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NatWest Trophy tri-series final today

Teams' time to prove
H LONDON. July 21: Saturday's NatWest Trophy triangular series final at Lord's between England .ind Zimbabwe marks an important 'Paging post for both teams, reports AFP.
Fu the home side it is a chance to prove that their reni one-day resurgence is something more than the latest m a long line of false dawns; for Zimbabwe it is an opportunity to finish their tour in style after losing the first Test by an innings when they last played at Lora's back in May.
That sentiment applies in particular to middle-order batsman Murray Goodwin and all-rounder Neil Johnson. The pair have both announced that this match will be their last for Zimbabwe.
Greater financial as well as political security offered by Westen. Australia (Goodwin) and South , Africa 3 AVestern Province (Johnson) lias proved too tempting to resist, each cricketer returning to an environment with which they are familiar.
Johnson in particular will have a key role. His free-
swinging left-handed batting lias made him one 1 the most dangerous openers in the one-day game while Ins wholehearted fast-medium bowling is not to be underestimated either.
He lias said he wants "to go out with out a bang" and cricket-lovers everywhere will hope in the words of Zimbabwe tour manager Dan Stannard that the likeable Johnson can "put his money where his mouth is”.
Batting is the tourists strength and their middle-order have all made contributions on the way to the final. They are happy to chase a tough target as they proved when beating the West Indies at Chester-Ie-Street where Goodwin's unbeaten 112 helped them to successfully overhaul an imposing 288
Anything short and wide at Goodwin will be Just what the 27-vear-old wants, having , gr^wn up on Perth pitches where the boupce encourages batsineu to Stay on the. bacK-foot. pulling and cutting anything wayward.
Whether he can play such strokes in comfort will in part depend on the Lord's pitch. Too many domestic one-day finals
have been ruined as contests In recent years by a combination of overcast conditions and un-even bounce.
The result has been that the side fielding first has frequently found that winning the toss was the most important decision in the match.
Groundsman Mick Hunt can do nothing about the weather of course but if It does stay dry it will be much easier for him to prepare a true surface.
To their credit England’s pace attack have relied very little on the pitches for their wickets in this series.
Disciplined, accurate bowling. which saw them achieve the remarkable feat of going two games without sending down a solitary wide has been the key to their success. The anticipated return of Somerset fast bowler Andy Caddie k. vho was rested from Eiigliind’s final gr6dp 'match against the west Indies, ‘’will strengthen an attack where Alan Mullally, Craig White and Mark Ealham have all shown that taking wickets and keeping the run-rate down need not be mutually exclusive.