England vs Zimbabwe
Welcome to the Headingly stadium where the second ODI of the Stick Cricket Cup will be held between Zimbabwe and the on fire England team, who have been considered one of the favorites in this tournament.
Zimbabwe have won the toss and captain Taibu has decided to bat first. Zimbabwe are the underdogs in this match, especially after losing their most experienced bowler Heath Streak, who announced his retirement yesterday.
Matsikenyeri and Taylor headed towards the pitch expecting hair raising attacks from the English, which is exactly what they got. Even though Zimbabwe lost Taylor early in the inning, Sibanda and Matsikenyeri were able to put Zimbabwe in a surprisingly good position by forming a solid 90 run partnership between them. The Zimbabwe team was looking in good shape until Collingwood bowled his two spells of doom and left their batting line-up paralyzed by taking 5 wickets after giving up just 31 runs. He was able to oust literally every batsman that was looking dangerous to England with the exception of Taibu who who was caught behind on Lewis's bowling.
Prior to departing, Taibu made some good efforts and dragged Zimbabwe's score high enough to pose a bit of a challenge for the English batsmen. Zimbabwe wrapped up the inning at 212/7.
