Taylor, Chatara move up rankings

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DESPITE the series losses, Zimbabwe’s players have used the Bangladesh tour to make upward movements in the latest Reliance International Cricket Council (ICC) one-day international (ODI) rankings released on Tuesday.

DESPITE the series losses, Zimbabwe’s players have used the Bangladesh tour to make upward movements in the latest Reliance International Cricket Council (ICC) one-day international (ODI) rankings released on Tuesday.

Zimbabwe’s highest-ranked bowler is Tendai Chatara, who has climbed to a career-high 48th place after taking six wickets for 189 run in four matches.

Tendai Chatara
Tendai Chatara

Zimbabwe’s Brendan Taylor has moved up three places to 28th after hitting two half-centuries in the series — 54 runs in the first and 63 in the fourth ODI.

The ICC has released the schedule of warm-up matches for the ICC Cricket World Cup 2015.

A total of 14 non-ODI warm-up matches will be played across Adelaide, Christchurch, Melbourne and Sydney from February 8 to 13.

Hosts and four-time world champions Australia take on reigning world champions India at the Adelaide Oval on the first day.

Brendan Taylor
Brendan Taylor

Zimbabwe’s first match will be on the second day, when they play co-hosts New Zealand at the Bert Sutcliffe Oval in Christchurch.

The second match will be on February 11 when they play Sri Lanka at the same venue.

Warm-up matches, which will be free to the public, are not official ODIs and operate under slightly different rules.

For example, while no more than 11 players may field at any one time, up to 15 can be used. — ZimCricket