Utseya rues missed opportunities
Zimbabwe's captain, Prosper Utseya, believes his side could have done better in the opening one-day international played against Bangladesh at Harare Sports Club yesterday, had they taken all their chances
Warren Carne
05-Feb-2007
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The Bangladeshis won the match by 45 runs to take a crucial 1-0 lead in
a four-match series that may be threatened by inclement weather. Rain is
forecasted for the next week.
Utseya conceded that they were now under enormous pressure to give
themselves any chance of clinching the series by winning tomorrow's
second game.
"We will have to try and pick ourselves
up from the way we played," Utseya said, "and the match on Tuesday is
very important and we will have to be at our best.
"The wicket looked good, but I think there was a problem with our
seamers early on in the game they should have done better on that
wicket.
His Bangladeshi counterpart Habibul Bashar, who led from the front by
top-scoring with 78, believes the series is still up
for grabs
"It is going to be hard in the second ODI and in order for us to win
then we must really work hard," he said. "Our main objective is to win that game
so that we would be in a comfortable position going into the third ODI
for the series win.
Bashar also gave credit to the way his side batted. "260 as a target is generally a good score when it comes to an ODI on any wicket, especially on the one we had today which was okay. The bowlers also played a good part as they were in good form
especially when it came to the power plays."