Zimbabwe Vs India, 2nd Test at Harare : Cricketfundas.com

28.6	Kumble	Masakdza	And that's the end of the 1st Session! A disapointing one for Zimbabwe losing half of their side in just 29 overs of cricket!
			Streak c Gambhir b Harbhajan 14(42) - Zim 75/5
27.3	Harbhajan	Streak	nice loop to take the inside edge of Streak's forward defence! an easy catch to Gambhir at short leg.
24.6	Kumble	Streak	drifts onto his pads and nicely turned square of the wicket for 2 runs
			Harbhajan introduced into the attack now with 17 minutes to go for lunch!
22.1	Kumble	Masakadza	goes for a lofted off drive and fails to connect it properly, the mishit goes over point and covers to give him 2 runs
21.4	Ganguly	Streak	nice juicy half volley on the off stumps and an easy cover drive in the gaps for a boundary!
16.5	-do-	-do-	onto his legs and this time the ball races away to the boundary!
16.3	-do-	Masakadza	over pitched on his legs and easy pickings, flicked to mid wicket and they run four for that!
16.1	Kumble	Streak	Anil Kumble brought in to replace Pathan, onto the pads and worked onto the onside for 2 runs
15.6	Ganguly	Masakdza	short and sits up to be hit and Masakdza does just that on his backfoot and crashes it to the point covers fence! 4 runs
			1st bowling change of the morning and it's going to be the medium pace of Sourav Ganguly. Ganguly has 25 Test wickets to his name.
13.5	-do-	-do-	swings into the right hander and flicked through mid wicket for a boundary!
13.4	Zaheer	Masakadza	pushed through the covers for a couple
12.3	Pathan	Masakadza	tries to leave the ball but the ball finds the edge of the bat and runs down to thirdman for a boundary
			Ebrahim c Karthik b Zaheer 14(32) - Zim 31/4
11.3	Zaheer	Ebrahim	pitched on middle and leg and moves away late from the right hander forcing him to play at that and the outside edge has been taken by an acrobatic Dinesh Karthik who flew to his right in front of 1st slip to finish a stupendous catch!
			Taibu c Karthik b Pathan 0(2) - Zim 31/3 (10.4 ovs)
10.4	-do-	Taibu	pitched on the middle on good length and Taibu attempts the forward defence and with the ball holding its line, its an easy nick behind for Dinesh Karthik!
			Duffin c Laxman b Pathan 12(30) - Zim 31/2
10.2	Pathan	Duffin	pitches on off stump and forces the batsman to drive it and the outside edge taken smartly by Laxman in the slips!
7.6	Zaheer	Ebrahim	down the legs and easily put away onto the onside for a boundary
6.5	-do-	Duffin	overpitched and driven straight past the bowler for a boundary!
6.3	Pathan	Ebrahim	swings into his pads and the batsman rolls his wrists and flicks it into the gaps, they run 3 for that
5.5	-do-	Ebrahim	eased through covers for 2 runs
5.1	Zaheer	Duffin	waits for the ball to swing into him and then times it well through the vacant mid on region to pick up 3 runs!
3.4	-do-	-do-	pushes to the leg side on the front foot and a comfortable couple
3.3	Zaheer	Ebrahim	comes in sharply and Ebrahim looks to cover drive and gets an inside edge, they run 2 for that
1.5	Zaheer	Duffin	pitched on middle and was a good length delivery forcing Duffin to play at it and the extra bounce at Harare produces a thickish outside edge, ball runs away to the thirdman boundary, 4 runs!
			Taylor c Dravid b Pathan 4(3) - Zim 4/1
0.3	-do-	-do-	a nervous poke at a ball which could have been left alone! a ball that was angling away and Taylor nicks it to the slips where Dravid takes an easy catch!
0.2	Pathan	Taylor	nice juicy half volley and put away to the cover fence for four!
			Sourav Ganguly has won the toss and has put Zimbabwe to bat. Zimbabwe have brought in medium pacer Waddington Mwayenga in place of off spinner Gavin Ewing. No changes in the Indian team!
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Ovs	Bowler	Batsman	Australia 1st Innings

			That's the end of the 1st session, Zimbabwe have progressed well one must say. The wicket seems to be placid and the turn that is there is slow.
28.6	-do-	-do-	good over for Duffin and Zimbabwe, 4 runs added to the total
28.5	Harbhajan	Duffin	tossed up and invites the batsman to drive and Duffin acknowledges that with a spanking on drive for four!!!
27.6	Kumble	Ebrahim	End of a mean over, 1 run from it through a no ball
26.6	Harbhajan	Duffin	tossed up on the leg stump and Duffin swings it beautifully all along the ground to the long on boundary for a 4!!!
25.6	-do-	-do-	Ebrahim plays safely lets the ball alone, another maiden from Kumble
25.3	Kumble	Ebrahim	nice turn and bounce for Kumble, Ebrahim watchful
24.6	-do-	Duffin	end of that testing over, 1 run scored in it
24.2	Harbhajan	Ebrahim	down the track and beaten in flight, but gets some bat to pick up a run on the on side
23.6	Kumble	Duffin	Another maiden!
22.6	-do-	-do-	nice turn and loop and there's an appeal for a bat pad catch at short leg, not out says Harper and that ends the over
22.2	Harbhajan	Ebrahim	batsman pads to a ball turning in from outside off, huge appeal, not out says Harper
21.6	-do-	-do-	end of that over and 3 runs scored in that
21.3	Kumble	Duffin	no ball for over stepping, batsmen run for 2 runs which were given as byes - 3 runs of that ball
20.6	-do-	Ebrahim	pads the ball away which pitched outside the outstump and turned in, end of a quiet over
20.2	Harbhajan	Duffin	Harbhajan gets some turn and that produces the outside edge but the ball was dying down and gave Duffin 2 runs
19.6	Kumble	Ebrahim	a maiden over from Kumble mixing up his pace and length cleverly, Ebrahim looking for the drives
18.6	-do-	-do-	tidy over from Harbhajan bowling over the wicket to the left hander
18.4	Harbhajan	Duffin	paddled away to fineleg, Zaheer Khan does a sloppy work and it's a four!!
			Harbhajan replaces Ganguly
17.5	-do-	-do-	four again!!! down the track and another on drive
17.4	-do-	-do-	four! good on drive
17.3	Kumble	Ebrahim	gets some turn and Ebrahim prods at it and just falls short of Dravid
			Anil Kumble replaces Zaheer
16.6	-do-	-do-	That was a maiden over from Ganguly bowling friendly medium pace
16.4	Ganguly	Duffin	Ganguly gets slight inswing into the left hander, very slow pace though!
			Ganguly is the first change in the Indian bowling attack!
15.6	-do-	-do-	That was a maiden over from Zaheer and Ebrahim survived that loud appeal in that over!
15.3	Zaheer	Ebrahim	no shot offered and taken on the pads, huge appeal turned down, height could be the issue
14.6	Pathan	Duffin	End of the over - 2 runs out of it
			Dion Ebrahim is in at no.4
			Masakadza c Dinesh Karthik b Zaheer Khan 14(17) - Zim 45/2
13.6	-do-	Masakadza	drops a quick and short one and takes the glove of Masakadza, Karthik takes the catch. The batsman was late on his attempted pull shot!
13.3	Zaheer	Duffin	Duffin drops the ball in front of covers and picks up a quick run
12.6	-do-	-do-	this time Pathan gets the swing into the right hander but the batsman upto the task and flicks it to the left of fine leg and picks up 2 neat runs!! And that's drinks.
12.5	Pathan	Masakadza	superb cover drive on the rise for his 3rd four!! ball didn't swing for Pathan
			not much of pace in the wicket, looks pretty slow, batsmen having to wait for the ball to come on!
11.6	-do-	-do-	swinging in and Masakadza gives a wristy push to the ball in the gap between mid wicket and mid on for a boundary!!
11.4	Zaheer	Masakadza	half volley, driven past mid off for a boundary!!
10.4	-do-	-do-	produces the outside edge, Duffin pushes at the ball and it goes past gully for a 4
10.2	Pathan	Duffin	outside off stump invites the left hander to cover drive and the batsman plays and misses
			That was a wicket maiden bowled by Zaheer and it was a sharp catch in the end from Gautam
			Hamilton Masakadza is the new man in
			Taylor c Gambhir b Zaheer 13(32) - Zim 25/1
9.3	-do-	Taylor	out!! inside edge produced and it goes straight into Gautam Gambhir's hands standing at short leg who takes it on the 2nd attempt after the ball looked like wobbling out of his hands
9.3	Zaheer	Taylor	Zaheer stops just when he was about to deliver, lost his run up!
8.6	Pathan	Duffin	nice testing line and length to the left hander to end that over, another maiden from Pathan!
			Pathan seems to be getting some movement now
7.6	-do-	-do-	outside off stump, a wild drive attempted, lucky not to nick it
7.4	-do-	-do-	again down the leg stump, Taylor gets some bat to it and picks up 2 runs as the ball goes to the left of fine leg
7.3	-do-	-do-	down the leg side, batsman had nothing to do with it, wasted delivery that was
7.1	-do-	-do-	ball holds its line after shaping in initially, Taylor gets beaten
7.1	Zaheer	Taylor	another noball from Zaheer, he doesn't look to be in any rhytm
			another maiden from Pathan
6.5	Pathan	Duffin	shapes the ball into the left hander and then holds it line, Duffin leaves it in the last minute
			This over from Zaheer was costly and 9 runs came out of it
5.6	-do-	Taylor	defensively pushed on the frontfoot towards point for 2 runs
5.5	-do-	Taylor	half volley and a beautiful ondrive for 4!!
5.4	-do-	Duffin	glanced to fineleg for a run
5.3	Zaheer	Taylor	Taylor drops the ball in front of covers to pick up a quick single
			Zaheer Khan starts off the 6th over with a no ball, his 3rd in this innings
			That was a maiden from Pathan!
4.5	Pathan	Duffin	Pathan brings the ball into the left hander and wraps him on the pad, appeal turned down, going down leg
3.6	Zaheer	Taylor	struck on the pads, ball swung in sharply, loud appeal turned down. that was pitched outside the leg stump
3.3	Zaheer	Duffin	first runs in his career, a leading edge goes to the off side, 3 runs
2.6	Pathan	Taylor	down the leg side and just brushes Taylor's pads and reaches the boundary, 4 leg byes
2.2	Pathan	Taylor	that was an inside edge and 2 runs for Zim
			India have gone in for two pacers in Pathan and Zaheer and two spinners - Harbhajan and Kumble
1.6	Zaheer	Duffin	two no balls bowled by Zaheer in that over
0.5	Pathan	Taylor	drifting down the leg side, flicked for 2 runs
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