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45\5 however good disition to bat first dont worry boys your sprin can NZ all out for 30.....only need a 100 runs win that game
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ZIMDOGGY wrote:Elton chigumbura no longer deserves to play in this team.
shat up idiot...he is a warld class cricker
he shoud be a captan
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It's Enough for Chigumbura to lead the team very bad captaining & he should relised that he is not the batsman even he is not the bating allrounder (like afridi realised & concentrate on his bowling & the result is in front of u) then how can he comes at no. five to bat. One more thing I want to share that they are saying too much about that match since last six months but the field work is nothing. In such a important match how you can drop Williams, the player who atleast gives confrim 30 runs & he should comes @ no. five. Their is no place for chigumbura in the team if he can't ball b/c he is bowling allrounder not a batting allrounder & in recent days you can't say him allrounder b/c he zero now without his bowling & his batting, every one knows that since last 16 matches (He gets the captainship) he hasn't played score any big inning.
Best of Luck Zimbabwe
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It's Enough for Chigumbura to lead the team very bad captaining & he should relised that he is not the batsman even he is not the bating allrounder (like afridi realised & concentrate on his bowling & the result is in front of u) then how can he comes at no. five to bat. One more thing I want to share that they are saying too much about that match since last six months but the field work is nothing. In such a important match how you can drop Williams, the player who atleast gives confrim 30 runs & he should comes @ no. five. Their is no place for chigumbura in the team if he can't ball b/c he is bowling allrounder not a batting allrounder & in recent days you can't say him allrounder b/c he zero now without his bowling & his batting, every one knows that since last 16 matches (He gets the captainship) he hasn't played score any big inning.
Best of Luck Zimbabwe
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Shareany one know zim. baing coch lara wheare ... is he in india?
look like pitch good for batmans after 20 over
good luck
look like pitch good for batmans after 20 over
good luck
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The Saint wrote:Chigumbura would have to be the most useless captain in the game.
i dont think he is week playe ;;;;hi is play good cricket on his mouth 😂 😂 😂 😂
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ShareThis performance leaves a lot to be desired. We could have done better WAY better, Utseya and cremer to the rescue! Anyway I think the days of saying this match was a learning curve are over our cricket really needs to improve.
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hey, ZIM have passed 150 which at 46-5 didn't look possible...utseya playing a gem of a knock here - he's really been batting well enough to be called an all rounder. coventry is worthless, and taibu just doesn't seem to score runs consistently enough.
if you guys get to 200, and if the wicket slow, you guys might have a shot at winning this. NZ failed to chase 174 against us in Mirpur just a few months back.
Nonetheless, this NZ team is quite weak, and win or lose, i don't think the pitch was scary enough to warrant being 46-5.
Zimbabwe's bowling is honest, the spinners are right up there with the best, mpofu keeps things tight, masakadza has some pace, kyle jarvis will hopefully build on his talent. But the batting is really poor. The return to Tests is going to be harsh, nothing less than harsh.
But stick with it. Keep expanding the player base, that is the only way forward. None of the current players might cut it, but wait for the next Flower brothers, they are waiting to be discovered.
if you guys get to 200, and if the wicket slow, you guys might have a shot at winning this. NZ failed to chase 174 against us in Mirpur just a few months back.
Nonetheless, this NZ team is quite weak, and win or lose, i don't think the pitch was scary enough to warrant being 46-5.
Zimbabwe's bowling is honest, the spinners are right up there with the best, mpofu keeps things tight, masakadza has some pace, kyle jarvis will hopefully build on his talent. But the batting is really poor. The return to Tests is going to be harsh, nothing less than harsh.
But stick with it. Keep expanding the player base, that is the only way forward. None of the current players might cut it, but wait for the next Flower brothers, they are waiting to be discovered.
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ShareNext match, Duffin should be given the chance in place of Coventry. If Williams is not fit, Chakabva can be dropped and Coventry can occupy his batting position. I still believe Coventry can bat well down the order.
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Today was a bad performance. I think we need to realise that there is a glass ceiling with these guys on how good they will ever be. Most of the team have been playing ODIs for a long time now. If things were going to click into place they would have by now. Our pace bowlers are never going to be more than non-threatening medium pacers, our spinners are good in the ODI format - but once tests return they will struggle for wickets as the opposition can just play them out not worrying about strike rates etc,. Our batsmen are terribly inconcsistent and will stay that way. Until some new players come through the system we are going to be stuck with this team for awhile and all of its inconsistencies.
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
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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Get Sikanda Raza in the one day side and also get chatara bowling in the odi side. Today was pathetic absolutely toothless
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Just looked at the mountaineers score. Chatara got a 6 wicket return, Think this guy has earned his stripes now. get him playing a few more one day matches for his province and he be good to go
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Zimbabwe yaita kunonzi kumakisa! Sorry for the vernac but English wont express it well enough! Eugene hit it on the head with the glass ceiling, all our peeps are reaching it and plateauing.
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ShareZimbabwe yanyadzisa vakomana, zvimwe ndezvimwe. Whatever language you use or whatever excuse you want, Zim cricket has been exposed. Everyones's job should on the line, that's how get people on their toes. Not this theory regarding lack of this and that. That won't get us anywhere. If we continue hiding behind cricketing playing population and infrastructure figures, the we might as well quit trying to get the national team anywhere because those figures will never really improve in Zim. Zim has to find a multi pronged approach that is better than the current one. Send the guys to SA for a while at least they'll get to play truly competitive cricket week in and week out. ....And this excuse regarding the amount of time it's supposed to get guys back on course...it's not going last much longer..so we might as well get rid of it now.
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Zim needs to win three matches in a row to qualify when was the last time we achieved such? Tuff ask
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sm8019 wrote:Zimbabwe yanyadzisa vakomana, zvimwe ndezvimwe. Whatever language you use or whatever excuse you want, Zim cricket has been exposed. Everyones's job should on the line, that's how get people on their toes. Not this theory regarding lack of this and that. That won't get us anywhere. If we continue hiding behind cricketing playing population and infrastructure figures, the we might as well quit trying to get the national team anywhere because those figures will never really improve in Zim. Zim has to find a multi pronged approach that is better than the current one. Send the guys to SA for a while at least they'll get to play truly competitive cricket week in and week out. ....And this excuse regarding the amount of time it's supposed to get guys back on course...it's not going last much longer..so we might as well get rid of it now.
we have 15+ players who are Zimbabwean playing pro cricket in SA I think its time for some of them careers permitting to come back home and strengthen the competition and the team because seemingly like what Eugen has said there is a glass ceiling and most players unfortunately have plateaued.n I think actions have to be put in place to have them back because currently those that have come back have been playing lesser leagues in the UK whatsoever and surprisingly have done well back home..maybe a telling sign also about current standards back home...
Get real players back in so as to create real competition
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Tinashce Ruswa wrote:
we have 15+ players who are Zimbabwean playing pro cricket in SA
Really?
Who? I'm not aware of any Zimbabweans even playing the second tier of SA 1st class cricket, let alone fully pro franchise cricket...
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aydee wrote:
Tinashce Ruswa wrote:
we have 15+ players who are Zimbabwean playing pro cricket in SA
Really?
Who? I'm not aware of any Zimbabweans even playing the second tier of SA 1st class cricket, let alone fully pro franchise cricket...
Because of the new regulations now they cannot play for the amateur side but are have been part of academies USSASA teams, SA CLUB champs and are playing as 1st league pros in their respective provinces..some are captains etc .Most of them went over as University students and are now local pros n their various leagues
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