Match thread - Game 3 - Sth African Composite XI vs Zimbabwe

It is pleasing to see a century from Sean Williams. Hopefully this will send a message to the selectors that he needs to be included in the team. Not that form is the main criteria for making the Zim team these days!

brmtaylor.com admin wrote:SuperSport challenge game 1 :P

Right you are, of course. I blame brain-freeze. :oops:

South African Composite XI - 3/34. Mpofu has 2, Chibhabha has 1.

To win, SAC XI need 3.4 an over. Zimbabwe need 7 wickets. I'd say we will see a result today, but another few wickets would make things quite comfortable.

2 for Mpofu, 1 each for Chibhabha, Utseya and Chigumbura - can't see Composite batting out the day now... :)

Only downside of winning is that it kinda reinforces the selection problems...

South African Composite XI require another 139 runs with 3 wickets remaining

Rain isn't the worst thing possible. It would be nice to lose a few overs to put the game beyond all doubt. I'd really like to get these wickets quickly - the batsmen were both settled, a short break could break their rhythm.

It will be interesting to see what happens when play resumes.

...and Zim wrap it up, winning by 134 runs. I'm not going to complain too much about a 3-0 series sweep - even if they did make it more difficult for themselves than it needed to be...

SuperSport Challenge

South African Composite XI vs Zimbabwe

This series has been granted First Class status. The South African Composite XI is made up from the top SuperSport Series franchise players and the top SAA Provincial Challenge players.

Date: January 3-6, 2008 (4 day match)

Start of play: unknown

Venue: De Beers Diamond Oval, Kimberley

Zimbabwe squad: not announced yet

South African Composite XI squad: W Bossenger (c/wk), M Akoojee, FS Holtzhausen, RR Jeggels, PJ Koortzen, JP Kreusch, AK Kruger, AP McLaren, S Mjekula, J Symes, T Tshabalala, BD Walters

Injury concerns: unknown

Live stream: not televised

Zimbabwe have already won the series 2-0, really they should just be looking to thump SAC XI and go into the Pakistan tour with confidence. Please post all discussion about the match in this thread.

Zimbabwe squad:

P Utseya, H Masakadza, V Sibanda, CJ Chibhabha, T Taibu, SC Williams, KM Dabengwa, E Chigumbura, T Maruma, RW Price, CB Mpofu, GB Brent (12th man)

Williams comes in for Brendan Taylor

Brent comes in for Matsikenyeri

Maruma also makes the team.

Dabengwa continues to get selected, this time ahead of Taylor. What an absolute joke :roll:

We can only assume Taylor has been dropped, there has been no news of injury or another reason.

So, we have Williams, Dabengwa, Utseya, Price and Maruma - all spin bowlers. Mpofu and Chigumbura are the only pace bowlers. NO Gary Brent, again. Looks like the quotas are well and truly being enforced now, 2:9.

brmtaylor.com admin wrote:Looks like the quotas are well and truly being enforced now, 2:9.

I was hoping for some sanity getting restored in 2008, as far as team selection is concerned. But...

andy24 wrote:utseya batting now. must be to stop a colapse

Really? How strange is that! Just minutes ago I posted that Utseya should bat higher up the order.

I have confidence in him.

andy24 wrote:no cricket info stuffed up

😂 It's happened before, it will happen again.

C'mon Sean Williams, smash 100... First Class average is 46, his first target should be to beat that. Second should be to push it beyond 50, and by that time he should be nearing his century. C'mon mate.