West Indies v Zimbabwe World Cup Match Prediction & Betting

West Indies and Zimbabwe faced identical fate in the ongoing ICC Cricket World Cup 2015 while losing their opening games and clinching the next ones. The Windies were bulldozed by Ireland with a margin of four wickets but they humiliated Pakistan in the next game while beating them by a hefty margin of 150 runs. Zimbabwe performed superbly against South Africa but surrendered the match by 62 runs and they came back in the tournament by grasping the next one vs. United Arab Emirates with a difference of four wickets. The Caribbeans and Zimbabwean teams will primarily focus to qualify for the Quarter-finals and the addition of another two points to their tally will bring them closer to the destination.

Players to watch

Denesh Ramdin, Lendl Simmons punched fifties against the Green Shirts as Darren Bravo chipped in with 49. Dwayne Smith, Marlon Samuels and Chris Gayle are dangerous batsmen on their day while Darren Sammy and Andre Russell performed superbly as all-rounders. Jerome Taylor, Sulieman Benn and Jason Holder are keeping their promise with the ball.

Sean Williams was the highest run getter for Zimbabwe vs. U.A.E with unbeaten 76 whereas Sikandar Raza, Hamilton Masakadza, Regis Chakabva, Brendan Taylor and Craig Ervine form a stable batting line up. Their bowling department is being looked after by Tendai Chatara, Solomon Mire, Sean Williams, Tinashe Panyangara and Elton Chigumbura.

Time & Venue

Tuesday, February 24, 2015 @ 03:30 GMT, 14:30 local at Manuka Oval, Canberra.

Weather

Prediction of afternoon thunderstorm with the temperatures around 15-27ᵒC.

Toss

Zimbabwe has opted to chase after winning the toss twice and West Indies can take the opposite route.

The Pitch

The surface was mainly enjoyed by the bowlers in the previous match between Afghanistan and Bangladesh as the latter won the match by 105 runs.

Teams

West Indies –  Jason Holder (C), Chris Gayle, Dwayne Smith, Darren Bravo, Marlon Samuels, Denesh Ramdin, Lendl Simmons, Darren Sammy, Andre Russell, Jerome Taylor, Sulieman Benn.

Zimbabwe – Elton Chigumbura (C), Sikandar Raza, Regis Chakbva, Hamilton Masakadza, Brendan Taylor, Sean Williams, Solomon Mire, Craig Ervine, Tinashe Panyangara, Tendai Chatara, Tafadzwa Kamungozi..

Prediction

The game might get abandoned by weather and two teams can share one point each otherwise West Indies found back their confidence and can win the coming encounter.