ICC WC: Williams steers Zimbabwe to 4-wicket win against UAE

Allrounder Sean Williams’ contribution helped Zimbabwe beat United Arab Emirates by 4 wickets Pool B match of the ICC Cricket World Cup 2015 played at Nelson today (19).   Put into bat first UAE posted 285-7 in their allotted number of overs and Zimbabwe chased the winning target losing six wickets with 12 deliveries to spare.   Shaiman Anwar top scored for UAE with a 50-ball 67 inclusive of nine fours and a six while others made useful contributions.   Tendai Chatara picked three wickets while Williams and Solomon Mire shared four wickets between them.   In reply man-of-the-match Williams top scored for Zimbabwe with an unbeaten knock of 76 off 65 balls inclusive of seven fours and a six.   UAE 285 for 7 wickets (50) (Andri Berenger 22, Krishna Chandran 34, Khurram Khan 45, Swapnil Patil 32, Shaiman Anwar 67, Amjad Javed 25n.o, Mohammad Naveed 23n.o, Tendai Chatara 3/42, Solomon Mire 2/39, Sean Williams 2/43)   Zimbabwe 286 for 6 wickets (48) (Sikandar Raza 46, Regis Chakabva 35, Brendon Taylor 47, Sean Williams 76n.o, Craig Ervine 42, Elton Chigumbura 14n.o, Mohammad Tauqir 2/51)