Zimbabwe wary of Ireland in World Twenty20

December 4th 2013 |

Zimbabwe Cricket Coach Andy Waller has spoken about the Group that has seen Zimbabwe and Ireland pitted alongside the UAE and the Netherlands at the ICC World Twenty 20 in Bangladesh next year.

Group B will be made up of Ireland, Netherlands and the United Arab Emirates who hosted the qualifying tournament that ended at the weekend.

The hosts for next year’s World Cup, Bangladesh, head Group A which includes Afghanistan, Hong Kong and surprise packages Nepal who are set to make their maiden appearance at the global cricket show-piece.

The tournament will feature 16 teams next year with the top eight from the previous tournament held in Sri Lanka starting at the Super 10 stage where they are joined by winners from the two groups.

Andy Waller, the coach of Zimbabwe told the Zimbabwe Herald, “This is a tough group. We all know that the teams that we have been grouped with are very good cricketers, which is why they qualified. But with the nature of the game in T20 cricket, it is about the performance on the day,” said Waller.

“Ireland are definitely one of the teams to look out for. They are very good but you cannot ignore the other teams as well.

“Netherlands have been playing international cricket for some time and they have a number of professionals in their side.

“UAE also fared well as the host team,” said Waller.

To see all of the Group A fixtures please click here.