Cricket fans all over the world, except Australia, will not forget last night in a hurry. It was a night to remember as Zimbabwe inflicted the mother of all upsets in their Twenty-20 game against Australia. They outplayed the best team in the world... a team that looked overconfident right from the word go.
What an embarrassment for the men in skin-tight yellow and grey lycra.
And lest anyone think this was a fluke, it was not. For almost the entire game Zimbabwe were, almost unbelievably, on top. They bowled sensibly, fielded like demons and, finally, batted with the kind of wisdom that any top team would be proud of. They made the world champions look like no-hopers.
The Aussie batting lacked fluency, their bowlers were too wayward and their fielders fumbled and gave away overthrows. On the other hand, Zimbabwe threw themselves wholeheartedly into everything.
A great lesson for all those teams out there looking for ways and means to defeat the Aussies... put them under pressure... they will crumble.
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