According to Steve mangongo Brian Bennett Jono Campbell and Trevor Gwandu will be going to the African games next month along with others players in the current under 25 squad who are playing a South African academy currently.
Musikewa seems to be In good form. Hit a century against a south African academy in win over the weekend.
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Squad is on the ZC App.
It includes Naqvi who is neither u25 nor Zim eligible so I assume the Africa games matches are not official T20I’s.
It includes Naqvi who is neither u25 nor Zim eligible so I assume the Africa games matches are not official T20I’s.
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Chataira, Munyonga and Muzondo also are all not u25.
So basically half of the squad are not u25 😂 😂
Maybe one of Mhishi’s suggestions was to emulate Afghanistan?
So basically half of the squad are not u25 😂 😂
Maybe one of Mhishi’s suggestions was to emulate Afghanistan?
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I don't think the African games have to be under 25. The article stated that majority of squad will be from under 25s who are training currently with Mangongo with other players such as bennett Campbell and Gwandu.
Sounds good to me
Sounds good to me
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Zim U25 team in South Africa: Rodney Mufudza (C), Tawanda Maphosa, Tashinga Makoni, Ashley Mufandauya, Tashinga Musekiwa, Spencer Magodo, Aisha Chibanda, Chris Masike, Prosper Mugeri, Arinesto Vezha, Wallace Mubaiwa, Tony Munyonga, Owen Muzondo, Christopher Masike, Kuda Macheke.
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Assume that they didn't want to take too many guys away from the domestic T20/A team FC matches.
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secretzimbo wrote: ↑Mon Feb 26, 2024 10:15 pm
Squad is on the ZC App.
It includes Naqvi who is neither u25 nor Zim eligible so I assume the Africa games matches are not official T20I’s.
His dad has made that all important “investment” and now he’s as Zim as sadza.
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zimfan1 wrote: ↑Mon Feb 26, 2024 10:41 pm
Zim U25 team in South Africa: Rodney Mufudza (C), Tawanda Maphosa, Tashinga Makoni, Ashley Mufandauya, Tashinga Musekiwa, Spencer Magodo, Aisha Chibanda, Chris Masike, Prosper Mugeri, Arinesto Vezha, Wallace Mubaiwa, Tony Munyonga, Owen Muzondo, Christopher Masike, Kuda Macheke.
Oh the app was wrong then!
That’s a poor squad.
Tashinga Makoni ffs. I mean really
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As usual there is no rhyme or reason tbh. This isn’t a particularly bad squad, I’m not complaining per se.
But there’s no consistency or logic as usual. As you say, why are Shumba and Hamid considered good enough for Zim A, but not the U25 side? Nothing ever makes sense. Marumani, Bennett and Madande have been in both - why wouldn’t Shumba and Hamid and others?
If anything if you are going by form then Matt Welch should get the nod ahead of his brother. So are they picking on form? On potential? On past records?
Who knows? It’s anyone’s guess
But there’s no consistency or logic as usual. As you say, why are Shumba and Hamid considered good enough for Zim A, but not the U25 side? Nothing ever makes sense. Marumani, Bennett and Madande have been in both - why wouldn’t Shumba and Hamid and others?
If anything if you are going by form then Matt Welch should get the nod ahead of his brother. So are they picking on form? On potential? On past records?
Who knows? It’s anyone’s guess
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Does this mean they’ve finally officially abandoned the Roy Kaia thing?!?!
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They have to decide which is most important between form, potential and past record.
If we are to progress with the miniscule number of good players they have to choose potential.
A player having a good run is a great thing and if there's room he should be rewarded, but unless they pick the guys that you can see has that bit extra, regardless of current form they're going to play musical chairs and get nowhere.
The problem is who decides who are the best players? We know who does that currently and they're biased and probably can't really see it. It would be worth getting someone like Flower to come here for a month and say- right I've had a look and focus on these guys in your HPC, Zim u25 or whatever you want to call it.
They're making a huge mistake by playing our T20 season over one week. What happens if 4 of our best batters don't make a run? Do they sit out of T20's until next year?
Surely people should be telling Admin, not asking, to at least double the number of games? And give the players more than 20 minutes rest between games to recover, fine tune a couple of things, work on some shots that went wrong, and be ready for the next game.
We're at a point where admin are starting to care a bit, but not enough. It's like they're adopting a red head.
If we are to progress with the miniscule number of good players they have to choose potential.
A player having a good run is a great thing and if there's room he should be rewarded, but unless they pick the guys that you can see has that bit extra, regardless of current form they're going to play musical chairs and get nowhere.
The problem is who decides who are the best players? We know who does that currently and they're biased and probably can't really see it. It would be worth getting someone like Flower to come here for a month and say- right I've had a look and focus on these guys in your HPC, Zim u25 or whatever you want to call it.
They're making a huge mistake by playing our T20 season over one week. What happens if 4 of our best batters don't make a run? Do they sit out of T20's until next year?
Surely people should be telling Admin, not asking, to at least double the number of games? And give the players more than 20 minutes rest between games to recover, fine tune a couple of things, work on some shots that went wrong, and be ready for the next game.
We're at a point where admin are starting to care a bit, but not enough. It's like they're adopting a red head.
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Googly wrote: ↑Sat Mar 02, 2024 5:38 am
They have to decide which is most important between form, potential and past record.
If we are to progress with the miniscule number of good players they have to choose potential.
A player having a good run is a great thing and if there's room he should be rewarded, but unless they pick the guys that you can see has that bit extra, regardless of current form they're going to play musical chairs and get nowhere.
The problem is who decides who are the best players? We know who does that currently and they're biased and probably can't really see it. It would be worth getting someone like Flower to come here for a month and say- right I've had a look and focus on these guys in your HPC, Zim u25 or whatever you want to call it.
They're making a huge mistake by playing our T20 season over one week. What happens if 4 of our best batters don't make a run? Do they sit out of T20's until next year?
Surely people should be telling Admin, not asking, to at least double the number of games? And give the players more than 20 minutes rest between games to recover, fine tune a couple of things, work on some shots that went wrong, and be ready for the next game.
We're at a point where admin are starting to care a bit, but not enough. It's like they're adopting a red head.
I think T20s might be the format where form matters most. Raza style. If you are seeing it then you go for it. Other formats need more thought in my opinion. For example I genuinely believe Curran could pull a Gumbie in ODIs. Gumbie has actually never dominated in any format but he got big scores against quality opposition
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I want to see Ben Curran integrated more into these squads. He's played county standard and did okay.
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