Twitter Reactions: Masakadza’s hundred rebuilds Zimbabwe innings
There was a rain interruption when their score was 169/4 in 61 overs with Masakadza batting on 101 and Sikandar Raza on 9.
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At 14/3 in the first hour of the opening morning of the Test match, Zimbabwe were in deep trouble against a strong Windies bowling line-up. Solomon Mire, Craig Ervine and Brendan Taylor were back in the hut for scores of 4, 0 and 1. Kemar Roach started it off sending back Mire, his partner Shanon Gabriel responded with the wicket of Ervine, Roach came back to remove another pillar of this Zimbabwean batting attack, Taylor.
The incoming batsmen had a huge task at hand; they didn’t just need to stop this flow of wickets but also initiate recovery as they would otherwise be in distant waters pretty early in the Test match. Thereafter the experienced duo of Hamilton Masakadza and Peter Moor defied the Windies attack. They showed immense composure and soaked the pressure and didn’t fall.
They had smaller targets and put one block at a time to first get to the fifty, the hundred was in sight soon and their partnership was worth 100. By tea, Zimbabwe were approaching 150 having batted 53 overs and there were no wickets lost. Moor got to his half century soon after and the hundred was on the cards for Masakadza.
The veteran got there off 170 balls with the help nine boundaries and a couple of sixes which indicates that once he was in control of the situation, Masakadza did play his shots and didn’t let the Windies bowlers dominate them all the way. In the last part of the day, they, unfortunately, lost Moor who was out bowled by Roston Chase for 52 off 155 balls.
There was a rain interruption when their score was 169/4 in 61 overs with Masakadza batting on 101 and Sikandar Raza on 9. The rain gods didn’t allow any further play and the day ended on the same note.
Twitterati was engaged right through the day and here are some of the reactions:
#2ndTest Congratulations to @tennyc88 on his TEST debut. All the best! #ZIMvWI pic.twitter.com/8sVJ8PLBF3
— Zimbabwe Cricket (@ZimCricketv) October 29, 2017
Century for Hamilton Masakadza! The Zimbabwe veteran reaches his fifth Test hundred, his second against West Indies! #ZIMvWI pic.twitter.com/WEThcEcpMx
— ICC (@ICC) October 29, 2017
Congratulations to Hamilton Masakadza on becoming just the fifth player to reach 2,000 Test runs for Zimbabwe! #ZIMvWI pic.twitter.com/64hDV6PuYv
— ICC (@ICC) October 29, 2017
#2ndTest Day 1 – Stumps: @ZimCricketv 169/4 (61.0 ov, Hamilton Masakadza 101*, @SRazaB24 9*; @KemarAJR 2/24, Chase 1/26). #ZIMvWI pic.twitter.com/fjN4X097YF
— Zimbabwe Cricket (@ZimCricketv) October 29, 2017
Stumps is called in Bulawayo after rain allowed just 61 overs of play on Day 1 of the 2nd #ZIMvWI Test. The hosts close the day on 169/4. pic.twitter.com/tWtjHwxops
— ICC (@ICC) October 29, 2017
Was raining runs for Hamilton Masakadza in Bulawayo earlier… his 5th Test century & passing 2000 career runs #ZIMvWI #raisedbat #zimbabwe
— The Opening Statsman (@OpeningStatsman) October 29, 2017
Happy for Hamilton Masakadza as he reached his ton off 170 balls. More game time this guy would've been a legend #ZIMvWI
— Taku Chiwanza (@HillzyTakudzwa) October 29, 2017
Masakadza has faced 170 deliveries & on a pitch that has both, seamed and spun, edged just nine deliveries.#ZIMvWI
— The Cricket Prof. (@CricProf) October 29, 2017
Brilliants from Hamilton Masakadza. A good combination of attack and defense. #ZIMvWI
— Dean du Plessis ? (@dean_plessis) October 29, 2017
The players are off the field & the covers are on @ZimCricketv @simply_tsitsi @sportszonezw @larry_moyo @LarryTrusida @ #ZIMvWI pic.twitter.com/HfBvUP53YY
— Mehluli Sibanda (@Mdawini_29) October 29, 2017
Zimbabwean openers to hit a century in Tests against West Indies
Alistair Campbell (2001)
Hamilton Masakadza (today)#ZIMvWI— Cric Stat (@Cric_Stat) October 29, 2017
At one point it seems as though Zim wldnt last till lunch. Great effort from Mount Masakadza even better from @PJMoor10 #ZIMvWI
— Tawanda Chamisa (@tawac) October 29, 2017
Prior to Hamilton Masakadza against @westindies today, the last @ZimCricketv opener to score a Test 100 was @mawoyota in 2011! #ZIMvWI
— Arun Gopalakrishnan (@statanalyst) October 29, 2017
Well batted @PJMoor10 you came in at a difficult time ans pushed the scoreboard..all the best in the 2ns innings big fella??? #ZIMvWI
— Coon_Tinn?? (@Tinnmuungani) October 29, 2017
1st Test century since 2014 for mighty Hamilton.
And what an important time for his team too. Great innings.#ZIMvWI
— CricBlog (@cric_blog) October 29, 2017
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