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Monday, February 28, 2011

Zimbabwe win toss, bat against Canada

Updated at: 0903 PST,  Monday, February 28, 2011
NAGPUR: Zimbabwe skipper Elton Chigumbura won the toss and decided to bat in the World Cup Group A game against Canada on Monday.Both sides lost their opening matches, Zimbabwe going down by seven wickets to Australia here while Canada suffered a 210-run mauling in Sri Lanka. Zimbabwe Elton Chigumbura (capt), Brendan Taylor, Charles Coventry, Tatenda Taibu (wkt), Craig Ervine, Sean Williams, Greg Lamb, Prosper Utseya, Graeme Cremer, Raymond Price, Christopher Mpofu. Canada Nitish Kumar, John Davison, Ruvindu Gunasekera, Ashish Bagai (capt/wkt), Jimmy Hansra, Zubin Surkari, Tyson Gordon, Rizwan Cheema, Khurram Chohan, Harvir Baidwan, Balaji Rao Umpires: Asad Rauf (PAK) and Bruce Oxenford (AUS) TV umpire: Steve Davis (ENG) Match referee: Ranjan Madugalle (SRI).(AFP)