End of over 1 (5 runs) Zimbabwe 5/0 (RR: 5.00)

H Masakadza4 (4b 1x4 0x6)
V Sibanda1 (2b 0x4 0x6)
MA Leask1-0-5-0
 

Ambuli: "Hammy should play a Tamim innings today "

 
0.6
Leask to H Masakadza, no run, tossed and angled across off, this is patted to the same fielder
0.5
Leask to H Masakadza, no run, fired across off, jabbed towards mid-off
0.4
Leask to H Masakadza, FOUR, drifting into the pads, Hamilton goes low and sweeps it through backward square leg. Smartly done
0.3
Leask to H Masakadza, no run, this is picked away straight to short midwicket
0.2
Leask to Sibanda, 1 run, loose half-tracker, Sibanda skips back for a pull. He has a love-hate relationship with that stroke. Mistimes it to the right of short midwicket
0.1
Leask to Sibanda, no run, drifting into the pads, nudged towards short fine leg
 

3:01pm: They touch gloves and stride out to the middle. Sibanda to take first strike today. Leask from round the wicket

2:59pm: Scotland get into a huddle; the sun beating down on them. Hamilton and Sibanda put their helmets on at the dug out.

Mufaro: "Please Hammy no more silly dismissals today."

2:55pm: Time for the national anthems.

Nyashadzashe: "Let's go Zimbabwe !!! We need a big performance from Sean Williams with both bat and ball"

2:50pm: A bunch of kids bring out the two teams' flags to the middle. Some sprinkling of school kids in the stands as well.

2:30pm: Unchanged Zimbabwe win the toss and choose to bat

Hamilton, Zimbabwe captain: Little bit less grass on the pitch. There is a lot of room for improvement. I think the first match could have gone either way.

So, Zimbabwe leave Chisoro out again

Mommsen, Scotland captain: We would have batted first as well. It is a different pitch, we learnt a couple of things from the last match. Leask comes in, we need an extra spinner in these conditions.

Zimbabwe XI: H Masakadza, V Sibanda, R Mutumbami, S Williams, M Waller, S Raza, E Chigumbura, D Tiripano, T Panyangara, W Masakadza, T Chatara

Scotland XI: K Coetzer, G Munsey, M Cross, M Machan, R Berrington, P Mommsen, M Leask, J Davey, S Sharif, M Watt, A Evans

150 is an excellent score on this pitch, says Nick Knight

Kandarp: "Need a big score from Hamilton Masakadza for ZIM to get in full control"

Steven: "If Zim's middle order gets its act together, we should win this match at a canter.

RAKESH: "@Samrat Ahuja.. you are sad to see Zimbabwe in Qualifiers, then what you say about Bangladesh which is inform team with players like tamim, mahmudullah, rahman, sakib, mortaza, i was really Sad for bangladesh. after having powerful performance in last 8 months they are still in qulaifiers.."

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Subhojit: "Sikander Raza should come up in the batting order...once he gets settled he can play big shots."

inayat: "Any one can tell me how many teams will qualify for second round" --- The top team from each group

Samrat Ahuja: "There were times when Zimbabwe boasted of players likes the Flower brothers, Johnson, Streaks, Blignaut and were emerging as the real force in world cricket! Sad to see them in qualifiers!!!" --- But they are still fighting

2:20pm: Scotland's Munsey is also mindful of the need to tighten up. For an in-depth analysis of the Scotland squad, look no further than Peter Della Penna's ripper.

They Nagpur pitch was on the slower side on the first day. Would have been interesting to see Cremer on this. He was one of the three to have suffered injuries during practice games in the UAE. Will Chisoro get a look-in today? Toss in 10 minutes. Sit tight, fellas

Rahul: "These qualifiers are like hunger games"

pothana: "Scotland wont give away this game easily .. fantastic show in the last game . Hoping they don't do much mistakes today. Go scotland !"

Roy Daramanzi: "Zim should include PJ Moor, he is actually a big hitter"

Simba T: "Nice to know that a good number of Zimbabweans are following the match here, guys let's keep rallying behind our team..I also have a feeling that we'll score 170 plus runs to improve our NRR"

Amol: "Looking forward to the Aberdeen boys taking Scotland over the finish line! First Full member scalp! C'mon"

Ba Leandra: "this is a must-win match for both teams." ---- Such is the nature of these qualifying rounds

Vijay: "Zimbabwe should go with extra spinner to topple Scotland. "

Roms : "Go Zim , following the coverage from Tete, Mozambique ..........."

2:15pm: Zimbabwe need to iron out the kinks quickly, as Firdose Moonda points out in the preview. Hamilton's run-out was farcical (I shall sneak in later and check if he had got those youtube hits). Sibanda showed maturity, picking calculation over impulse, as Karthik Krishnaswamy, who is in Nagpur, says, but the opener misjudged a catch at deep midwicket. Chigumbura's