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Flakeman wrote: ↑Fri Aug 18, 2017 6:42 am

Please may nobody feel bad for Shingi. He's the opposite to Hami, who is a likable guy. Shingi thinks he owns cricket in this country, he's the kingpin at Mountaineers and has more pull than the coaches. He is a proper ZANU fool and doesn't know what manners are.


Maybe this is it, he has polarised people.

I don't think Shingi is a star, but without politics he would have played more games but clearly he's turned the people who matters off him
ZCF OriginalZCF Hall of Famer
Real journalism can't exist in Zimbabwe. Freedom of press in the country is almost non-existent.
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
ZCF OriginalZCF Hall of Famer
To a large degree I think sports journalism is limited. If one makes any accusations against certain well-connected individuals you are likely to disappear for a couple of days. Even Dean du Plessis got a visit from some government thugs once.
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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The local journos have written some really embarrassing stuff and we've actually pointed it out on the forum. It's one thing to be 'limited' by politics when writing articles but there's really no excuse for getting simple things wrong.
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pariah wrote: ↑Thu Aug 17, 2017 12:59 pm

ONE DAY INTERNATIONALS (30 years of age and under)
Code: Select all
PLAYER AGE MAT WKTS AVE ECON SR 4W 5W
Richard Ngarava 20 6 8 34.25 5.95 34.5 0 0*
Carl Mumba 22 2 0 0 6.48 0 0 0*
Luke Jongwe 23 22 25 30.36 5.27 34.5 0 1
Wellington Masakadza 24 10 15 25.06 4.26 35.2 1 0
Neville Madziva 26 12 20 25.95 5.98 26.0 1 0
Tendai Chatara 27 41 55 33.18 5.19 38.3 0 0
Tendai Chisoro 29 12 13 26.38 4.03 39.2 0 0
Donald Tiripano 30 15 14 31.92 5.59 34.2 0 0*

TWENTY20 INTERNATIONALS (30 years of age and under)
Code: Select all
PLAYER AGE MAT WKTS AVE ECON SR 4W 5W
Luke Jongwe 23 8 7 30.36 9.89 18.2 0 0
Wellington Masakadza 24 7 8 24.62 7.88 18.7 1 0
Neville Madziva 26 9 8 34.87 8.95 23.3 1 0
Tendai Chatara 27 11 11 28.0 7.7 21.8 0 0
Tendai Chisoro 29 7 10 17.30 6.17 16.8 0 0
Donald Tiripano 30 8 10 21.8 7.6 17.2 0 0*

TESTS (any age)
Code: Select all
PLAYER AGE MAT WKTS AVE ECON SR 4W 5W
Carl Mumba 22 2 8 37.25 3.82 58.3 1 0*
Tendai Chatara 27 7 20 29.25 2.42 72.3 0 1
Donald Tiripano 30 6 10 51.0 2.96 103.2 0 0*
Shingi Masakadza 31 16 25 32.18 2.92 66.0 2 0
Graeme Cremer 31 16 46 47.80 3.82 74.9 4 1*
Tinashe Panyangara 32 9 31 26.22 2.58 60.9 0 1
Chris Mpofu 32 12 25 48.84 3.49 83.8 2 0*

MR KYLE “I need an elite salary on a long-term contract” JARVIS*
Code: Select all
FORMAT AGE MAT WKTS AVE ECON SR 4W 5W
ODI 29 24 27 45.22 6.01 45.0 0 0
T20I 29 9 10 27 8.39 19.3 0 0
TESTS 29 8 30 31.73 3.64 52.3 2 2

*Denotes the players preferred, trusted and courted by Heath Streak and Tatenda Taibu :D

Player Profile Links

CHATARA http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/ ... 25639.html

SHINGI http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/ ... 43529.html

CREMER http://www.espncricinfo.com/tri-nation- ... 55346.html

PANYANGARA http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/ ... 55705.html

JONGWE http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/ ... 41224.html

WELLINGTON http://www.espncricinfo.com/zimbabwe/co ... 71703.html

MADZIVA http://www.espncricinfo.com/zimbabwe/co ... 53289.html

CHISORO http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/ ... 35519.html

JARVIS http://www.espncricinfo.com/county-cham ... 32996.html

NGARAVA http://www.espncricinfo.com/netherlands ... 06241.html

MUMBA http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/ ... 72775.html

TIRIPANO http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/ ... 92945.html

MPOFU http://www.espncricinfo.com/zimbabwe/co ... 55633.html


Mumba seems to be the best prospect with Jongwe gone
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What has actually happened to Jongwe?
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Flakeman wrote: ↑Fri Aug 18, 2017 6:42 am

Please may nobody feel bad for Shingi. He's the opposite to Hami, who is a likable guy. Shingi thinks he owns cricket in this country, he's the kingpin at Mountaineers and has more pull than the coaches. He is a proper ZANU fool and doesn't know what manners are.


Maybe this is it, he has polarised people.

I don't think Shingi is a star, but without politics he would have played more games but clearly he's turned the people who matters off him
Veteran

ZIMDOGGY wrote: ↑Fri Aug 18, 2017 2:20 pm


Flakeman wrote: ↑Fri Aug 18, 2017 6:42 am
Please may nobody feel bad for Shingi. He's the opposite to Hami, who is a likable guy. Shingi thinks he owns cricket in this country, he's the kingpin at Mountaineers and has more pull than the coaches. He is a proper ZANU fool and doesn't know what manners are.


Maybe this is it, he has polarised people.

I don't think Shingi is a star, but without politics he would have played more games but clearly he's turned the people who matters off him

Then you wonder why I question the value of Tristan and Liam Brickhill.

At least tristan always tries to get the match squads out early, but real journalism around Zimbabwe Cricket is something that they simply don't do properly.

Look at how Mickey Arthur-Umar Akmal is being covered for Pakistan.

In Zim the local journos are ridiculed, but the resourced ones who are supposed to be better don't do besides that odd negative article once or twice a year. Same applies to Firdose. At times it's almost like she's got hands tied behind her back when it comes to reporting SA cricket properly. All her news are 2nd hand with more experienced reporters having covered such "scandals" in local papers.

NB: We still don't know if that ZC loan was paid by the ICC as promised. Are Bvute and Chingoka's bank still milking that interest :?:
ZCF OriginalZCF Hall of Famer
Real journalism can't exist in Zimbabwe. Freedom of press in the country is almost non-existent.
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
Veteran

eugene wrote: ↑Fri Aug 18, 2017 4:52 pm
Real journalism can't exist in Zimbabwe. Freedom of press in the country is almost non-existent.

Sports journalism too?
ZCF OriginalZCF Hall of Famer
To a large degree I think sports journalism is limited. If one makes any accusations against certain well-connected individuals you are likely to disappear for a couple of days. Even Dean du Plessis got a visit from some government thugs once.
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
ZCF Hall of Famer
The local journos have written some really embarrassing stuff and we've actually pointed it out on the forum. It's one thing to be 'limited' by politics when writing articles but there's really no excuse for getting simple things wrong.
Veteran

pariah wrote: ↑Thu Aug 17, 2017 12:59 pm

ONE DAY INTERNATIONALS (30 years of age and under)
Code: Select all
PLAYER AGE MAT WKTS AVE ECON SR 4W 5W
Richard Ngarava 20 6 8 34.25 5.95 34.5 0 0*
Carl Mumba 22 2 0 0 6.48 0 0 0*
Luke Jongwe 23 22 25 30.36 5.27 34.5 0 1
Wellington Masakadza 24 10 15 25.06 4.26 35.2 1 0
Neville Madziva 26 12 20 25.95 5.98 26.0 1 0
Tendai Chatara 27 41 55 33.18 5.19 38.3 0 0
Tendai Chisoro 29 12 13 26.38 4.03 39.2 0 0
Donald Tiripano 30 15 14 31.92 5.59 34.2 0 0*

TWENTY20 INTERNATIONALS (30 years of age and under)
Code: Select all
PLAYER AGE MAT WKTS AVE ECON SR 4W 5W
Luke Jongwe 23 8 7 30.36 9.89 18.2 0 0
Wellington Masakadza 24 7 8 24.62 7.88 18.7 1 0
Neville Madziva 26 9 8 34.87 8.95 23.3 1 0
Tendai Chatara 27 11 11 28.0 7.7 21.8 0 0
Tendai Chisoro 29 7 10 17.30 6.17 16.8 0 0
Donald Tiripano 30 8 10 21.8 7.6 17.2 0 0*

TESTS (any age)
Code: Select all
PLAYER AGE MAT WKTS AVE ECON SR 4W 5W
Carl Mumba 22 2 8 37.25 3.82 58.3 1 0*
Tendai Chatara 27 7 20 29.25 2.42 72.3 0 1
Donald Tiripano 30 6 10 51.0 2.96 103.2 0 0*
Shingi Masakadza 31 16 25 32.18 2.92 66.0 2 0
Graeme Cremer 31 16 46 47.80 3.82 74.9 4 1*
Tinashe Panyangara 32 9 31 26.22 2.58 60.9 0 1
Chris Mpofu 32 12 25 48.84 3.49 83.8 2 0*

MR KYLE “I need an elite salary on a long-term contract” JARVIS*
Code: Select all
FORMAT AGE MAT WKTS AVE ECON SR 4W 5W
ODI 29 24 27 45.22 6.01 45.0 0 0
T20I 29 9 10 27 8.39 19.3 0 0
TESTS 29 8 30 31.73 3.64 52.3 2 2

*Denotes the players preferred, trusted and courted by Heath Streak and Tatenda Taibu :D

Player Profile Links

CHATARA http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/ ... 25639.html

SHINGI http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/ ... 43529.html

CREMER http://www.espncricinfo.com/tri-nation- ... 55346.html

PANYANGARA http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/ ... 55705.html

JONGWE http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/ ... 41224.html

WELLINGTON http://www.espncricinfo.com/zimbabwe/co ... 71703.html

MADZIVA http://www.espncricinfo.com/zimbabwe/co ... 53289.html

CHISORO http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/ ... 35519.html

JARVIS http://www.espncricinfo.com/county-cham ... 32996.html

NGARAVA http://www.espncricinfo.com/netherlands ... 06241.html

MUMBA http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/ ... 72775.html

TIRIPANO http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/ ... 92945.html

MPOFU http://www.espncricinfo.com/zimbabwe/co ... 55633.html


Mumba seems to be the best prospect with Jongwe gone
ZCF Hall of Famer
What has actually happened to Jongwe?
ZCF Hall of Famer

Googly wrote: ↑Sun Oct 01, 2017 2:18 pm

What has actually happened to Jongwe?


Played in the UK for Bovey Tracy (Somerset) in the summer. Imagine he will be back with the Tuskers this season.
ZCF Hall of Famer

zimfan1 wrote: ↑Sun Oct 01, 2017 3:27 pm


Googly wrote: ↑Sun Oct 01, 2017 2:18 pm

What has actually happened to Jongwe?


Played in the UK for Bovey Tracy (Somerset) in the summer. Imagine he will be back with the Tuskers this season.


Tweeted today about being excited for the Logan Cup season with Tuskers.

Guess he didn’t end up going to Oz, in one way it’s a shame as he’s still young and a season or two could have done wonders to his game.
Veteran
Tough learning curve for Blessing hope he eont get dumped.
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Jarvis showing why he's our best fast bowler
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tawac wrote: ↑Wed Dec 20, 2017 9:15 pm

Tough learning curve for Blessing hope he eont get dumped.


Its only 5 overs. Thats nothing. Its like judging a batsman from just one innings of 20 balls faced. He can't be worse than Chinouya, Mpofu, Madziva, or Tiripano.
Bangladesh cricket fanatic, observer of all others.
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sloandog wrote: ↑Wed Dec 20, 2017 9:30 pm
Jarvis showing why he's our best fast bowler

I did give you some inside info on the bats to look out for...


pariah wrote: ↑Wed Dec 20, 2017 6:41 pm
Wow, even the batting will be quite ruthless. Ricardo, du Plooy, Hamza and Smuts to go with Bavuma and AB. Yoh! CSA didn't respect ZIM enough to give them Valli, Muthusamy and Christensen like ZIM A and BD, but Bavuma and AB make up for it. Still top bats.

Jarvis got those he should've gotten, but Mpofu got the first real bat.

Mind you this batting line up significantly weaker than the one ZIM A faced, and the one BD faced in their FC match.

ZIM batted first so AB might still play despite his lower back issue, but as things stand, only Bavuma is there as the one batsman of genuine class, and he's going at a run a ball.

The key is for ZIM bowlers to exclude Bavuma's tally and see how they go against the rest of the batsmen. Not sure if SA Inv XI will throw in 9/10 batsmen like ZIM did 😂 (I take it out ZCF friends who always cry for proper XI v XI C tour games will stop that henceforth 😂 ). Anyway if ZIM bowlers do well against those batsmen then they haven't totally embarrassed themselves.

I don't think SA Inv XI were fair to ZIM by throwing in a nightwatchman, but clearly the likes of Ricardo, du Plooy and Smuts will value their wickets. less than 200 runs from those 3 will be a failure.

My theory is and continues to be that ZIm can;t afford to have both Jarvis and Chatara in the XI, especially one that has Cremer in it. These guys are used to express pace and great swing bowlers so I doubt the ZIM seamers will be a big challenge unless conditions help. So I hope Cremer will be that one that proves me wrong and says "ZIM can afford to have a limping Chatara and Jarvis because I won't leak any but prove destructive".

There can be no underestimating the psychological effects of being bossed by semi-pros. I know Kriterion will hide behind the internal troubles, but that tour match hurt BD badly. They were bossed by "lesser" players including two 19 year olds and a bunch of 20-21 year olds. It will be the same for ZIM. To me this is already a very embarrassing performance.

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