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Zimbabwe will have been looking for a good start in their Under-19 World Cup opener against New Zealand this morning, but they didn't get one - and only avoided complete humiliation thanks to face-saving knocks by Solomon Mire and Daniel Landman. Zim won the toss and elected to field, and after losing their openers early, New Zealand were soon making hay - Corey Anderson top-scored with 82, while Prince Masvaure took 3/37 from his 10 overs. New Zealand finished their 50 overs on 221/8 - a decent score but one that Zim would have had hopes of chasing down.

Those hopes fell apart within minutes of the Zimbabwe innings starting, however, as the side quickly collapsed to 5/15, with top-order frailty apparently not being restricted to the senior sides. Solomon Mire (31), Daniel Landman (51) and Tendai Chitongo (15) added some respectability to the score by at least ensuring the side reached triple-figures, but there were no other contributions of note as Zim fell to a 98-run loss.

A very disappointing start, then. Full scorecard for this match is below the cut - Zimbabwe's second match is against Malaysia on Wednesday (20th), which on paper they should win - but with form like this, you can never be sure...
New Zealand U19 221/8 (50 overs; Anderson 82, Masvaure 3/37), Zimbabwe U19 123 (42.4 overs; Landman 51, Southee 5/11). New Zealand U19 win by 98 runs.

New Zealand Under-19s innings (50 overs maximum)
GH Worker 	c Chitongo b Ncube 	                5 
M Guptill-Bunce c Chimbambo b Jarvis 	                1 
KS Williamson 	c Gaisford b Masvaure 	                13 
HKP Boam 	lbw b Landman 	                        13 
FJ Colson 	lbw b Masvaure 	                        19 
CJ Anderson 	c Dinembira b Mire 	                82 
GJ Morgan 	st Gaisford b Landman 	                27 
TG Southee 	c Nehonde b Masvaure 	                8 
A Verma 	not out 	                        16 
NB Beard 	not out 	                        4 
    Extras 	(b 1, lb 10, w 19, nb 3) 	        33 
    Total 	(8 wickets; 50 overs) 	                221 

Did not bat: TA Boult

Fall of wickets: 1-11 (Worker, 3.2 ov), 2-13 (Guptill-Bunce, 4.2 ov), 
3-39 (Boam, 14.2 ov), 4-61 (Williamson, 19.1 ov), 5-151 (Colson, 21.3 ov), 
6-151 (Morgan, 40.6 ov), 7-162 (Southee, 42.5 ov), 8-212 (Anderson, 48.5 ov)

Bowling 	O 	M 	R 	W 	Econ 	
KM Jarvis 	9 	1 	46 	1 	5.11 	(2nb, 3w)
N Ncube 	7 	2 	11 	1 	1.57 	(1w)
DB Landman 	10 	0 	42 	2 	4.20 	(4w)
P Masvaure 	10 	1 	37 	3 	3.70 	(5w)
T Chitongo 	10 	1 	42 	0 	4.20 	(4w)
R Nehonde 	3 	0 	13 	0 	4.33 	
SF Mire 	1 	0 	19 	1 	19.00 	


Zimbabwe Under-19s innings (target: 222 runs from 50 overs)
H Dinembira 	b Verma 	                        4 
T Mashonganyika c Guptill-Bunce b Southee 	        1 
JWM Gaisford 	b Southee 	                        0 
P Masvaure 	lbw b Southee 	                        2 
T Chimbambo 	c Guptill-Bunce b Morgan 	        4 
SF Mire 	c Southee b Beard 	                31 
DB Landman 	c Verma b Worker 	                51 
T Chitongo 	run out (Verma) 	                15 
KM Jarvis 	not out 	                        4 
R Nehonde 	b Southee 	                        1 
N Ncube 	b Southee 	                        0 
    Extras 	(lb 1, w 9) 	                        10 
    Total 	(all out; 42.4 overs) 	                123 

Fall of wickets: 1-2 (Mashonganyika, 2.2 ov), 2-2 (Gaisford, 2.5 ov), 
3-5 (Masvaure, 5.3 ov), 4-14 (Dinembira, 13.6 ov), 
5-14 (Chimbambo, 14.5 ov), 6-62 (Mire, 26.2 ov), 
7-117 (Landman, 41.2 ov), 8-118 (Chitongo, 41.3 ov), 
9-123 (Nehonde, 42.2 ov), 10-123 (Ncube, 42.4 ov)

Bowling 	O 	M 	R 	W 	Econ 	
TG Southee 	8.4 	4 	11 	5 	1.26 	(2w)
TA Boult 	8 	3 	19 	0 	2.37 	(2w)
GJ Morgan 	6 	1 	17 	1 	2.83 	(3w)
A Verma 	5 	1 	15 	1 	3.00 	
NB Beard 	5 	0 	21 	1 	4.20 	
HKP Boam 	5 	1 	19 	0 	3.80 	
GH Worker 	5 	2 	19 	1 	3.80 	(1w)