Zimbabwe hope for better batting show

Zimbabwe need to back their disciplined spin bowling with solid batting if they are to leave a mark at the World Cup, skipper Elton Chigumbura has said.
They made a strong statement in their opening match in Ahmedabad on Monday when they restricted defending champions Australia to 262-6 through commendable efforts from their spinners.
Raymond Price, Prosper Utseya and Graeme Cremer proved with their tight spells that Zimbabwe could test the best.
The Zimbabwean batsmen failed to support their spinners as they could manage just 171 to lose the day-night match by 91 runs. Tailender Cremer was the top-scorer with 37.
Left-arm spinner Price, off-spinner Utseya and leg-spinner Cremer conceded just 127 off their combined tally of 30 overs.
It will not be surprising if they again play key roles in their team's next match against Canada in Nagpur on February 28.
"I think the big positive for us was our bowling and fielding which was superb. I hope we carry on in the rest of the tournament, but we have to work on our batting," said Chigumbura.
"We have to make sure we keep wickets in hand. We lost too many wickets in early overs (against Australia)."
Australia virtually won the match when they reduced Zimbabwe to 44-4 in 12.3 overs, with pacemen Mitchell Johnson, Shaun Tait and Brett Lee doing the damage.
Zimbabwe coach Alan Butcher also said his team needed to put in a better batting performance in the remaining matches.
"I was pleased with the way we bowled and fielded, but we need to bat better," he said.