T20 World Cup: I’m gonna be broke by the time we get home: Zimbabwe captain Craig Ervine

Defending
a
low
total,
the
Zimbabwean
bowlers
put
up
a
clinical
display
to
outfox
the
favoured
Pakistan
batters.
Bowling
the
final
over,
Brad
Evans
held
onto
his
nerves
as
he
finished
the
job
for
Zimbabwe,
while
all
rounder
Sikandar
Raza
bowled
a
scintillating
spell
to
set
up
the
win.

T20
World
Cup:
ZIM
vs
PAK
Highlights,
Post-match
Presentation,
Player
of
the
Match:
Zimbabwe
stun
Pakistan

Raza’s
3/25
set
Zimbabwe
up
for
a
stunner
over
heavyweights
Pakistan.
While
the
on-field
action
left
us
at
the
edge
of
our
seats,
the
off-field
action
always
brings
a
smile
on
one’s
face.
Zimbabwe
came
to
the
Super
12
stage
through
the
group
stage.
Ahead
of
the
world
cup,
Zimbabwe
skipper
Craig
Ervine
had
made
a
promise
to
Raza.

Raza
was
seen
signalling
his
skipper
and
tapping
his
wrist.
When
asked
about
the
incident
during
the
post-match
presentation
ceremony,
player-of-the-match
Raza,
“When
we
were
coming
to
Australia,
I
said
to
my
captain,
‘If
you
become
Man
of
the
Match,
pick
any
watch
from
the
catalogue
and
I’ll
buy
you.
But
if
I
win
Man
of
the
Match,
then
you’re
gonna
buy
me
one.
So
I’m
just
reminding
him
that
you
now
owe
me
three
watches
now
actually.”

When
the
Zimbabwe
skipper
was
asked
about
this
during
the
presentation
ceremony,
Ervine
said,
“Raza
came
to
the
party
and
picked
up
crucial
wickets
in
the
middle.
I
think
he’s
got
three
Man
of
the
Matches
so
I’m
gonna
be
broke
by
the
time
we
get
home.”

Meanwhile,
talking
about
the
stunning
win
over
Pakistan,
Ervine
said,”
It’s
so
special.
The
work
that
we
did
to
get
into
the
Super
12.
We
didn’t
want
our
tournament
to
end
there.
We
wanted
to
come
in
and
play
good
cricket
against
top
teams
and
proud
we
did
that
today.
We
did
exceptionally
well
today.”

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World
Cup
2022:
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Zimbabwe
stun
Pakistan
in
a
last-ball
thriller

Following
the
match,
Zimbabwe,
who
shared
points
with
South
Africa
in
their
first
Super
12
match,
now
have
three
points
from
two
games
and
are
placed
third
on
the
points
table.

Meanwhile,
the
Babar
Azam-led
side’s
concerns
have
grown,
having
fallen
to
two
straight
losses.
After
falling
to
a
narrow
loss
to
arch-rivals
India
in
their
opener,
heavyweights
Pakistan’s
chances
of
making
it
to
the
semifinals
were
dealt
a
big
blow
as
they
lost
to
minnows
Zimbabwe.
With
no
points
from
two
games,
Pakistan
are
currently
placed
fifth
on
the
points
table.