Australia will play their first match in Twenty20 world championship against Zimbabwe at Cape Town on 12 September. Twenty20 world cup 2007 starts tomorrow in South Africa. Australia is the no. 1 ranked team in cricket world and over the last decade they have dominated in the cricket world. So, they will definitely try to continue their dominance in Twenty20 world cup as well.
Zimbabwe, on the other hand, has gone backward in the cricket world over the last five years because of the internal problem of the book. So, no doubt, Zimbabwe is longer a strong team in the cricket world tough they are one of the test playing countries. In the last few years, they did not play test match. Many of their star cricketers like Heath Streak, Andy Flower have left the team due to their dispute with the board.
So, it is natural that, Australia is favorite against Zimbabwe. Australia is the winner of last three ICC world cup. Even in test cricket they could continue the dominance. Twenty20 is the newer version of cricket and not too many international matches have been in Twenty20 format. Naturally, most of the participating teams do not have huge experience of playing in this format.
Another important thing is that, in Twenty20 cricket the chances of causing upset are much higher than ODI and test cricket. Good performance of just few overs can change can bring out an impressive result for any teams. So, I know that Australia is favorite but it is also possible for Zimbabwe to come up with an upset against Australia.
Australia’s recent performance in Twenty20 is not impressive. They lost to South Africa in warm up match. Adam Gilchrist, Mathew Hayden, Ricky Pointing and Stuart Clark and Andrew Symonds are expected to play a big part in Twenty20 world cup. I think, Australian bowling line up is not up to mark at this moment. So, Australian bowlers have to face some hard challenges during the Twenty20 world cup.
For Zimbabwe, Tatenda Taibu can play a big role in Twenty20 world cup. Taibu’s recent performance is also very impressive. After joining the team, he recorded his first international ODI century against South Africa in the last series. So, undoubtedly, Tatenda Taibu will carry much of Zimbabwe’s hope in Twenty20 world cup. Besides Taibu, there are some other young players in the Zimbabwean team who are also expected to play a big role for their team. Stuart Matsikenyeri, Hamilton Masakadza, Chamu Chibhabha and Sean Williams will play a vital role for Zimbabwe. They are all young but talented and have some experience in international cricket. So, if they can play their best then Zimbabwe can have some memorable performance in Twenty20 world cup.
I do not want to predict anything regarding the result because it is Twenty20 cricket. Here, situation changes within every couple of over. So, it is also possible for Zimbabwe to show resistant against tournament favorite Australia. I think, all the cricket fans will expect some good and entertaining cricket from the Australia vs Zimbabwe match. Now, let us see what is opening for the cricket fans in the match.
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