A magic from a minnow

I was about to write a post on another topic and then i changed my mind and started writing about a wonder that occurred today.An unknown player from Zimbabwe equalled Saeed Anwar's world record of 194 runs v/s India in ODI's.The most important thing is that he got to the top of the highest individual scores in ODI's as he was not out i this match.Though Zimbabwe lost the match to Bangladesh who chased the target with the help of Tameem's  154,this score will be there in the record books for a long time.

The most important thing is that this score came from a team that lost its test status due to it's poor performance in International cricket due to racism and all.Zimbabwe in the last decade was blessed with players like Alistair Campbell,Flower brothers,Johnson (He was a sensation at that time as he opened batting and bowling ),Goodwin etc.But cricket came in between the civil activities that took place there and that country was affected in a miserable way.

Zimbabwe was dark horse in many international cricket tournaments before and they made the exit of Indian team easily in 99 world cup and even defeated Australia in the inaugural T20 world cup.They had victories against many International teams in the last decade.But cricket didn't develop much there.

Charles Coventry is the name of the player who surpassed Anwar as the highest individual scorer in a single ODI match.Before this match,he played 14 matches and scored 301 at an average of 21.5.But look at his statics in batting after this match.Now his total runs is 495 with an average of 38.Even though he is not a great player like Sachin,Jayasurya,Kirsten and all who topped the list,he would remember this match for his life long.Bangladesh is now a better side now under the captaincies of Shakeeb and Mortaza.So none can consider this score of 194* as useless.Coventry,you are now in record books.Coventry,26 is the wicket keeper of Zimbabwe.Though record books don't tell the class of a player (eg.Sunil Gavaskar,as he scored just a century in ODI's)its a boost for Zimbabwe cricket team.They have players having some class now.Minnows like them have to do just better to make cricket really exciting.Otherwise,matches against them by the super teams will become bore and will become a place for the testing of the bench of top teams.

Anyway,as a mad fan of cricket,i really congrats Charles Coventry in sensational score.I was waiting for him to score 200.But he didn't get much strike to reach the score.Congrats Coventry

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