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Had Ireland in big trouble and collapsed.
Their body language was the give away - when they had Ireland under the cosh you could see them swaggering about like, we’ve this in the bag
Backfired big time.192D
Nothing could be more scottish than beating West Indies then crumbling against Ireland and barely laying a glove on Zimbabwe. If anyone thinks that's progress then we'll never really improve.50More replies (1)downS
How do Cricket Scotland expect progress when the mentality to succeed when needed isn’t there. The glorious failure syndrome needs to be erased.2310E
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By Stephan ShemiltChief cricket writer Last updated on 21 October 202221 October 2022.From the section Cricketcomments200ICC Men's T20 World Cup Group B, HobartScotland 132-6 (20 overs): Munsey 54 (51), Chatara 2-14Zimbabwe 133-5 (19.3 overs): Ervine 58 (54), Raza 40 (23)Zimbabwe won by five wicketsScorecard. Table Scotland are out of the T20 World Cup after a tense five-wicket defeat by Zimbabwe in Hobart. The Scots, who beat West Indies on Monday, were effectively in a knockout situation, but only mustered 132-6 in the face of some wily Zimbabwe bowling. Zimbabwe were 42-3 after eight overs when Sean Williams was dismissed. But Sikandar Raza arrived to club 40 from 23 balls, adding 64 with Craig Ervine, who made 58 as victory was sealed with nine balls to spare. Zimbabwe make progress in a T20 World Cup for the first time. By finishing top of Group B, they advance to Group Two of the Super 12s where they will face India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, South Africa and the Netherlands. For Scotland, the defeat means they fail to emulate their performance of a year ago, when they reached the Super 12s at the last World Cup in the United Arab Emirates. Ireland also advance from Group B, having beaten West Indies by nine wickets earlier on Friday.Scotland go out of World Cup - clips and reactionTry our T20 World Cup mega quiz & vote for your 2022 winnerSad end for Scotland
This is a cruel end for the Scots, who were superb in defeating West Indies and were the best side for most of the match against Ireland, only to be stunned by a late Irish fightback. That set up this winner-takes-all match, and after winning the toss and accepting the theoretically better batting conditions, Scotland were stifled by the Zimbabwean bowling. Though George Munsey held things together with 54, the fact he took 51 balls over his runs was symptomatic of a Scotland innings that never took off. They failed to hit a six and managed only four fours after the second delivery of the seventh over - one of those was off a free-hit and another was leg-byes. Zimbabwe's new-ball pair Tendai Chatara and Richard Ngarava were excellent, while spinners Raza and Williams bowled in tandem for a tight spell. When Scotland had an opportunity at the fall of Williams' wicket, the electric Raza reversed the momentum with three fours and two sixes.Flicker of old glory for Zimbabwe
Political and financial problems have left Zimbabwe a shadow of the side that regularly competed with the strongest cricketing nations during their heyday in the 1990s. They were suspended by the International Cricket Council as recently as 2019, a ban which cost them a place at last year's tournament. But they have now won nine of their past 11 T20 internationals to go along with a one-day international defeat of Australia in September. They progress with wins over Ireland and Scotland. Significantly, captain Ervine missed their defeat by West Indies and it was his calmness at the top of the order that guided the chase at Bellerive Oval. When Ervine finally made a mistake and miscued left-arm spinner Mark Watt to mid-off, Zimbabwe only required 14 from three overs. Milton Shumba and Ryan Burl refused to panic, Burl hitting Safyaan Sharif over mid-off for the winning boundary.Do longer prison sentences reduce crime? Bad People goes in search of answersA champagne lifestyle built on lies: The story of an intern who managed to con thousands of dollarscommentsView Comments200Comments
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To use comments you will need to have JavaScript enabled. 200 commentsQComment posted by quijibo81 at 12 57 21 Octquijibo81
12:57 21 Oct“ This is a cruel end for the Scots” - boy, am I tired of reading phrases like that. Wouldn’t mind some noble success for a change.301TReply posted by The Spin Doctor at 15 06 21 OctThe Spin Doctor
15:06 21 Octto quijibo81"“ This is a cruel end for the Scots” - boy, am I tired of reading phrases like that. Wouldn’t mind some noble success for a change."The Spin Doctor replied: Scotland Out Of World Cup - now this is a phase that has been used over and over again numerous times since the dawn of time.133More replies (4)downSComment posted by Stay positive at 12 40 21 OctStay positive
12:40 21 OctShame for the Scots but international cricket needs African teams doing well so well done Zim!324SReply posted by stumped at 14 40 21 Octstumped
14:40 21 Octto Stay positive"Shame for the Scots but international cricket needs African teams doing well so well done Zim!"stumped replied: Does it, why is that then.814More replies (6)downBComment posted by bob at 13 00 21 Octbob
13:00 21 OctHard luck Scotland - very well played. It would have been good to see you progress to the 12. Congratulations Zimbabwe and Ireland327CComment posted by cjb at 12 57 21 Octcjb
12:57 21 OctTotally and utterly blew itHad Ireland in big trouble and collapsed.
Their body language was the give away - when they had Ireland under the cosh you could see them swaggering about like, we’ve this in the bag
Backfired big time.192D
Reply posted by DK at 15 54 21 OctDK
15:54 21 Octto cjb"Totally and utterly blew itHad Ireland in big trouble and collapsed. Their body language was the give away - when they had Ireland under the cosh you could see them swaggering about like, we’ve this in the bagBackfired big time."DK replied: Well said. Lets call it what it was, a bottle job.Nothing could be more scottish than beating West Indies then crumbling against Ireland and barely laying a glove on Zimbabwe. If anyone thinks that's progress then we'll never really improve.50More replies (1)downS
Comment posted by Sticksman at 12 52 21 OctSticksman
12:52 21 OctNot a bad effort from Scotland, when you consider the level the play at. I hope the rest of the tournament is as good to watch181EComment posted by erum waheed at 12 55 21 Octerum waheed
12:55 21 OctHard not to feel sorry for giant-killing Scotland but Zim were superb in the field. The Zim catching nicely complimented their tight bowling but they’ll be tested swimming with the bigger fish. How their top player Raza does then will be interesting.171MComment posted by Mks at 14 41 21 OctMks
14:41 21 OctWith far too much off the field political dramas since independence in 1980 undermining what Zimbabwe have tried to do on the field it is a credit to the players and coaches that they have reached such a high standard that they can now compete so well in the T20 World Cup and it is surely time that the ECB and UK government found a period in the schedule to host Zimbabwe and also tour Zimbabwe?150DReply posted by Dan at 15 04 21 OctDan
15:04 21 Octto Mks"With far too much off the field political dramas since independence in 1980 undermining what Zimbabwe have tried to do on the field it is a credit to the players and coaches that they have reached such a high standard that they can now compete so well in the T20 World Cup and it is surely time that the ECB and UK government found a period in the schedule to host Zimbabwe and also tour Zimbabwe?"Dan replied: They'll never play Zim. I think it's something that's kept underwraps at the ICC. Haven't played in nearly 20 years, how does that work? I agreed with them boycotting playing Zim in the early 2000's as Mugabe was honorary president of the cricket board. But that guy died 5 years ago, time to move forward, every other Test Nation has played Zim several times, but England still refuse to.80More replies (3)downCComment posted by Comedy clown mascot mayor at 13 17 21 OctComedy clown mascot mayor
13:17 21 OctScotland punch through the cricketing ceiling against WI then rebuild it from below against Zimbabwe and Ireland.172TReply posted by The Spin Doctor at 15 07 21 OctThe Spin Doctor
15:07 21 Octto Comedy clown mascot mayor"Scotland punch through the cricketing ceiling against WI then rebuild it from below against Zimbabwe and Ireland."The Spin Doctor replied: That's Scotland for you!00DComment posted by dier - 1558 at 12 38 21 Octdier - 1558
12:38 21 OctAll the talk and no walk when it really matters - bottle crashed again.How do Cricket Scotland expect progress when the mentality to succeed when needed isn’t there. The glorious failure syndrome needs to be erased.2310E