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  • We shouldn’t have even bowled a ball: Zimbabwe coach Dave Houghton after match vs South Africa was referred to as off

    T20 World Cup 2022: The Super 12 match between Temba Bavuma’s South Africa and Craig Ervine’s Zimbabwe in Hobart led to a stalemate after rain performed spoilsport.

    New Delhi,UPDATED: Oct 24, 2022 19:45 IST

    We shouldn’t have even bowled a ball: Houghton after match vs SA was referred to as off. Courtesy: Reuters

    By India Today Web Desk: Head coach Dave Houghton did not mince phrases and mentioned that Zimbabwe should not have bowled a single ball of their T20 World Cup Super 12 match towards South Africa at Bellerive Oval in Hobart. On Monday, October 24, the sport was referred to as off resulting from persistent rain.

    The umpires and match officers threw within the towel when South Africa wanted 13 runs off 24 balls to safe their maiden win within the match. Quinton de Kock was batting on 47 runs off 18 deliveries and it appeared a matter of time earlier than the Proteas obtained previous the end line.

    However, the umpires determined to go off after Sean Williams and Zimbabwe complained in regards to the climate. Houghton additionally reckoned that the enjoying circumstances weren’t secure by any stretch of the creativeness.

    “I understand the need to try and get these games for the public and everybody else. I understand the need for us to try and play in slightly inclement weather to try and get a result, but I thought we have to accept that mark in this game and I thought we should have come off four or five overs ago,” Houghton was quoted as saying within the post-match press convention.

    “I don’t think we should have even bowled a ball, to be fair, but the umpires are the guys making those decisions out in the middle. They thought it was fit to play and I disagree with them, but there’s not much I can do off the field,” he said.

    “Look, I thought the rain had got so heavy at one stage, it was ridiculous. I mean for most of the afternoon and evening, it was misty. But it got to the stage where we could hear a thumping on the rooftop in the dugout. That’s time to get off the field. I don’t think the conditions were right to carry on playing,” Houghton added.

    Earlier Mark Boucher, the South Africa head coach, mentioned that Zimbabwe would have wished to hold on enjoying had they been in an identical place.

    Zimbabwe’s subsequent Super 12 match is towards Babar Azam’s Pakistan on Thursday, October 27 at Perth Stadium.

    Edited By:

    sabyasachi chowdhury

    Published On:

    Oct 24, 2022

  • T20 World Cup: South Africa and Zimbabwe share factors as rain performs spoilsport

    Playing of their first Super 12 sport on the 2022 T20 World Cup, South Africa and Zimbabwe shared factors after the match was referred to as off attributable to rain. The Group 2 match on the Bellerive Oval acquired off to a late begin as drizzle pressured the gamers off the sphere simply after the toss.

    A two hour plus delay meant that the sport was shortened to 9 overs a facet. Even although Zimbabwe managed to bat the 9 overs, an additional two overs had been deducted owing to a different spherical of showers throughout South Africa’s chase of 80. After the DLS methodology was employed and the goal lowered to 64, additional rain pressured the umpires to name the sport off.

    Earlier, Zimbabwe had received the toss and opted to bat first. The Craig Ervine led-side had been opened up by South Africa’s tempo assault and had been 4 down at 19 after 4 overs. Lungi Ngidi picked two wickets off his first over whereas Wayne Parnell claimed the Zimbabwe skipper. A horrible combine up within the center and David Miller’s direct hit from level introduced one other wicket.

    🚨 NO RESULT

    The stop-start nature of the sport involves an finish as rain has the ultimate say, regardless of our greatest efforts to chase down the goal.#ZIMvSA #T20WorldCup #BePartOfIt pic.twitter.com/8JbCj342f0

    — Proteas Men (@ProteasMenCSA) October 24, 2022

    Wesley Madhevere (35 off 18) then discovered a manner again alongside Milton Shumba (18 off 20) because the duo stitched collectively 60 runs off the final 5 overs to take Zimbabwe’s complete to 79.

    de Kock virtually wins the race

    80 off 9 overs was by no means going to be sufficient to defend in opposition to batting powerhouse South Africa. And it grew to become evident within the first over itself as Quinton de Kock produced 23 runs off Tendai Chatara.

    The South Africa keeper continued the assault within the subsequent over, taking over Richard Ngarava for 4 extra boundaries because the scorecard learn 40/0.

    The southpaw appeared in nice contact scoring an unbeaten 47 off 18 deliveries as he tried to race to the end line earlier than rain pressured a no end result. But with the rain displaying no signal of stopping and Zimbabwe gamers slipping on the moist floor, the officers needed to adjudge the sport inconclusive.

    Brief Scores: South Africa 51/0 in three overs (Quinton de Kock 47, Temba Bavuma 2) NR Zimbabwe 79 for 5 in 9 overs (Wesley Madhevere 35, Milton Shumba 18, Lungi Ngidi 2/20, Wayne Parnell, Anrich Nortje 1/10)