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Your XI for the first ODI v RSA

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Time to get those first XI’s in fellas, for me it’s pretty straight forward just a question out of Chigumbura or Moor and Tiripano or Ngarava.

Mire

Hami

BT

Ervine

Moor

Williams

Murray wk

Tiripano

Jarvis

Wellington

Chatara

Theee guys in there I’m not too happy about being Moor, Wellington and Donald, but with Raza, Blessing & Cremer gone that’s my side.

Need Tiripano in case we crumble plus Ngarava will likely get mauled.

Moor & Murray instead of Chigumbura although I like Burl & Tari but they’re not in the squad.

I don’t have anything against Wellington but personally id have Chisoro and maybe even Magarira in front of him, especially Chisoro for his batting.

I like Kamunhukamwe but I think at this stage in his career the protea seamers will have too many tricks for him.
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To be honest i'm thinking Elton has a better chance against quality seamers than PJ simply because of experience. I would go with that same XI only changing Elton for PJ or maybe Murray. If BT is back he can keep so Murray isnt an automatic selection for me. He looks good but can he clear the ropes if he is required to since he is batting so low down the order.

With what we have I would go with.

Hami

Mire

PJ

BT

Ervine

Williams

Elton

Tiripano

Wellington

Jarvis

Chatara

Our bowling is going to be taken apart. I think Mpofu should have been in the ODI squad over Tiripano but they were probably afraid of a collapse with a long tail. Experience is key against the very best.

Chibhabha is also a better pick in seaming conditions than PJ in my opinion because he times it better. He just cant play spin which will be a small issue in SA.

For us to even steal a game we need BT Hami and Elton at the backend to perform miracles although I fear we are going to be chasing 350+ half the time.

The only bright side of this is that half the team faced what I think is a top 3 pace attack 2 months ago so they shouldnt be spooked. Losing Blessing to practice to in the nets is a big blow though.
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My squad. That id have picked ! (available)

1. Mire

2. Chibhaba

3. Hami

4. Ervine

5. Taylor

6. Williams

7. Tari

8. Raza

9. Chisoro

10. Jarvis

11. Chatara

Longbatting lineup plus 10 from Chats, Jarv, Chisoro. Then 20 overs between Raza, Williams, Chamu and Mire. This works from any viewpoint you look at it from, in my humble opinion. It’s beyond annoying that these selectors are too dumb and narrow minded to see it.
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1 Mire

2 Masakadza (c)

3 Murray (wk)

4 Ervine

5 Taylor

6 Williams

7 Moor

8 Tiripano

9 Mavuta

10 Jarvis

11 Chatara
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T Kamunhukamwe

S Mire

R Murray

H Masakaza

C Ervine

B Taylor

S Williams

B Mavuta

W Masakadza

K Jarvis

T Chatara

Few odis are nothing a chance for Tinashe Kamunhukamwe, Mavuta & Murray to prove their worth, both shoud feature in playing xi
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TapsC wrote: ↑Wed Sep 26, 2018 9:28 am

The only bright side of this is that half the team faced what I think is a top 3 pace attack 2 months ago so they shouldnt be spooked. Losing Blessing to practice to in the nets is a big blow though.


Granted they've just reduced Bangladesh to 12-3 inside 5 overs, but I think the Pakistan pace attack is a bit overrated at least in ODIs. Amir hasn't taken a wicket in his last 6 games apparently. Hasan is averaging over 50 in the Asia Cup.
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I would use your XI Jaybro, but with Williams above Moor.
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Jemisi wrote: ↑Thu Sep 27, 2018 7:19 am

I would use your XI Jaybro, but with Williams above Moor.


That’s fair
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1. Mire

2. H Masakadza

3. Ervine

4. Taylor (c & w/k)

5. Williams

6. Chigumbura

7. Moor

8. Tiripano

9. Jarvis

10. W Masakadza

11. Chatara
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Black Mamba wrote: ↑Wed Sep 26, 2018 12:32 pm

T Kamunhukamwe

S Mire

R Murray

H Masakaza

C Ervine

B Taylor

S Williams

B Mavuta

W Masakadza

K Jarvis

T Chatara

Few odis are nothing a chance for Tinashe Kamunhukamwe, Mavuta & Murray to prove their worth, both shoud feature in playing xi


Zimbabwe (possible): 1 Solomon Mire, 2 Hamilton Masakadza (capt), 3 Craig Ervine, 4 Brendan Taylor, 5 Sean Williams, 6 Peter Moor/Ryan Murray (wk), 7 Elton Chigumbura/ Mavuta (if chigumbura-can't bowl), 8 Wellington Masakadza, 9 Kyle Jarvis, 10 Tendai Chatara, 11 Richard Ngarava.

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