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f**k u love an argument mate that stupid Philadelphia game you brought up has zero relevance to today's game, on the other hand the warm up match I spoke of was only 2 years ago so is still relevant .....
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Kriterion_BD wrote:It annoys me a fake team like the UAE qualified for the Asia Cup over Afghanistan. There should be a rule barring fake teams like UAE, Oman, HK from competing in the world events. Just call yourself Pakistan G for pete's sake.


Fake team? come on grow up!!

Its called globalisation, move with the times :D
13 of HKs squad moved there before the age of 10...
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jaybro wrote:f**k u love an argument mate that stupid Philadelphia game you brought up has zero relevance to today's game, on the other hand the warm up match I spoke of was only 2 years ago so is still relevant .....


Warm ups are the equivalent to preseason NFL/NBA games...no one cares about those and the stats don't count. I dunno if Aussie sports have preseasons. Closest would be a tour match. County sides routinely thrash touring Test sides in first class warmups, its not an accurate indicator of what will actually happen. There countless examples of warmups that ended up meaning s**t in just the past few years. I am not suggesting Zimbabwe take HK lightly or that HK has zero chance of winning. I'm saying warm up games mean nothing. You don't need a warm up game to say one team could beat another, especially in t20s.
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The three T20 games (including WI mts) are all practice games. First one was against UAE but as they have progressed in Asia Cup so we will be playing against Sharjah Club. The next two are practice games against WI.
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Kriterion_BD wrote:It annoys me a fake team like the UAE qualified for the Asia Cup over Afghanistan. There should be a rule barring fake teams like UAE, Oman, HK from competing in the world events. Just call yourself Pakistan G for pete's sake.


Hong Kong is hardly a fake team, most of the team have lived the majority of their lives in HK. And the majority of people in the UAE are subcontinent expats, so their cricket team is quite representative of the country itself.
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eugene wrote:

Kriterion_BD wrote:It annoys me a fake team like the UAE qualified for the Asia Cup over Afghanistan. There should be a rule barring fake teams like UAE, Oman, HK from competing in the world events. Just call yourself Pakistan G for pete's sake.


Hong Kong is hardly a fake team, most of the team have lived the majority of their lives in HK. And the majority of people in the UAE are subcontinent expats, so their cricket team is quite representative of the country itself.


UAE fair enough. Still dont like them. HK though is still a fake team. Its just not representative. One could argue about the all white Zim team from the 90s but whites have been in Zim a lot longer than browns have been in HK. White zimbos still identify as Zimbabwean. I gurantee HK and UAE players identify with Pakistan or india and not the supposed country the play for. Not to mention there are no cricket fans in those countries.
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I see you share the same insular outlook as the ICC.
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Glen Querl might decide to play for UAE. :)
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Why the hate?

Kriterions right in my opinion.
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zimlover wrote:Is there a way i can call a seize fire on this,


haha, we can call a ceasefire*, I'm just having a laugh with you, no hard feelings?


I will accept the ceasefire no hard feelings, i am happy to walk away from this without suffering Much verbal abuse.
I have seen some members suffer after stating Williams is out of soughts with his form
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TapsC wrote:don't know why this has turned into a big issue. if a man is playing well then he is playing well. not saying he is the best player we have. I am certainly a person who has doubted his ability and technique but we also can't just say 50 off 51 was terrible if we look at the context of the match and everyone else around him was not backing him up. he could have also given his wicket away but in this specific situation it is a decent knock.

he still has to personally win me over with some bigger performances but to me this is good and the introduction of PJ Moor along with the progress being made by Gumbie can only motivate guys like Chakabva and Mutumbami to play better. A competitive environment is what we need. we only have about 16 or 17 national players. that number needs to go to between 25-30 for any real progress to be made. the batting is becoming more and more competitive as seen by Ervine not making the cut in this format. its the bowling where we have real problems when 2 unfit players like chatara and Panyangara can just literally walk back into the team.


The guy played a good knock in difficult circumstances especially when the whole team struggled
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zimlover wrote:Mutumbami is proving alot of people wrong on this forum and when he perfoms you hardly here of any one blowing his trumpet,
Ussually the forum favourites mainly the man on his period menstruating Williams gets all the praise


cuz 50 of 51 is terrible, a disaster!

Any fool can knock about singles when the fields are back to stop the 4s and such.

last saturday i did the same thing and it was just gifts.

51 of 40 isnt even that brilliant.
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But is a better knock than what the sacred Williams did
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Nobody is going over the roof praising Williams mate. Not sure why this one-to-one comparison.
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Williams still a far better player.
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zimlover wrote:But is a better knock than what the sacred Williams did


and?
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Sorry guys didnt mean to upset all of you by degrading The Period man Williams
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zimlover wrote:Sorry guys didnt mean to upset all of you by degrading The Period man Williams
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??
Did he tag up your wife or something?
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Is there a way i can call a seize fire on this,
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