Zimbabwe vs Hong Kong is the first match of ICC T20 World Cup 2016. It will be played in Nagpur today in Vidarbha Cricket Association. It will be a cross-fingering experience for the cricket lovers.
Zimbabwe is a test playing and much experienced team than opponent team Hong Kong. There are more chances that Zimbabwe will win this match but this will not going to be so easy because Hong Kong has good T20 players in its side and also they performed well in previous past matches against good teams.
Hong Kong vs Zimbabwe 1st Match Live Streaming T20 World Cup
Live streaming is online not just on official broadcaster Starsports, there are numerous others channels. If you are cricket fan and don’t want to miss this match then watching it live in the stadium is the best option you have otherwise you can watch it on:
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That’s why we can expect that Hong Kong will definitely give a good fight to Zimbawe team so that this ZM vs HK will be an exciting opening match of ICC T20 World Cup. It is the season of Twenty20 world cup beginning in March in India.
| Zimbabwe innings (20 overs maximum) | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | H Masakadza* | run out (Babar Hayat) | 20 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 153.84 |
| V Sibanda | c Chapman b Aizaz Khan | 59 | 46 | 5 | 2 | 128.26 |
| R Mutumbami† | c Nadeem Ahmed b Tanwir Afzal | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| SC Williams | b Tanwir Afzal | 12 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 200.00 |
| Sikandar Raza | run out (Babar Hayat/Campbell) | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 75.00 |
| MN Waller | c Shah b Aizaz Khan | 26 | 29 | 1 | 0 | 89.65 |
| E Chigumbura | not out | 30 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 230.76 | |
| DT Tiripano | lbw b Nadeem Ahmed | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| WP Masakadza | run out (Haseeb Amjad/Babar Hayat) | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 40.00 |
| T Panyangara | not out | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| Extras | (b 1, w 3, nb 2) | 6 | |||||
| Total | (8 wickets; 20 overs) | 158 | (7.90 runs per over) | ||||
Did not batTL Chatara
Fall of wickets 1-20 (H Masakadza, 2.2 ov), 2-38 (Mutumbami, 4.2 ov), 3-53 (Williams, 6.1 ov), 4-62 (Sikandar Raza, 7.5 ov), 5-123 (Waller, 16.1 ov), 6-125 (Sibanda, 16.4 ov), 7-127 (Tiripano, 17.2 ov), 8-145 (WP Masakadza, 19.1 ov)
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | 0s | 4s | 6s | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tanwir Afzal | 4 | 0 | 19 | 2 | 4.75 | 15 | 3 | 0 | |
| Haseeb Amjad | 3 | 0 | 41 | 0 | 13.66 | 6 | 5 | 2 | (1nb, 1w) | |
| Nadeem Ahmed | 4 | 0 | 26 | 1 | 6.50 | 8 | 1 | 1 | |
| RJ Campbell | 4 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 6.50 | 6 | 1 | 0 | (1w) | |
| Aizaz Khan | 4 | 0 | 33 | 2 | 8.25 | 7 | 1 | 2 | (1w) |
| Anshuman Rath | 1 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 12.00 | 2 | 0 | 1 | (1nb) |
| Hong Kong innings (target: 159 runs from 20 overs) | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JJ Atkinson† | c Williams b Tiripano | 53 | 44 | 4 | 2 | 120.45 |
| RJ Campbell | c H Masakadza b Tiripano | 9 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 47.36 |
| Babar Hayat | lbw b WP Masakadza | 9 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 75.00 |
| MS Chapman | c Sibanda b Sikandar Raza | 19 | 17 | 2 | 1 | 111.76 |
| Anshuman Rath | c Tiripano b Chatara | 13 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 162.50 |
| Tanwir Afzal* | not out | 31 | 17 | 3 | 1 | 182.35 | |
| Nizakat Khan | c Williams b Chatara | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Aizaz Khan | not out | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| Extras | (b 4, lb 4, w 1, nb 1) | 10 | |||||
| Total | (6 wickets; 20 overs) | 144 | (7.20 runs per over) | ||||
Did not batKD Shah, Haseeb Amjad, Nadeem Ahmed
Fall of wickets 1-15 (Campbell, 4.1 ov), 2-43 (Babar Hayat, 8.1 ov), 3-75 (Chapman, 13.2 ov), 4-108 (Atkinson, 16.2 ov), 5-130 (Anshuman Rath, 18.2 ov), 6-130 (Nizakat Khan, 18.3 ov)
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | 0s | 4s | 6s | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| T Panyangara | 4 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 6.75 | 11 | 2 | 1 | ||
| DT Tiripano | 4 | 0 | 27 | 2 | 6.75 | 13 | 3 | 0 | |
| TL Chatara | 4 | 0 | 28 | 2 | 7.00 | 15 | 4 | 1 | (1nb) |
| WP Masakadza | 4 | 0 | 30 | 1 | 7.50 | 10 | 3 | 1 | |
| SC Williams | 2 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 7.00 | 4 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Sikandar Raza | 2 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 5.00 | 7 | 1 | 0 | (1w) |
Hong Kong vs Zimbabwe 1st Match Playing 11 T20 World Cup
Hong Kong (Playing XI): James Atkinson(w), Ryan Campbell, Babar Hayat, Mark Chapman, Anshuman Rath, Nizakat Khan, Kinchit Shah, Tanwir Afzal(c), Aizaz Khan, Haseeb Amjad, Nadeem Ahmed
Zimbabwe (Playing XI): Hamilton Masakadza(c), Vusi Sibanda, Richmond Mutumbami(w), Sean Williams, Malcolm Waller, Sikandar Raza, Elton Chigumbura, Donald Tiripano, Tinashe Panyangara, Wellington Masakadza, Tendai Chatara
Predictions: As we all know, Zimbabwe is superior team as compare to Hong Kong. There is no deninying fact that HK has been played in big matches. HK’s batting and bowling order is also good but Zimbabwe has played and wins internationally.
ZM has also the added advantage of experienced and well known players. So this time predictions are with Zimbabwe team.
But of course these are just the predictions not the final result. For the same you have to stay with ZM vs HK live T20 match.
Let’s wait and watch who will win this first match fight of world cup T20 and those people who are sitting or working at the place where they can’t access Tv set can have the live updates on mobile apps ball by ball and wicket by wicket.
