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

Ovs	Bowler	Batsman	Australia 1st Innings


			And that over from Mahwire is the end of the 2nd session on the 1st Day!
7.4	Mahwire	Gambhir	juicy half volley and the left hander gets into a stylish cover drive and picks up 3 as the outfield is a bit heavy
7.1	Mahwire	Sehwag	fuller in length and wide of off stump, Sehwag jabs it to third man for 4 runs!
6.5	Streak	Sehwag	onto his pads and Sehwag clips it to square leg and gets 3 runs
5.4	-do-	Gambhir	gets back and across and guides the ball to the thirdman region for four runs!
5.3	-do-	-do-	flicks it off his hips for 3 runs on the onside!
5.1	Mahwire	Sehwag	half volley and powerfully driven past the bowler for 4 runs! That hit the boundary boards with a thud!
4.2	Streak	Sehwag	drifts onto his pads and turned to square leg for a couple
3.2	Mahwire	Gambhir	short and wide and cracked away to the point boundary for a four!
2.2	Streak	Sehwag	full toss and driven to the mid off boundary for a four!
1.5	Mahwire	Sehwag	outside edge due to the extra bounce and runs away in a flash to the thridman boundary for a four!
			Dabengwa c Laxman b Pathan 18(20) - Zim 161/10
44.1	Pathan	Dabengwa	squares the left hander and the outside edge gives Laxman a regulation slip catch! That's 7 wickets for Pathan! 161 all out are Zimbabwe with just 44.1 overs of Cricket on Day 1!
43.6	-do-	Mwayenga	down the wicket and lofts him over long on for a six! That's 16 runs of this over!
43.5	-do-	-do-	this time its the late cut and that would get them 3 more!
43.4	-do-	Dabengwa	drags it short and the left hander cuts it well past point for a four!
43.3	Harbhajan	Mwayenga	throws his bat at it, a typical no.11 slog and gets 3 runs in the vacant areas in the onside
42.3	-do-	Mwayenga	nice half volley onto his pads and nicely driven to mid on for a four!
			Mahwire lbw b Pathan 1(3) - Zim 139/9
42.1	Pathan	Mahwire	out lbw! hits him on the thigh, Mahwire was on his backfoot and hit in line
			Coventry c Dravid b Harbhajan 37(32) - Zim 138/9
41.2	-do-	-do-	out! goes for another sweep and this time the bounce gets a top edge and Dravid at 1st slip runs after the ball and takes an easy catch
41.1	Harbhajan	Coventry	down the track and drags it to mid wicket for a four! he was beaten by the sharp turn on that ocassion
40.5	-do-	-do-	another outside edge and again manages to go past the slips for a four!
40.3	Pathan	Dabengwa	outside edge but played with soft hands through the slips and gets a four
			That's 5 wickets for Pathan!
			Blignaut c Karthik b Pathan 13(26) - Zim 122/7
38.4	Pathan	Blignaut	out! flashes hard and Dinesh Karthik takes an easy nick behind! poor shot to a ball that was well away from him
36.4	-do-	-do-	drifts onto his legs and flicked to square leg for a boundary
36.2	Pathan	Coventry	that was a bouncer not quick at all and Coventry hooks it for a six over fine leg!!
35.6	-do-	-do-	paddles it round the corner and picks up 2 runs
35.5	Harbhajan	Blignaut	goes for the sweep and hits it cleanly to mid wicket for a four!
34.4	-do-	-do-	onto his pads and clipped away to mid wicket for a couple
34.2	Pathan	Coventry	pitched up and wider and Coventry frees his arms and puts it away to the boundary on the off side!
33.1	Harbhajan	Coventry	straighter one and the edge goes past point and they run 3 for that
32.4	Pathan	Blignaut	pushed straight towards mid off for a couple
31.4	Harbhajan	Coventry	down the track and goes through the line and hits it over mid on for a boundary
			Masakadza lbw b Pathan 27(70) - Zim 79/6
30.5	Pathan	Masakdza	out! lbw! plays the wrong line! ball comes in sharply and strikes him on his pads on his forward defence! easy lbw decision for the umpire
30.1			It's going to be Pathan in place of Kumble now
29.2	Harbhajan	Coventry	nicely flighted and Coventry goes for a cover drive only to get an outside edge, luckily the ball hits the keeper's pads and runs away from the slip fielder and they pick up 2 runs
			Harbhajan to bowl the 1st over of the 2nd session
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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