[Match Thread ] Singapore Tri Nation T20 Game 1 | ZIM V/s NEP

encore wrote: ↑Mon Sep 30, 2019 8:39 am

TapsC wrote: ↑Sun Sep 29, 2019 11:24 am

Well its a Sunday and I do have a little time in this fuel line.

First in terms of Tests and T20s I dont think we play enough games to have a development programme there so we should play our best teams. For ODIs I believe we need a development programme as it guarantess our survival.

Secondly in ODIs I believe Hami and Mire going is good. Mire was living off reputation for over 18 months. I also believe we should "retire" 1 of the senior players a year. Hami being the first. Then Ervine end of next year. Raza in 2021 and both Williams and BT after the 2023 world cup. I genuinely believe those 2 can last the distance. Raza for me looks uninterested. Even when he is playing ODIs. Forever in t20 mode. So maybe he can start instead of Ervine. This is for ODIs only by the way. At the same time efforts must be made to bring in players.for example Murray to takeover Hami's contract. Welch for Ervine. Blessing for Raza. I also dont count Jarvis as a senior player. He is slightly younger.

ODIs

Kamunhukamwe(healthy list A average)

Burl(coming good)

Musakanda(needs to be given a run)

BT

Ervine

Williams

Raza

Mutombodzi(best batsman out of all those spinners)

Jarvis

Chatara

Mpofu(very good slower ball)

8 of those guys would still be around for the 2022 qualifiers with only Bobby Raza and Ervine being replaced. Hopefully for Murray Blessing and 1 other batsman brought back into the system. Rumour has it Matigimu wants to try his luck down south so I wont include him and thats why Jarvis probably survives. Not too sure about Mumba in ODIs but we will see I guess

Tests

We only play like 2 a year so pick the best you can

PJ(decent test player)

Burl(good FC average)

BT

Ervine

Williams

Raza

Chakabva(wk)(no other choice until Murray commits)

Mutombodzi(we dont have a good frontline spinner)

Jarvis

Mumba

Chatara

T20

Again pick the best you have. I would even bring back Hami and Mire and Waller . Its only 3 hours.

Kamunhukamwe

Zhuwao

Musakanda

BT

Elton

PJ

Raza

Mavuta

Madziva

Mpofu

Chatara

Basically all these guys up to number 9 can hit a clean 6 without having to get out of their comfort zone. Im sorry but Burl Ervine and Williams will always have to do something out of their skillset to accelerate which is too risky for me if we are serious about qualifying for a t20 world cup

I didnt use conditions etc because I am now at the front of the fuel line

This is good Taps. We can quibble, but in the main you're showing the kind of structure that ZIM need to focus on in order to improve. That's a lot of faith Mutombodzi in Tests though, and strange absence of Chisoro in LOIs.

All in all it's safe to agree Kasuza is the batting version of Rainsford. :D

To this day, no one can tell you why Faf and Philander were picked so late. I read countless of criticisms of David Miller and Farhaan Berhadien in LOIs, and I argue they excelled in development for SA A/XI in 4-day more than 1-day, and should never have been punished/boxed for some brilliant limited overs performances. They are long format players, but none of them has a Test cap. Considering their small pool, ZIM must not waste the likes of Kasuza, Sauramba and Jongwe.

How much faith do you have in Mashinge? He's ZIM's best u19 since Jongwe. That says something.

TapsC wrote: ↑Tue Oct 01, 2019 3:20 pm
Mashinge is still raw. He needs time. The problem is we dont play enough A cricket to test them. Playing against Nigeria doesnt count as A cricket.

Mutombodzi on his day can be as destructive as Cremer. The problem is I feel he needs to pick his bowling over batting instead of the other way round. He needs more control like Cremer but I personally believe he uses his googly a lot better than Cremer and he bowls it far more often.

jaybro wrote: ↑Thu Sep 26, 2019 11:23 pm

I made a series thread mate for all the matches, unlikely each match will even get a full page of comments