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Zimbabwe Cricket team for the ICC Cricket World Cup 2007 has been announced recently. There were not too many changes in the squad except the surprise inclusion of batsman come wicketkeeper Friday Kasteni, who has just played one ODI match in his career. This 18 year old Zimbabwean is an excellent batsman come wicket keeper. Though there is no surprise inclusion in the team, there is a major exclusion easily seen in the team- Hamilton Masakadza who is an experienced player for this Zimbabwean cricket team. He earlier made a record scoring a century at his debut match as the youngest player against West Indies. However, the record was broken by the Bangladeshi batsman Mohammad Ashraful later on. The Zimbabwean team is:

Prosper Utseya (off spinner), Gary Brent (fast bowler), Chamu Chibhabha (batsman), Elton Chigumbura (all rounder), Keith Dabengwa (all rounder), Terry Duffin (batsman), Anthony Ireland (fast bowler), Friday Kasteni (batsman come wicket keeper), Stuart Matsikenyeri (batsman), Christopher Mpofu (fast bowler), Tawanda Mupariwa (fast bowler), Ed Rainsford (fast bowler), Vusi Sibanda (batsman), Brendan Taylor (batsman), Sean Williams (all rounder)

Zimbabwean Cricket is now going through a tough period as some of their front line players are now out of the team due to their collision with the board officials. That is why; they are not currently playing test matches. In the past, the Zimbabwean team with Andy Flower, Heath Streak, Stuart Carlisle etc. was regarded as the dark horse in the Cricket world but now they are struggling in the field. So, I am not optimistic regarding their performance in the upcoming ICC Cricket World Cup 2007. It will be tough to go into the second round of the world cup for Zimbabwe.