Glen Querl for Zimbabwe

Glen Querl! Seriously speaking when I watched this guy I noticed that his wrist position when he leaps is almost like Blignaut's. I suppose when you don't pay sufficient attention it does give the impression that he chucks on release. Andy was never called, I doubt Querl will be called, so it's safe to say he's a legit seamer.

That aside, is he really better than the tried and trusted options we have, by that I mean the young supposedly quicker new generation(who often proved to be expensive? Cannot say, but that list includes a lot of players(Shingi, Vitori, Jarvis, Ncube, Chatara, LTGM) some of them are ahead in the queue and deserve a SUSTAINED chance before him(Shingi, Chatara), i.e. at least as many innings as Jarvis&Vitori - the bulk of which were appalling.

Jarvis is imited, but will be picked anyway. To me Vitori is the most dangerous and naturally talented of that lot, but he's not pushed on. I maintain that he's not ready, and we should rightly leave him out. Ncube, been out of sorts. Chatara needs a few A games, which just as Vitori&Jarvis were selected during the Aus-A tour, should also be the basis for Querl's inclusion. Shingi holds an advantage in that he's more durable - maintains his pace throughout, and bowls as well as all of those options, if not better as we witnessed in NZ. No reason for him to be forced out of the squad.

When I watched Querl bowl he was genuinely ordinary and without threat. Having said that his performances have been outstanding. Unless he comes out and says he wants to stay in Zimbabwe and fight to play for Zimbabwe, I don't care what he does in our Logan Cup, slot into the pecking order and wait your turn! In any event, Chatara should and will don our white jersey before Querl does!

maehara wrote:

ZIMDOGGY wrote:Think maehara is right...just let ZC go bust and form the 'ZCF' instead. start fresh....

I can just picture the selection committee meetings if ZCF were given control.

Really don't want to go there. :)

Just don't tell hhm where the meetings are 😂 😂 😂

eugene wrote:Querl needs to be selected

eugene wrote:This is when we need someone like Ali, Grant, or Heath to call him up and convince him to choose Zimbabwe.

eugene wrote:I would rather have Querl playing for Zimbabwe, doubts and all, than some other trundler.

Pitiful reasoning. typical!

sloandog wrote:If Querl is selected great, he deserves it, if not, fine, we have others like Chatara, Vitori, LGM that we would gladly welcome to the fold.

sloandog wrote:Well he can join the rest of players like ballance, ervine cameron etc who cant be arsed playing for Zimbabwe. Seriously if the guy doesn't want to play, I'd much prefer to see a guy like Chitara or or even panyangara in the side, guys who WANT to be there

Refreshing reasoning!

I still stand by what I said - "Unless he comes out and says he wants to stay in Zimbabwe and fight to play for Zimbabwe, I don't care what he does in our Logan Cup, slot into the pecking order and wait your turn!" More than this news being sad for me, I'm actually elated, the chaff continues to be cut off from the wheat! :D

maehara wrote:I wonder if the solution may be to let ZC go bust, taking the debt with them, and form a new governing body to take over

The Bang & SL Cricket Boards are technically insolvent. Heck almost all of the key national governments worldwide(plus states/provinces within them) are actually insolvent themselves! La Liga, the Premiership, Serie A plus a few clubs in the Bundesliga(not to mention the frightening state of clubs in lower divisions of those leagues)) are all drowning in debt, but no one dare suggest such! There is absolutely no logic behind that thinking. For a genuine Zim supporter, it borders on sadistic. Smirks of something silly I read recently "VWV [director Warren Stewart]...says the ANC is "factually, commercially and legally insolvent", so should be wound up." Not feasible. Don't wonder in that direction! The only way SLCB & BCB recover is through tours and TV rights attached to them, the same should apply to ZC!

ZIMDOGGY wrote:they should be able to afford paying players a decent wage. at least through sponsorship if nothing else. i think its just mismanagement.

I trust Rahul Dravid's speech at the Bradman Oration is still fresh in your mind:

The news about the money may well overpower all else, but along with it, our cricket is full of stories the outside world does not see. Television rights generated around Indian cricket, are much talked about. Let me tell you what the television - around those much sought-after rights - has done to our game.

A sport that was largely played and patronised by princes and businessmen in traditional urban centres, cities like Bombay, Bangalore, Chennai, Baroda, Hyderabad, Delhi - has begun to pull in cricketers from everywhere.

As the earnings from Indian cricket have grown in the past 2 decades, mainly through television, the BCCI has spread revenues to various pockets in the country and improved where we play. The field is now spread wider than it ever has been, the ground covered by Indian cricket, has shifted.

Playing for India completely changes our lives. The game has given us a chance to pay back our debt to all those who gave their time, energy and resources for us to be better cricketers: we can build new homes for our parents, get our siblings married off in style, give our families very comfortable lives.

The Indian cricket team is in fact, India itself, in microcosm. A sport that was played first by princes, then their subordinates, then the urban elite, is now a sport played by all of India.

On our way to the Indian team, we know of so many of our team-mates, some of whom may have been equally or more talented than those sitting here, who missed out. When I started out, for a young Indian, cricket was the ultimate gamble - all or nothing, no safety nets. No second chances for those without an education or a college degree or second careers. Indian cricket's wealth now means a wider pool of well paid cricketers even at first-class level.

Sit back and let Zim go through it own transition. India's one stretches from the early 90s. Check back in 2030!

As for sponsorship, I'm sure Gillarrd & Cameron are itching to step in. Last I heard, they've offered hefty tax cuts to all their MNCs who sponsor the game in Zim. And Giles Clarke is certainly vocal about funding regular bilateral ties between his county sides and our franchises. Plenty of willing partners in the thriving Zim economy falling over themselves for the opportunity as well! ;)