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8-4-8-4

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Yes, this is how the bowling figures of Heath Streak read 12 years ago, on 23rd Jan, 2001 when Zimbabwe humiliated the West Indies in a low scoring encounter. Streak led the way, top scoring with 45 runs with the bat, and taking 8/4 with the ball:

http://www.cricketcountry.com/cricket-a ... play/22311

Reliving some past glory, and hope this invigorates our team to do well against the same opposition next month...
Maybe HHM would say that Heath should not have been playing because he is a racialist white game farmer
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c**k wrote:Maybe HHM would say that Heath should not have been playing because he is a racialist white game farmer


heaths great........part of makonis problem is that he is the cat wishing he was the keeper
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I was at that game. Couldn't believe we defended that total. There were a decent number of Zim fans from memory, plus we tried fairly successful to win over the neutrals.
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Jemisi wrote:I was at that game. Couldn't believe we defended that total. There were a decent number of Zim fans from memory, plus we tried fairly successful to win over the neutrals.


That would have been an awesome game to be in. No less than the Albury game of the 1992 world cup Vs England I'm sure. 8-4-8-4 seems mesmerizing...
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I was down after the first innings, dissapointed Streak had just missed his 50, and then he and Strang just gave them nothing, and the crowd got excited and I only got scared again when the Windies were about 80, but Nkala came through.
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What really happened to Nkala? He was good in the early 2000 then just faded away only to come back after the rebel walkout a below average player.
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takleg wrote:What really happened to Nkala? He was good in the early 2000 then just faded away only to come back after the rebel walkout a below average player.

Apart from race issues, there's tribalism as well you know - Shona-Ndebele! That played a huge part, but Nkala's own indifferent form was to blame as well. Not that the rest of our players weren't chronically suffering from the same...
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mark vermeulen and diON DIGBY WERE IN THE EXACT SAME BOAT, WHEN THE REBEL SAGA HIT THEY JUST FAILED TO DO ANYTHING...

Although i think in marks case that head knock really f***ed him round... he was NOT the same player after that, and was showin serious signs of being a very good player before that incident
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Yeah, Vermeulen had an extended run in the side after the rebel exodus and only had one decent score if I remember correctly. I have my doubts if he would be any more successful now.
My All-time Zimbabwe XI
Neil Johnson, Brendan Taylor, Murray Goodwin, Andy Flower (w), David Houghton, Sean Williams, Heath Streak (c), Andy Blignaut, Paul Strang, Eddo Brandes, Blessing Muzarabani

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