Zimbabwe Playing 11 vs Sri Lanka- 1st ODI, Sri Lanka Tour of Zimbabwe 2025
Published - 28 Aug 2025, 09:00 AM
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Zimbabwe will take on Sri Lanka in the first of the two-match ODI series. This article provides details about Zimbabwe's Playing 11 vs Sri Lanka for the first match of the series.
Zimbabwe Playing 11 vs Sri Lanka- 1st ODI, Sri Lanka Tour of Zimbabwe 2025:
Openers: Brian Bennett, Ben Curran
The home team would like to build on the recent success that they have had in ODI cricket with a 2-1 series win over Ireland when last time they featured in an ODI series.
This time, the Craig Ervine-led side will face the challenge of Sri Lanka, who have been in good form with an ODI series win against Bangladesh at home.
Having said that majority of Sri Lanka's recent success in this format has come at home, and Zimbabwe would fancy their chances against the visitors because of that very reason.
The hosts are expected to open the innings with the young duo of Brian Benett and Ben Curran, both of whom have shown signs of what they are capable of doing at the top of the order.
Zimbabwe's management would want them to get the team off to a good start and play a match-winning innings individually as well.
Middle-order batsmen and all-rounders: Craig Ervine (c), Clive Madande (wk), Sikandar Raza, Johnathan Campbell, Sean Williams
The openers will be followed by a middle order that has a good blend of youth and experience.
Their middle order includes names like captain Craig Ervine and Sikandar Raza, who will be assisted by promising batters like Johnathan Campbell and Clive Madande
The captain and the coach would wank on the less experienced batters to come good in the opening match of the series.
However, the responsibility would be on the experienced trio of Craig Ervine, Sikandar Raza, and Sean Williams to do the bulk of the team's scoring as the rainbow na middle and top order lacks experience.
Other than the inexperience in the batting lineup, one major issue that the home side might face is the form, or the lack of it, of the batting department, with the batting in all likelihood depending on the three experienced batters.
Bowlers: Brad Evans, Richard Ngarava, Blessing Muzarabani, Trevor Gwandu
The home team's bowlers would like to put on a spirited performance in the series opener and set a plan to be followed in the next match.
The team's bowling department consists of names like Brad Evams, Richard Ngarava, Blessing Muzarabani, and Trevor Gwandu, all of whom can deliver a solid outing with the ball.
Zimbabwe will depend on experienced fast bowlers Richard Ngarava and Blessing Muzarabani to take care of the team's fast bowling arsenal.
The two fast bowlers will be supported by Trevor Gwandu as the third fast bowling option for the upcoming match.
As far as the spin bowling resources are concerned, they might go with part-time spin of Sikandar Raza and Sean Williams, both of whom will act as the fifth bowling option.
The hosts are expected to go with three specialist bowlers, two batting, and one bowling all-rounder to make up the team's bowling.
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