Tendai Chatara grins as he picks up his cap after a very productive over. A wicket maiden for the Zimbabwe bowler as UAE's hopes take a blow with their two most experienced batsman back in the pavilion.

Another big wicket for Zimbabwe! Just like Chandran's earlier demise, Khurram Khan walks straight after another bowling change. Tendai Chatara returns and tempts Khan into a cut which is caught brilliantly by an acrobatic dive to his right by Sean Williams.

I think it has been said before - but I'll say it again. Zimbabwe bowler Solomon Mire is the spitting image of Manchester City footballer Wilfried Bony. But I don't think Bony would be as good at limiting these two UAE batsmen, who struggle to make any ground.

Off spinner Sikander Raza reappears for Zimbabwe and reins in Swapnil Patil after that confident start. Raza keeps things nice and tight, as a group of fans slap on some more sunscreen. Wise move.

Incoming batsman Swapnil Patil strides into the crease with an air of confidence. And that is evident in his batting. He knocks six off his first five balls as UAE make a decent recovery from losing that third wicket.

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Another bowling change for Zimbabwe - and this pays off instantly! Solomon Mire picks up the ball again and tempts Krishna Chandran down the track with his opening delivery. But the UAE batsman lifts it straight into the grateful hands of Zimbabwe skipper Elton Chigumbura.

Change of tack from Zimbabwe as they attempt to break up this veteran UAE pair. Off-spinner Sikandar Raza comes into the attack but sees Khurram pick a gap through mid-wicket to nab his sixth boundary of the day. Intelligent cricket.

Thanks Jamie. BBC Radio 5 live sports extra summariser Graeme Swann reckons the UAE boys will put about 280 on the board. And who am I to question his wisdom?

Zimbabwe quickie Panyangara trundles in again, but looks a little weary and loose as the Nelson sunshine continues to batter down. Chandran and Khurram tick the scorecard over nicely with a couple of ones and a couple of twos.

Kamungozi keeps the boundaries at bay, and has only conceded two in his seven overs. The Zimbabweans may have lost their last seven ODIs, but their last victory was against Australia no less, in August last year. They would be expected to win this but how many are they going to chase? This is a question that needs a no-nonsense Yorkshireman to answer. So here is Jonathan Jurejko.

The muscular Panyangara back in the attack with his heavy tread. There is some confusion between the batsmen over a quick single but no need to run when Chandran, who has Karate on the back of his shirt - which apparently is his mother's name - swipes one away savagely in a manner Bruce Lee himself would be proud of to the mid-wicket boundary.

Graeme Swann
Ex-England spinner on BBC Test Match Special

"I've been impressed with the Zimbabwe attack. The seamers have all run in at a decent pace and hit the deck hard, while the spinners are hitting the right places. It has been a good start from both sides."

Kamungozi is sporting an admirable mohawk haircut, short as you dare on the sides and a thicker section through the middle, like a neatly clipped piece of topiary. He vents his frustration when two fielders collide to allow a second run for Khan than brings up the UAE 100.

Mire is a burly chap and his pace is up at 133.9km, around 82 in good old mph, with a short one that surprises Chandran, but he fends it off and collects a single.

A firm straight drive from Khan off Kamungozi is too straight and it hits the stumps at the non-striker's end, triggering the flashing bails which are my favourite recent innovation. Three overs without a boundary now.

England finally put New Zealand out of their misery in their opening Twenty20 match in Whangarei.

The White Ferns threatened to rewrite the record books by recording the lowest ever total in a Women's T20, but just limp past that 57 mark set by Sri Lanka in 2012. And that's the only positive the home side can take as they are skittled for 60.

You would think it will be a routine chase for England...

All of the UAE top four average over 40 so there is every reason to expect a useful total here. Just the two singles in this over from Mire as these two build a potentially key partnership.

Edward Taylor:, external UAE might not be scoring that quickly but we've all seen what can happen late on if you keep the wicket column under control.

An excellent fifty partnership arrives from 51 balls between these two. Plenty of quick singles off Kamungozi. I'm not sure why that should be such a surprise to the commentators, 43 is the new 23, to paraphrase the excellent recent Giorgio Moroder single.

There is an affable straw-hatted gentleman resembling Home & Away stalwart Alf Stewart selling the drinks in a little kiosk. He looks to be doing a brisk trade and a fruit cocktail would no doubt be welcome in the warm sunshine. Khan picks up his fifth boundary with a crisp cut when Williams drops short. He could be my new favourite batsman.

Garry MacDonald
Former Canterbury spinner and coach

"I think both sides will be reasonably happy - it has been an even start. Zimbabwe have bowled well and know this is a good batting wicket, we had two 300+ innings in the previous match here.

"But the UAE boys, at two down and 81 runs after 17 overs, will be over the moon with that score. They started a little nervously but they kept playing and now they've got the two old stagers in and they're handling it very well."

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