Zimbabwe Vs Namibia | 2nd T20I | 19th May 2022

tej_27 wrote: ↑Thu May 19, 2022 1:57 pm

Not surprised one bit. Namibian team defeated ireland Netherlands Scotland recently and zimbabwe can't claim to be better than them so this is not shocking even one percent

Well I mean we beat Scotland, drew with Ireland, in their conditions. And we beat Namibia on Tuesday. Truth is these four teams are all at a very similar level at the moment. We are no better and no worse than them. :cry: It's not good enough for Zimbabwe though. Namibia get around 5% of the ICC funding we get.....

We might have managed to push them a bit closer today if Wellington, Richard and Blessing were playing maybe.

But really the batting was horrendous - that was just about the worst first 10 overs possible.

Not surprising, I agree with Tej, I'm very disappointed with this, but this feeling is now normal.

What is frustrating is that every single time Zimbabwe win a game, instead of imposing themselves on the opposition, they instead allow the opposition to run over them. That happens after every win, literally every time.

Another thing frustrating to watch is the timid approach with their bat. Against these smaller teams you should look to impose yourself, try to be dominating, not play like little kids, worse approach than associates. This once again shows Rajput is a nothing coach, I think ZC knows no one will stick around with them so they are happy with Rajput, and Rajput knows no one else will take him, so he is continuing here.

Disgusting performance.

sam_ahm wrote: ↑Thu May 19, 2022 2:19 pm

Another thing frustrating to watch is the timid approach with their bat. Against these smaller teams you should look to impose yourself, try to be dominating, not play like little kids, worse approach than associates. This once again shows Rajput is a nothing coach, I think ZC knows no one will stick around with them so they are happy with Rajput, and Rajput knows no one else will take him, so he is continuing here.

Disgusting performance.

Our 'T20 specialist coach' who was brought in to 'make Zimbabwe a giant amongst T20 sides', has been in the role for FOUR years now and yet we are worse than ever before in this format. The mind boggles. He must have some very incriminating photos or information about TM/GM. That's the only possible explanation for this potato remaining in his job.

Even during this very series, he is busy watching and tweeting about the IPL; https://twitter.com/Lalchandrajput7/sta ... 5982854144

If the director of cricket had any balls he would be firing him next week if we don't win this series. Doesn't matter if the qualifier is only a month away, Matsikenyeri couldn't possibly do any worse.

Has Klusener thought better of it and changed his mind? Appointed over two months ago and still hasn't arrived. I don't blame him.

We don't play enuf T20 domestically so we will never progress in this format for that reason alone. We don't have many big strong batters that look like they can smack it ten rows back either.

Also if the pitch is not a road anything over 140 is difficult to get. Good bowlers on an assisting pitch will not give u much. I would think this pitch had quite a bit in it and Wiese and Trumpleman are a world class opening pair. I'd love to have seen this game, I mean Ervine is a damned fine player and he was at sea. That may be about the worst brief innings he's ever played, and he wasn't prepared to hit because he has no confidence in the line-up.

Without Ervine and Williams any of those Assoicate sides would chew us up in a test, we are in new territory now and the ship is rudderless. I keep saying this, but there are no consequences to getting beaten and slowly getting worse.

Rajput is a clueless absentee coach. He should be fired for tweeting about IPL during our game. Not fired- taken out into the alley, thrashed and sent packing. The sad thing is that ZC dont have to justify or explain to anybody why they continue to employ him. He must have an interesting contract that enables him not to have to watch, be present or even to actually coach.

With respect to Tiripano as he generally does ok, putting him at 4 is just staggering. Somebody there doesn't like Evans. You don't have to do much here to get a game and he's performed consistently for a while, he can also bat. He should emphatically be there ahead of Jongwe, Chivanga, Chitara and perhaps even Tiripano. He's consistently been our most miserly bowler domestically and in Nepal. It stinks!! It proves that winning is not important and that developing players is of no consequence. If and when he does get a shot he's going to have to do real well because he's not going to get the several years they give to other players to play one decent game to get several more free years.

If ICC wanted to give games some meaning each team should put in 500k per game, winner takes all. We'd see Rajput in a coffin back to India and Evans opening the bowling 😂

Another thing - we get absolutely no words or reaction from anyone involved. Even after wins.

I never see any quotes from the head coach or the captain in ZC’s website match reports. No interviews. No anything. We haven’t heard from either Rajput or Ervine for months.

No accountability at any level, and absolutely no interaction with the fans or the media. It’s dreadful. They wonder why they get less than 200 people turning up to watch!

Ya but what do u say?

We're in a rebuilding phase and we're going to take the positives out of this game. 😂

Ratshit could at least give us some hot tips to bet on for the IPL games.

https://www.instagram.com/p/CdvtA0CA8CC/ - He's still doing Indian media work and videos from his hotel room in Bulawayo. During a f***ing international series where we are struggling.

If I ever disappear from this forum, it's probably because I've seen this p***k on the street and been arrested for my acts towards him.