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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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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?
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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.
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Thanks :)
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SpitfiresKent wrote:According to cricinfo we're playing Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association XI tomorrow.

http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/971679.html


Looking through the team profiles, even though I don't really recognise any names, the players all seem to have a decent level and they should give us a good run for our money.
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We are getting absolutely slaughtered...
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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
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Yeah good on Mutumbami guess the selectors made the right choice. Everything else is a disaster. No blowers to speak of sad sad.
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Pretty ugly. This could be our weakest bowling attack in many many years, considering Panny and Chats are coming back from long layoffs. We are not looking good to even win a natch at this rate. It does not even matter how much our batsmen can score. Who will defend those runs?
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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


50 off 51 balls in a T20 is nothing to shout about mate.
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SpitfiresKent wrote:

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


50 off 51 balls in a T20 is nothing to shout about mate.


Your comments are exactly what i was referring, good job Spitfire
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Zimolver stop being bitter mate.

Mutambami has been batting OK. Absolutely nothing to write home about.

If you think its a big race thing ur wrong. People love and rate Hammy through the roof here.

Take a cold shower and calm down
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Interesting that the UAE have progressed through instead of Afghanistan at the Asia Cup considering the Emirates arent even in the t20 WC qualifiers .....

Shows the associates are gaining even more ground, in t20's you would say Zimbabwe are even money against all associates now .....

Taking no games for granted Honk Kong have beaten us before and Scotland are a dangerous team .....

I noticed jason Holder and Phil Simmons were at the Spurs FA clash mid week so guess our series against the Windies wont be starting this week ??
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When did Hong Kong beat Zimbabwe? To my knowledge the only Associates to have ever beaten Zim are Kenya, Ireland, and Afghanistan. And recently its just the latter two.
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It was quite a while ago now that HK beat Zim, it was a warmup match for an ICC tournament I believe. Haven't Uganda beaten Zimbabwe also?
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Yeah, if we count those losses then we have to count warmup wins against Australia etc.
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eugene wrote:It was quite a while ago now that HK beat Zim, it was a warmup match for an ICC tournament I believe. Haven't Uganda beaten Zimbabwe also?


Warmups cant count beacause teams dont go 100% and often experimemt as well.
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Kriterion_BD wrote:

eugene wrote:It was quite a while ago now that HK beat Zim, it was a warmup match for an ICC tournament I believe. Haven't Uganda beaten Zimbabwe also?


Warmups cant count beacause teams dont go 100% and often experimemt as well.


Defeats to Hong Kong or Uganda in any context are an embarrassment.
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eugene wrote:

Kriterion_BD wrote:

eugene wrote:It was quite a while ago now that HK beat Zim, it was a warmup match for an ICC tournament I believe. Haven't Uganda beaten Zimbabwe also?


Warmups cant count beacause teams dont go 100% and often experimemt as well.


Defeats to Hong Kong or Uganda in any context are an embarrassment.


Its a warmup, so it's not technically a "defeat" imo. Even if it was, no one will ever remember. If no one remembers the tree falling in the woods, did it make a noise?

Bangladesh has lost to many associates in OFFICIAL games:

Kenya
Canada
Ireland
Netherlands
Afghanistan
Hong kong
Maybe Scotland (yes, confirmation we have lost to the Scots too)

That what is called embarassing. If ever a team started from the bottom, its Bangladesh. Ok Afghanistan beat us there.
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Last t20 Wc we lost a warm up match to Hong Kong with a full strength side .....

Doesn't really matter if you count it or not we lost so we must be wary of the Hong Kong World XI ......
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