da winzada777： Zimbabwe coach Carl Rackemann has blamed his side’s eight-wicketdefeat by India in the first cricket Test in Bulawayo on injuries tokey players, captain Heath Streak and Henry Olonga
12-Jun-2001Zimbabwe coach Carl Rackemann has blamed his side’s eight-wicketdefeat by India in the first cricket Test in Bulawayo on injuries tokey players, captain Heath Streak and Henry Olonga.India beat Zimbabwe on Sunday with a day to spare to record theirfirst victory outside the sub continent in 15 years.”We lost because of the injury to Henry Olonga and Heath Streak. Whenyou have an injury to any of your bowlers, it is a big setback.Otherwise there is nothing wrong with the players. The team has anucleus of very good and experienced players,” the coach said.Rackemann said with the loss of the two bowlers, who were injuredbefore the start of India’s second innings, all hopes were lost. Buthe said the performance of Brighton Watambwa, playing in only histhird Test, gave them the confidence of winning the second match andforcing a draw in the two match series.”The young man who has just started his career took over the baton andspearheaded the attack. The manner in which he did the job was good,”he said.Rackemann hoped their performance would be a lot better in the secondTest in Harare which starts on Friday. Streak is expected to recoverin time but Olonga has been ruled out of the Test.”We were in India last year and were beaten there. They (India)recently beat Australia, the world’s top cricketing team. AlthoughZimbabwe have beaten India in Harare, it shows what opposition thecountry is facing,” the coach said.