Brandon Moyo
ZIMBABWE captain Craig Ervine yesterday said that they will be hoping to learn from the mistakes that they made against Afghanistan last month when they face Ireland in a one-off Test match starting at Queens Sports Club today.
Zimbabwe lost a two-match Test series against Afghanistan 1-0 at Queens Sports Club last month and return to the same venue as they seek to register their first ever Test match win against Ireland. The two sides have only played red-ball cricket against each other once with Ireland emerging victorious last year.
For Ervine, the wicket prepared for this match is different to the one used against Afghanistan but believes that discipline will be key with the ball and with the bat, they need to work hard and try to convert the 50s to centuries.
“Learning from Afghanistan, we are going to take how they batted. They were extremely patient, they didn’t really look to take the game to us, they were just patient, they batted really patiently. They got big partnerships which put us under pressure.
“For us as a batting unit it’s about working hard to get yourself in and once you do get in, you need to go really big and make sure that counts. In Test cricket, 50s and 60s don’t necessarily put you in good positions but like Afghanistan, getting 172s, 230 odd, those are the scores that really put you in good positions,” said Ervine.
