Today the Chevrons lived up to their promise as they made it all the way to beat New Zealand by seven wickets. New Zealand were the first to bat and put up a splendid 303 runs for four wickets. Many people assumed that Zimbabwe would not be able to chase New Zealand up to 300 runs as usual.
To my surprise, the partnership of Hamilton Masakadza and Chamu Chibhabha made a splendid effort to give Zimbabwe a chance to steal the match. It took the mastery and experience of Craig Ervine who came in for Chamu to give all the Zimbabwean supporters hope of winning the match. Craig Ervine who was voted man of the match had also a good partnership with Hamilton Masakadza and he also managed to score his highest score in the ODIs of 130 runs.
It was all joy for the Zimbabwean cricket fans as Zimbabwe won the first ODI against New Zealand. Now Zimbabwe is left with two ODIs and one test match. We hope they will carry on with the good performance and bravery.
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