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A thought came to me while I have been watching the South Africa v England series. With South Africa struggling to meet its quota, particularly for black africans, wouldn't it make sense for them to play Zimbabwe in a couple of tests which would allow them to blood some more black talent and get ahead of the quota game again? There is clearly a lack of international quality black batsmen in the South African system and blooding them against the big guns is madness, but against Zimbabwe it would probably be ok. With Zimbabwe desperate for any cricket it seems like this would be a win-win.
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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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Googly wrote: ↑Thu Jan 09, 2020 9:42 am

Just seen on Twitter-

Deputy minister of defense has issued a statement saying that if USA does not back off Iran then Zimbabwe will have to intervene.


What the heck did I just read here 😂😂
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https://petitions.da.org.za/p/stoppolit ... einsasport

Bear in mind that this was the basis on which Mukhulani had ZC suspended by ICC, so by rights CSA should also be suspended if this is implemented.

Always double standards in play.
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zimbos_05 wrote: ↑Fri Jan 10, 2020 12:35 pm


Googly wrote: ↑Fri Jan 10, 2020 10:41 am

The best was the person from Ministry of Defense bemoaning the fact that their vehicles were camouflaged which is why they’d recently lost 70 of them and that they were considering painting them red so they were less likely to be misplaced.


I know full well what I am asking, but please please tell me you are joking. Please!

Does the man not understand one of the aspects of combat?


The first new submarine commander was interviewed a while back and he informed the public that one of their primary missions was shark patrol along the Cape Town beaches to keep the swimmers safe. Again I’m not joking. I can find the interview if need be. It’s funny for you guys but not so much when we deal with this daily, plus of course being hit my a sub whilst surfing the back line would be even less so.
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We have a submarine force??
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No I was talking about SA
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https://www.zimbabwesituation.com/news/ ... ly-toxins/

This is not entirely truthful, the main problem with our water is lead and cadmium apparently, which can’t be gotten rid of by boiling. They’ve known this for years and yet they keep piping water to mainly high density areas. So this is the problem here- people keep drinking it? The folk that say that they’ve got no choice typify the thought process, or lack thereof.

Of course you have a choice. You’re taking something that only the most stupid will realize is shortening your life span dramatically. If you put a poisoned sandwich in front of someone, tell them it’s poisoned, will they eat it?

Put a cup of poisoned water in front of them and tell them the same, will they drink it? But pipe into into their house or a nearby tap in volumes and they will swim, gargle and gulp it down.

Aside from my community health warning there’s an analogy here. One or two poisonous people stick out like a dog’s ball, but if there’s a bunch of them then they’re accepted as a necessary evil.
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Read Zolsky’s latest tweets. Bear in mind he’s one of the bosses in case you’re wondering where we’re headed.
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Googly wrote: ↑Sat Jan 11, 2020 8:59 pm

Read Zolsky’s latest tweets. Bear in mind he’s one of the bosses in case you’re wondering where we’re headed.


Looks the Chisoro is enemy number one these days.
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That Frank is a proper nut job I’ve been scrolling through his tweets unbelievable, every second tweet has “sour Rhodie” or something of the like. He blames white people or “Rhodies” for everything, even with Chisoro who is obviously a black man he’s turned into a black v white situation. People defending a black man and he’s still blaming the whites 😂😂😂

Could you imagine if someone like Bell or another white guy got on twitter and starting calling out the “whinging blacks” he would get prosecuted or killed 😂😂😂
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Chatara’s injury was a bicep injury, positive is it’s not a leg injury which he has been suspect to ever since his leg break in 2015. Bad news is I would imagine having a bicep injury you wouldn’t rush them back for a Test match, best case scenario he might be back for the 2nd Test. Most definitely need a four man pace attack if you play him & Mumba, can’t have both of them in a 3 man attack at this point I reckon with their fitness issues.
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It would be nice to name & shame such ZC officials if ever there is any truth in such claims. Some of us in the know on the goings at ZC know that even employees have not been paid salaries for Nov & Dec but we have clever people claiming that people are staying in 5-star hotels


This, by the "unbiased" journo Melhuli is what gets me. He knows staff are not being paid etc etc. Can see the domestic scene failed, yet backs TM tooth and nail regardless of how bad things get. Then he pretends to be an advocate for the game and serve in the best interest. He is nothing but a thug too. I have not been on twitter for a few months or I would be laying in to this excuse of a journalist.

Also, worth noting this from the same journo...


Nine yet to be capped players have been called up in a @ZimCricketv squad of 25 players for the two Tests against @OfficialSLC at HSC. Happy to see players being rewarded for their good form in the Logan Cup but why is @tennyc88 not in the expanded squad? I do not understand


but it is only the "white rhodies" calling for Chisoro.
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This is the problem here. These c*^s still believe they’re fighting the Rhodesian bush war, and the big trick has been convincing everyone that there’s still a war to fight.

It never ends. This “Zolsky” now has a burner account that’s even worse. Hopefully he will drop dead of hatred.
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They’ve learned that as long as they can pick on one white guy they will have support. Some people have seen through this cheap trick, but even they say nothing.

Bad men prosper when good ones do nothing, or whatever that quote is.
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Just on the unpaid wages, I bet these guys on twitter and such would be the first to complain if they never got paid their wage for a month.
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http://www.espncricinfo.com/southafrica ... 95380.html

For those who are interested in SA's next big batters coming through their system, this kid is right up there. Everyone raving about Bavuma's 180 in his recent Lions game should check themselves. De Zorzi (another black african batter) has just nailed a double century.

This obsession with SA's 'black hope' has to top. Keegan Peterson is a batter who needs some TLC!

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