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Thursday, 24 May 2012 10:04

Kevin Mapasure

NATIONAL cricket team seam-bowler Brian Vitori has impressed coach Alan Butcher once again in the pre-season training. Vitori has started preparations for the new season in the manner that he did last term, and given the technical team an assurance that he is a no one-season wonder ahead of the Twenty-20 triangular series against South Africa and Bangladesh next month.

Vitori had a brilliant first-class start to his international career, but had a dip in form towards the end failing to cement a place in the team. But with the team having been in camp for a month in preparation for the triangular series that will be used to gear-up for T-20 World Cup in Sri Lanka, Butcher said Vitori has been hitting the right areas ever since they commenced training.

“He started off very well last year, but sort of let off later. Since we came back he has been high class once again and I am convinced he will have a good international career,” said Butcher. “The other seam-bowlers have also been impressive, the variation has been top class and I hope they can go into the series in this sort of form.”

Vitori was the star of the show when Zimbabwe returned to the Tests, taking six wickets. He also bowled brilliantly in the ODIs where Zimbabwe won 3-2 with two five-wicket hauls in the first two matches against Bangladesh.

He is set to face a Tigers side which will be seeking revenge after losing both series last year. “This will be a tough series. We are playing two different teams, one which is somewhere up there at the top (South Africa) and the other not as high but seeking revenge,” added Butcher. “This will give us an opportunity to assess ourselves and see where we are.”

Butcher also talked up batsman Kevin Kasuza’s talent tipping him to make a strong case of a place in the national team. “We keep seeing young talent turning up and this time Kevin Kasuza has impressed everybody. He still needs nurturing but I wouldn’t be surprised if he claims a place in the national team. It’s good that the pool of players keeps growing. We have the triangular series coming up in July for the “A” sides where Sri Lanka and South Africa will tour Zimbabwe and this will be an opportunity for us to give the younger players a chance to prove themselves and more importantly they get an opportunity to play against quality opposition and gain some valuable experience.”

Butcher said his mission this year is to see the team improve and show they are moving forward. “We have done relatively well in the last two years where the success rate was 34% compared to 26% previously. We want to continue improving, getting variation out of the bowlers and innovation from the batters and try to be competitive as a team.”


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I think Vitori is all class. He's got the basics covered... more exposure at the top level and I reckon extra pace and control will come. His form tapered away towards the end of the season, but I guess that is not unusual for young players. Certainly his performances when he first hit the international scene, and his bowling against quality players like Chris Gayle in the domestic T20, were very impressive. I have a lot of time for Vitori and I'll be keen to see how he goes in his next international outings, but especially the Tests and ODIs.
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brmtaylor.com admin wrote:I think Vitori is all class. He's got the basics covered... more exposure at the top level and I reckon extra pace and control will come. His form tapered away towards the end of the season, but I guess that is not unusual for young players. Certainly his performances when he first hit the international scene, and his bowling against quality players like Chris Gayle in the domestic T20, were very impressive. I have a lot of time for Vitori and I'll be keen to see how he goes in his next international outings, but especially the Tests and ODIs.


I think his fitness is a big issue as in the NZ and Pakistan tests he really struggled in his 3rd and 4th spells in the day. I also dont like him going round the wicket to the right handers.
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Yeah, good point.

Another player who I'm pretty pleased with is Regis Chakabva. I was indifferent when he played his first international games 3 or 4 years ago, but I've seen development in him. He's not the finished product yet, but there's a good technique and you can see there's some class in the way he bats. I think he's more suited to Test cricket, I'd really like to see him have a breakout series where he scores a ton or two and cements his position in the side as a batsman rather than a stand-in wicket keeper.

Along with Ervine and Waller there's a bit of competition for a place in the middle order.
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I also rate Chikabva, looks like he has a decent technique. I'd just like to see the players like (as BRM mentioned) Waller, Ervine and to a lesser extent Mazakadza really step up there game this summer, and show us why they're so highly regarded
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We do need Hami back to some consistency.
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Would love to see one or two of them in county cricket or even minor counties, the exposure would be brilliant. Querel is a prime example of it
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brmtaylor.com admin wrote:I think Vitori is all class. He's got the basics covered...


basics covered = class?
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ZIMDOGGY wrote:

brmtaylor.com admin wrote:I think Vitori is all class. He's got the basics covered...


basics covered = class?


You seem to be confused.

You seem to be linking the two statements. They are quite happy to stand independent of each other.
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