

I am not sure if anyone is following the match between Durham And Zimbabwe A team. Surprisingly Durham is playing a better game against the Zimbabwe. They have made 113 and lost only two wickets at lunch on Day 01. Emilio Gay was out early but after that Will Rhodes had a good partnership with the captain Alex Lees. They both put on around 50 runs before the captain was also dismissed. Anyhow Ollie Robinson also has his eye in, playing at 20 runs. It seems like Durham will get a decent total in this innings. Remember the match is being played at Harare, Zimbabwe so the Zimbabwe team should perform at least in their home town.

The new serie between Zimbabwe A and Durham and today we get to see the first match.  If we look at the strength of both I find both in good form as Durham batsmen have score 113 run in 25 overs so far and Zimbabwe A bowler has taken 2 wicket which is less but can improve going forward.  If Durham scores more runs due to their own performance it could give them a good win but Zimbabwe A's batting has no idea if they bat the way they are bowling they could lose the match in a strong match. Durham batsmen have a good chance to win this first match as the Zimbabwe A bowlers are not bowling with enough pace to give them any success. If in a few overs they are ahead under the control of the Zimbabwe A bowlers it could be a defeat for Durham.

[Sithara007]

The new serie between Zimbabwe A and Durham and today we get to see the first match.  If we look at the strength of both I find both in good form as Durham batsmen have score 113 run in 25 overs so far and Zimbabwe A bowler has taken 2 wicket which is less but can improve going forward.  If Durham scores more runs due to their own performance it could give them a good win but Zimbabwe A's batting has no idea if they bat the way they are bowling they could lose the match in a strong match. Durham batsmen have a good chance to win this first match as the Zimbabwe A bowlers are not bowling with enough pace to give them any success. If in a few overs they are ahead under the control of the Zimbabwe A bowlers it could be a defeat for Durham.

Durham has got themselves to a good start, as they are at 212/4. Given the fact that they are one of the weaker county teams, I would say that this is quite decent. Ollie Robinson missed the century, but he made 81. Graham Clark and Mitchell Killeen are at the crease now. Zimbabwe A squad is primarily comprised of national players, and despite that their bowlers struggled against Robinson and Will Rhodes. Victor Nyauchi managed to pick up 3 wickets, but apart from that the other bowlers were disappointing.   

[noormcs5]

Durham batsmen have a good chance to win this first match as the Zimbabwe A bowlers are not bowling with enough pace to give them any success. If in a few overs they are ahead under the control of the Zimbabwe A bowlers it could be a defeat for Durham.

Nope, i don't see Durham losing this match. In fact they are getting more stronger now. Making 329 runs with 6 wickets down puts then in a perfect position. They would want this score to extend over 400 runs and it is very much possible as long as George Drissell and Matthew Potts continues this partnership. George Drissell is batting on 62. The match is stopped by rain and this is not want Durham wanted. How often we see that that breaks like these will result in loss of momentum and maybe a wickets falls quickly once the match resumes.

[Just Say]

The new serie between Zimbabwe A and Durham and today we get to see the first match.  If we look at the strength of both I find both in good form as Durham batsmen have score 113 run in 25 overs so far and Zimbabwe A bowler has taken 2 wicket which is less but can improve going forward.  If Durham scores more runs due to their own performance it could give them a good win but Zimbabwe A's batting has no idea if they bat the way they are bowling they could lose the match in a strong match. Durham batsmen have a good chance to win this first match as the Zimbabwe A bowlers are not bowling with enough pace to give them any success. If in a few overs they are ahead under the control of the Zimbabwe A bowlers it could be a defeat for Durham.

It is absolutely true that I am following the Zimbabwe A cricket team in this match but one player looks familiar from this match. Durham's player Graham Clark we are sure he played in the Bangladesh Premier League this season. The Zimbabwe team has decided to field first in this new series but it now appears that Durham are in a better position, this team's total is now 334 runs. Moreover Zimbabwe will be able to play well against this team, as I will still say that the Zimbabwean bowlers have been able to control the batsmen of Durham. So at this moment, the only necessary task for this Zimbabwea  A team is they need to play a few more overs.

[Compromise me]

Durham tour of Zimbabwe 2025

I am not sure if anyone is following the match between Durham And Zimbabwe A team. Surprisingly Durham is playing a better game against the Zimbabwe. They have made 113 and lost only two wickets at lunch on Day 01. Emilio Gay was out early but after that Will Rhodes had a good partnership with the captain Alex Lees. They both put on around 50 runs before the captain was also dismissed. Anyhow Ollie Robinson also has his eye in, playing at 20 runs. It seems like Durham will get a decent total in this innings. Remember the match is being played at Harare, Zimbabwe so the Zimbabwe team should perform at least in their home town.

Durham cricket team has top class performance in this match because players are looking in good form and first day is ended with score of 368 and batters of Durham team was top class and many players took part for the win of team. Ollie was a person who made 81 runs in this match and made match interesting and now Zimbabwe A team could not make 1 run in this inning and their one player is in the pvalian . George also played excellent in this match and he made 81 runs and played like ODI and team is looking new and Durham team could be better in future.Victor was a person who took 3 wickets in this match and many other players took important wickets in this match and match Durham team could make 368 runs in this match and they declared after 8 wickets

[noormcs5]

Durham tour of Zimbabwe 2025

I am not sure if anyone is following the match between Durham And Zimbabwe A team. Surprisingly Durham is playing a better game against the Zimbabwe. They have made 113 and lost only two wickets at lunch on Day 01. Emilio Gay was out early but after that Will Rhodes had a good partnership with the captain Alex Lees. They both put on around 50 runs before the captain was also dismissed. Anyhow Ollie Robinson also has his eye in, playing at 20 runs. It seems like Durham will get a decent total in this innings. Remember the match is being played at Harare, Zimbabwe so the Zimbabwe team should perform at least in their home town.

Durham cricket team has top class performance in this match because players are looking in good form and first day is ended with score of 368 and batters of Durham team was top class and many players took part for the win of team. Ollie was a person who made 81 runs in this match and made match interesting and now Zimbabwe A team could not make 1 run in this inning and their one player is in the pvalian . George also played excellent in this match and he made 81 runs and played like ODI and team is looking new and Durham team could be better in future.Victor was a person who took 3 wickets in this match and many other players took important wickets in this match and match Durham team could make 368 runs in this match and they declared after 8 wickets

Durham declared their innings at 368 runs while they still had two wickets in hand. It was a very good and timely decision by them. They were waiting for George Drissell  to complete his century. He was out at 81 and then there was no point of them to keep on going with the batting. Zimbabwe started the innings and thare aren’t able to bat at al. Already lost 6 wickets for 39 runs. I am sure Durham will win this match by an innings.

[Farhan99]

Durham tour of Zimbabwe 2025

I am not sure if anyone is following the match between Durham And Zimbabwe A team. Surprisingly Durham is playing a better game against the Zimbabwe. They have made 113 and lost only two wickets at lunch on Day 01. Emilio Gay was out early but after that Will Rhodes had a good partnership with the captain Alex Lees. They both put on around 50 runs before the captain was also dismissed. Anyhow Ollie Robinson also has his eye in, playing at 20 runs. It seems like Durham will get a decent total in this innings. Remember the match is being played at Harare, Zimbabwe so the Zimbabwe team should perform at least in their home town.

In the first game of the Test series between Durham and Zimbabwe, Durham scored 368 runs in the first inning. Durham opened with Emilio Gay and Alex Lees, who scored just 4 runs. Ollie Robinson performed well, scoring 81 runs. The opponent team bowlers were performing very well. Victor Nyauchi got 3 wickets, restricting Durham to a target of 368 runs on the first day.
In the Zimbabwe A inning, they could just score 69 runs that made their next matches very hard as the remaining runs were being added to the next innings. James Minto got 5 wickets in the first inning .In the second innings of Durham, Emilio Gay and Alex Lees opened up with a partnership of 137 runs, making it an outstanding start. Durham scored 181 runs on day 1. In the second inning of Zimbabwe A, they opened with Takudzwanashe Kaitano and Ben Curran with a partnership of 27 runs. Zimbabawe A, had to chase the 481 runs but unfortunately ended the second inning at 115 runs. Zimbabawe A played well in both the innings.

[Publictalk792]

In the first game of the Test series between Durham and Zimbabwe, Durham scored 368 runs in the first inning. Durham opened with Emilio Gay and Alex Lees, who scored just 4 runs. Ollie Robinson performed well, scoring 81 runs. The opponent team bowlers were performing very well. Victor Nyauchi got 3 wickets, restricting Durham to a target of 368 runs on the first day.
In the Zimbabwe A inning, they could just score 69 runs that made their next matches very hard as the remaining runs were being added to the next innings. James Minto got 5 wickets in the first inning .In the second innings of Durham, Emilio Gay and Alex Lees opened up with a partnership of 137 runs, making it an outstanding start. Durham scored 181 runs on day 1. In the second inning of Zimbabwe A, they opened with Takudzwanashe Kaitano and Ben Curran with a partnership of 27 runs. Zimbabawe A, had to chase the 481 runs but unfortunately ended the second inning at 115 runs. Zimbabawe A played well in both the innings.

Test series between Durham and Zimbabwe A started excitingly. Durham scored 368 runs in their first innings with Ollie Robinson scoring 81 runs. Zimbabwe A bowlers especially Victor Nyauchi took wickets to limit Durham score. Zimbabwe A struggled in their first innings scoring only 69 runs and James Minto five wickets made it harder for them. Durham second innings started strong with Emilio Gay and Alex Lees scoring 137 runs together ending with 181 runs. Zimbabwe A needed 481 runs to win but only scored 115 runs despite good start. Although they lost Zimbabwe A showed promise and will try to improve in their next matches.

[Cheema02]

Durham tour of Zimbabwe 2025

I am not sure if anyone is following the match between Durham And Zimbabwe A team. Surprisingly Durham is playing a better game against the Zimbabwe. They have made 113 and lost only two wickets at lunch on Day 01. Emilio Gay was out early but after that Will Rhodes had a good partnership with the captain Alex Lees. They both put on around 50 runs before the captain was also dismissed. Anyhow Ollie Robinson also has his eye in, playing at 20 runs. It seems like Durham will get a decent total in this innings. Remember the match is being played at Harare, Zimbabwe so the Zimbabwe team should perform at least in their home town.

Unbelievable Durham team outstanding performance in 1st test match of series beating Zimbabwe A team by huge runs. While chasing down a target near to 500 runs Zimbabwe A team only managed to score 133 runs all out and lost the match very badly with huge 447 runs. Durham bowling performance is amazing to watch especially James Minto picked five important wickets by just giving only 21 runs and all out Zimbabwe A at just 69 runs in first inning of this test match. Matthew Potts also bowl an impressive spell in second inning picking 4 crucial wickets. Alex Lees played an aggressive in second inning in test match scored a well deserved century from just 90 balls and remain unbeaten and assited Durham team to scored a difficult total for Zimbabwe A.

[Compromise me]

Test series between Durham and Zimbabwe A started excitingly. Durham scored 368 runs in their first innings with Ollie Robinson scoring 81 runs. Zimbabwe A bowlers especially Victor Nyauchi took wickets to limit Durham score. Zimbabwe A struggled in their first innings scoring only 69 runs and James Minto five wickets made it harder for them. Durham second innings started strong with Emilio Gay and Alex Lees scoring 137 runs together ending with 181 runs. Zimbabwe A needed 481 runs to win but only scored 115 runs despite good start. Although they lost Zimbabwe A showed promise and will try to improve in their next matches.

Durham test  cricket team won the match against Zimbabwe A  cricket team. That was one sided match and we saw excellent performance by the players of Durham team and they gave excellent performance in second inning by making 368 runs in this match. And after this, Zimbabwe A  team was all out by making only 69 runs in this match . Ten players could not enter in double figures which was very bad performance by that players. Zimbabwe A   cricket board should provide top team but they gave A team and these players have low confidence and could not successful to hit in this match. James Minto played excellent in this match because he took 5 wickets and was prominent player in this match and in the second inning Durham players were in good form and they made important runs for the team and declare the team and they won this match easily by high margin of runs.

[Farhan99]

Test series between Durham and Zimbabwe A started excitingly. Durham scored 368 runs in their first innings with Ollie Robinson scoring 81 runs. Zimbabwe A bowlers especially Victor Nyauchi took wickets to limit Durham score. Zimbabwe A struggled in their first innings scoring only 69 runs and James Minto five wickets made it harder for them. Durham second innings started strong with Emilio Gay and Alex Lees scoring 137 runs together ending with 181 runs. Zimbabwe A needed 481 runs to win but only scored 115 runs despite good start. Although they lost Zimbabwe A showed promise and will try to improve in their next matches.

Yep, In the 1st game of Test series between Durham and Zimbabwe, Durham scored 368 runs in the first inning. Durham opened with Emilio Gay and Alex Lees who just scored 4 runs. Ollie Robinson performed well, scoring 81 runs. Victor Nyauchi got 3 wickets, restricting Durham to a target of 368 runs on the first day. In the Zimbabwe A first inning, they could only score 69 runs, which made their next matches very hard as the remaining runs were added to the next innings. James Minto got 5 wickets in the first inning.

In the second innings of Durham, Emilio Gay and Alex Lees opened up with a partnership of 137 runs, making it an outstanding start. Durham scored 181 runs on day 1. In the second inning of Zimbabwe A, they opened with Takudzwanashe Kaitano and Ben Curran with a partnership of 27 runs. Zimbabawe A, had to chase the 481 runs but unfortunately ended the second inning at 133 runs. Matthew Potts got 4 wickets against Zimbabwe. Durham played well in both innings and won this game by a margin of 347 runs.

[hafiztalha]

Durham tour of Zimbabwe 2025

I am not sure if anyone is following the match between Durham And Zimbabwe A team. Surprisingly Durham is playing a better game against the Zimbabwe. They have made 113 and lost only two wickets at lunch on Day 01. Emilio Gay was out early but after that Will Rhodes had a good partnership with the captain Alex Lees. They both put on around 50 runs before the captain was also dismissed. Anyhow Ollie Robinson also has his eye in, playing at 20 runs. It seems like Durham will get a decent total in this innings. Remember the match is being played at Harare, Zimbabwe so the Zimbabwe team should perform at least in their home town.

The new serie between Zimbabwe A and Durham and today we get to see the first match.  If we look at the strength of both I find both in good form as Durham batsmen have score 113 run in 25 overs so far and Zimbabwe A bowler has taken 2 wicket which is less but can improve going forward.  If Durham scores more runs due to their own performance it could give them a good win but Zimbabwe A's batting has no idea if they bat the way they are bowling they could lose the match in a strong match. Durham batsmen have a good chance to win this first match as the Zimbabwe A bowlers are not bowling with enough pace to give them any success. If in a few overs they are ahead under the control of the Zimbabwe A bowlers it could be a defeat for Durham.

1 st test game of series was ended today between Zimbabwe A team and Durham team. Zimbabwe A team won toss and they elected field first and gave a bat chance to Durham team. Durham team played very well and their batsman made 368 big runs in 1 st line and Ollie effort was outstanding and he made 81 runs in 89 balls and hitted eleven 4s and two 6s. Effort os George also good and their runs 81 was helpful team to win the game. Zimbabwe played very very poor and made 69 runs in 1st line and 181 runs more add in full target. Zimbabwe A played game under pressure and total they chased  202 runs and lost game by 347 runs. Matthew took down 4 wickets in 2 nd line in 12 overs and gave 37 runs. Congratulations Durham to win 1 st game.

[noormcs5]

Unbelievable Durham team outstanding performance in 1st test match of series beating Zimbabwe A team by huge runs. While chasing down a target near to 500 runs Zimbabwe A team only managed to score 133 runs all out and lost the match very badly with huge 447 runs. Durham bowling performance is amazing to watch especially James Minto picked five important wickets by just giving only 21 runs and all out Zimbabwe A at just 69 runs in first inning of this test match. Matthew Potts also bowl an impressive spell in second inning picking 4 crucial wickets. Alex Lees played an aggressive in second inning in test match scored a well deserved century from just 90 balls and remain unbeaten and assited Durham team to scored a difficult total for Zimbabwe A.

Zimbabwe A lost this match by a very big margin. They weren't able to bat well in both the innings. In the first innings they made 69 runs only and in the 2nd innings they made 133 runs. Only Nyasha Mayavo was able to score a bit like he made 15 in the first innings and 33 in the 2nd innings. He was the highest scorer in both the Zimbabwe A innings and from these stats you can understand that Zim A were struggling in the batting. The 2nd test between these teams will start on March 18, I don't see how Zim A can make a come back in that match 

[Haunebu]

Looks like Rohit will continue being the captain of the test team which is a bad move in my opinion since Kohli has proved himself as a better captain in that format and he should have gotten more chances.

Rohit is a great T20 and ODI captain, but I never liked him as a test captain especially considering how they messed up against the Kiwis on their home ground recently. Dumb!

[JSRAW]

Looks like Rohit will continue being the captain of the test team which is a bad move in my opinion since Kohli has proved himself as a better captain in that format and he should have gotten more chances.

Rohit is a great T20 and ODI captain, but I never liked him as a test captain especially considering how they messed up against the Kiwis on their home ground recently. Dumb!

We have plenty of time for the England tour, so let's wait for the official announcement.

Having said that, I do not love this idea because now he's a walking wicket in red ball and on losing steak as skipper (Test). At the same time, I hope that he has already hit rock bottom and can only go up from here unless we are losing 5-nil in June-July.

[Nalain420]

Durham tour of Zimbabwe 2025

I am not sure if anyone is following the match between Durham And Zimbabwe A team. Surprisingly Durham is playing a better game against the Zimbabwe. They have made 113 and lost only two wickets at lunch on Day 01. Emilio Gay was out early but after that Will Rhodes had a good partnership with the captain Alex Lees. They both put on around 50 runs before the captain was also dismissed. Anyhow Ollie Robinson also has his eye in, playing at 20 runs. It seems like Durham will get a decent total in this innings. Remember the match is being played at Harare, Zimbabwe so the Zimbabwe team should perform at least in their home town.

Durham cricket team has top class performance in this match because players are looking in good form and first day is ended with score of 368 and batters of Durham team was top class and many players took part for the win of team. Ollie was a person who made 81 runs in this match and made match interesting and now Zimbabwe A team could not make 1 run in this inning and their one player is in the pvalian . George also played excellent in this match and he made 81 runs and played like ODI and team is looking new and Durham team could be better in future.Victor was a person who took 3 wickets in this match and many other players took important wickets in this match and match Durham team could make 368 runs in this match and they declared after 8 wickets

Yes when they made their debut in the first innings I did not expect them to win the match because at that time their run rate was not so fast, but by avoiding pressure and making quick runs, they have given a good target in both innings, which can give them a win because the Zimbabwean team is not playing so fast and well, which made us doubt Durham's performance and strength, and this will continue to make us predict and interest Durham in this series and win the match.  will  Zimbabwe are not playing well with hard work and good performance coming into this match.  Durham won by 347 runs and will have to improve in the next match.  If they keep playing well, they can win the series and they will be successful.

[Compromise me]

Yes when they made their debut in the first innings I did not expect them to win the match because at that time their run rate was not so fast, but by avoiding pressure and making quick runs, they have given a good target in both innings, which can give them a win because the Zimbabwean team is not playing so fast and well, which made us doubt Durham's performance and strength, and this will continue to make us predict and interest Durham in this series and win the match.  will  Zimbabwe are not playing well with hard work and good performance coming into this match.  Durham won by 347 runs and will have to improve in the next match.  If they keep playing well, they can win the series and they will be successful.

Yes ,you are right. Durham Cricket team played very well in this match and won the match one sided. Zimbabwe A team is not top quality team of the country and that is the reason they lost this match. And another reason of lose is that , Zimbabwe A  team underestimated Durham cricket team and Durham team players got benefit of that and they played with no fear and they hit well and we saw one sided match. Zimbabwe A have to improve in the next game if they want to win next match of the series otherwise, Durham team will win next match and also the series. Zimbabwe batting is very poor and no player played well in both innings and that is the reason they lost the match in the end by high margin of runs.

[Farhan99]

South Australia Vs Queensland

South Australia and Queensland played the 28th game of the Sheffield Shield. South Australia opened with Conor Mclnerney and Hery Hunt with a partnership of 43 runs. Henry Hunt lost wicket, and Nathan McSweeney played one down and scored 41 runs. The second wicket was down at 175 runs, which was quite an excellent score. South Australia's performance was quite outstanding. South Australia scored 614 runs; that's quite admirable. In the innings of Queensland, Matt Renshaw and Lachlan Hearne opened the inning and scored just 4 runs. Queensland lost the second wicket at 5 runs, and we can clearly observe their performance is trash. Queensland could score just 110 runs with 5 wickets down. Nathan McAndrew got 3 wickets, making it difficult to chase the target. It's a 4 day game, so let's see what happens in the next games.

[Nalain420]

Looks like Rohit will continue being the captain of the test team which is a bad move in my opinion since Kohli has proved himself as a better captain in that format and he should have gotten more chances.

Rohit is a great T20 and ODI captain, but I never liked him as a test captain especially considering how they messed up against the Kiwis on their home ground recently. Dumb!

If he remains the captain in the test match it will be very beneficial for the Indian team as he thinks very well to win his team with good thinking and hard work.  It will get them with a good perform going forward as Kohli can also strengthen his team but once this is done we will get to know his true performance and we may see something different and better going forward.

Everyone has their own opinion which is different from yours in which you do not like some of their performance and their decisions but these decisions are good for some.  Whether we want to see India strength or not we should understand their decisions.

[Unknown Op]

South Australia Vs Queensland

South Australia and Queensland played the 28th game of the Sheffield Shield. South Australia opened with Conor Mclnerney and Hery Hunt with a partnership of 43 runs. Henry Hunt lost wicket, and Nathan McSweeney played one down and scored 41 runs. The second wicket was down at 175 runs, which was quite an excellent score. South Australia's performance was quite outstanding. South Australia scored 614 runs; that's quite admirable. In the innings of Queensland, Matt Renshaw and Lachlan Hearne opened the inning and scored just 4 runs. Queensland lost the second wicket at 5 runs, and we can clearly observe their performance is trash. Queensland could score just 110 runs with 5 wickets down. Nathan McAndrew got 3 wickets, making it difficult to chase the target. It's a 4 day game, so let's see what happens in the next games.

This match look like one side and South Australia performance was amazing in first inning of test match against Queensland squad. South Africa was begun this test match with batting inning and their performance was superb in batting and they managed to collect 614 scores. This was succeeded only by fantastic performance of these batters Jake Lehmann, Alex Carey and Conor McInerney. All these batters achieved a great milestone great century. All these batters supported their squad to win the match and collected such a tremendous scores. Other side, why Queensland squad look like they lose this match because they lost 5 wicket and collected 110 runs. Highly chance Queensland squad will lose this match South Australia squad trail match with 504 scores.