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Cricket World Cup, 2011 - Zimbabwe vs Canada, Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium, Nagpur, Match 12 Match Result: Zimbabwe beat Canada by 175 runs Man of the match: Tatenda Taibu Series Status: Toss won by: Zimbabwe Status : Match Ended Batted First : Zimbabwe Batted Second : Canada Zimbabwe: 298 for 9 in 50.0 overs R/R: 5.96 Zimbabwe Batsman Status R B 4's 6's Brendan Taylor lbw b Khurram Chohan 0 1 0 0 Charles Coventry lbw b Harvir Baidwan 4 10 0 0 Tatenda Taibu (W) c John Davison b Balaji Rao 98 99 9 0 Craig Ervine c Ashish Bagai b Balaji Rao 85 81 6 2 Elton Chigumbura (C) c Ashish Bagai b Rizwan Cheema 5 8 1 0 Sean Williams c Ashish Bagai b Balaji Rao 30 25 3 0 Greg Lamb b Balaji Rao 11 13 1 0 Prosper Utseya c Jimmy Hansra b Khurram Chohan 22 29 2 0 Graeme Cremer b Harvir Baidwan 26 23 2 0 Ray Price not out 10 6 2 0 Chris Mpofu not out 3 5 0 0 Extras :    4  (b - 0, w - 1, nb - 1, lb - 2, Penalty - 0) Fall of wickets: 1/0 (Bre...

ICC Cricket World Cup, 2011 - Australia vs Zimbabwe, Sardar Patel Gujarat Stadium, Motera, Match 4 Match Result: Australia beat Zimbabwe by 91 runs Man of the match: Series Status: Toss won by: Australia Status : Match Ended Batted First : Australia Batted Second : Zimbabwe Australia: 262 for 6 in 50.0 overs R/R: 5.24 Australia Batsman Status R B 4's 6's Shane Watson lbw b Graeme Cremer 79 92 8 1 Brad Haddin (W) lbw b Prosper Utseya 29 66 3 0 Ricky Ponting (C) run out (Chris Mpofu) 28 36 0 0 Michael Clarke not out 58 55 4 0 Cameron White b Chris Mpofu 22 36 0 0 David Hussey b Ray Price 14 8 1 1 Steven Smith c Regis Chakabva b Chris Mpofu 11 4 1 1 Mitchell Johnson not out 7 3 1 0 Shaun Tait Jason Krejza Brett Lee Extras :    14  (b - 0, w - 7, nb - 0, lb - 7, Penalty - 0) Fall of wickets: 1/61 (Brad Haddin 18.5 ov.), 2/140 (Shane Watson 31.2 ov.), 3/144 (Ricky Ponting 32.5 ov.), 4/207 (Cameron White 45 ov.), 5/241 (...