17 January 2022
Jeremiah Harrison
Sports Writer
International Cricket Council (ICC) U-19 World Cup kicked off last week in West Indies with Zimbabwe bowling an impressive performance.
The young Chevrons beat fellow Africans Papua New Guinea by a massive 228 runs in their first group match played at Queen’s Park Oval in the Port of Spain Trinidad and Tobago last weekend.
Zimbabwe batted first scoring 329/9 in 50 overs.
With 330 the target to chase for Papua New Guinea, the score was too much for the African rivals.
They could not handle the pressure exerted by Zimbabwe bowlers in their innings.
They managed to bat for only 35 overs scoring 93 runs all out.
Zimbabwe bowlers were on fire.
Victor Chiwara collected two wickets for 11 runs in seven overs.
There were also two wickets apiece for Ngenyasha Zvinoera and Brian Bennett while Tendekai Mataranyika as well as Connor Mitchell had one wicket each.
The win saw Zimbabwe pick up two points which put them on top of Group C, a pool which also consists of Afghanistan and Pakistan.
Zimbabwe captain Emmanuel Bawa was the man to watch as he scored a century from 95 deliveries, he registered 10 bounderies and a six.
This was his second century at U-19 World Cup after his first was in South Africa two years ago.
The Young Chevrons faces Pakistan in their second match which will be played on Tuesday before facing Afghanistan on Saturday