ricky wrote: ↑Tue Jul 11, 2017 7:14 am
best would be to tour Ireland or invite them in Zimbabwe for one test and five Odis.
We don't play Ireland enough .....
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TapsC2 wrote: ↑Wed Dec 29, 2021 2:10 am
sam_ahm wrote: ↑Tue Dec 28, 2021 10:28 am
Yes, now I can see that the games are confirmed on cricbuzz. 3 ODIs on 16th, 18th and 21st Jan at Pallekelle.
I'm not very happy though. Should have played more games, could have started a bit early.
Afghans better come, all that omicron s**t is an excuse they want to give for their players to play in PSL.
I'm sure Blesing won't be happy if he misses the PSL too. Its a well paying gig. This is more to do with the Afghan players having more power than the board for me. A few mistepps by their board and all those guys will retire. They probably make way less playing for their country. Its a balancing act. They won't get a long rope like we did in 2004 if all those guys retire. People want them gone. Aren't they supposed to come in December too?
With the way the world is going RE Covid-19, T20 leagues etc, we need a large pool of players, including second string bowlers to pick up the slack should Muzarabani and Ngarava become unavailable due to T20 commitments or Covid-19 exposure. Nyauchi, Chivhanga etc have to be kept in the picture, getting international exposure.
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I can’t believe Rajput is still the coach, I thought his results suggest that he hit the road. Isn’t Dave Houghton supposed to be the guy now??
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TapsC2 wrote: ↑Wed Dec 29, 2021 2:29 am
https://www.herald.co.zw/chevrons-sri-l ... confirmed/
Suggesting Afghanistan have confirmed they are coming end of January. A 3 ODI tour can be done in a week, 10 days max. It will be interesting to see what happens
Afghans and Dutch will surely play Zimbabwe sooner or later in 2022 because they will also think this is a good opportunity for them to get WSL points. So I'm dead sure those series' will happen.
Afghans will desperately want their best players to be available though and will agree accordingly.
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Latest is that the Netherlands series is likely to be at the end of July after the T20 Qualifier.
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Australia and England are continuing with the Ashes despite positive cases within the squad now (Travis Head) and the BBL is going on despite positive cases within the squad of certain teams.
Finally the cricketing world has come to terms with covid being here to stay and we just play on, or will there be double standards as usual and pull outs from tours involving smaller cricketing nations?
I hope it's the former, that the world finally moves on by just isolating the player. This will give a great chance for Zimbabwe, and others to play out their full schedule of matches for 2022.
Let's hope for the best folks and a very Happy New year to all of you!
Finally the cricketing world has come to terms with covid being here to stay and we just play on, or will there be double standards as usual and pull outs from tours involving smaller cricketing nations?
I hope it's the former, that the world finally moves on by just isolating the player. This will give a great chance for Zimbabwe, and others to play out their full schedule of matches for 2022.
Let's hope for the best folks and a very Happy New year to all of you!
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sam_ahm wrote: ↑Wed Dec 29, 2021 10:42 am
Afghans and Dutch will surely play Zimbabwe sooner or later in 2022 because they will also think this is a good opportunity for them to get WSL points. So I'm dead sure those series' will happen.
Afghans will desperately want their best players to be available though and will agree accordingly.
Afghans will always be looking to play ZIM I feel. They will want the SL points just because you never know how the iCC changes the scoring system due to so many COVID cancellations.
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Great news, we should also squeeze Namibia, Kenya (if they still play cricket), Uganda fixtures…at this point we need to play as much cricket as possible, the more time our batsmen spend in the crease, the better they will get
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Our matches for 2022. We really should be aiming to win all these matches and causing a few upsets in the T20 world cup. If we cant hold our own against these teams, then India, Australia etc are justified in not wanting to play against us
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I very much doubt that Ireland test will happen. So we are looking at 12 months between tests. Quite sad. Look what Bangladesh have achieved - 3 tours to NZ in the last five years. Suddenly they are competitive. What a surprise.
We need fixtures. In all formats. Ireland have only played 3 matches in 4 years!!!! Something needs to be done about this.
We need fixtures. In all formats. Ireland have only played 3 matches in 4 years!!!! Something needs to be done about this.
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secretzimbo wrote: ↑Wed Jan 05, 2022 12:17 pm
I very much doubt that Ireland test will happen. So we are looking at 12 months between tests. Quite sad. Look what Bangladesh have achieved - 3 tours to NZ in the last five years. Suddenly they are competitive. What a surprise.
We need fixtures. In all formats. Ireland have only played 3 matches in 4 years!!!! Something needs to be done about this.
Irish media reports the tour will include 1 Test, 5 ODIs and 3 T20s, they are currently waiting for the MOU to come through from ZC.
I can't see all those games happening. I would give up 2 ODIs for a test though.
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With neither side playing many Tests, I think they will play the test. Just a hunch tho.
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I would sacrifice the ODIs for that test to happen. 1 test and 3 T20s is good enough for me
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Kriterion_BD wrote: ↑Thu Jan 06, 2022 11:15 pm
With neither side playing many Tests, I think they will play the test. Just a hunch tho.
Both sides will want to. But the same problem as always - who is going to pay for it?
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Lahore qalandars manager confirms that Rashid Khan will be fully available for PSL as zim vs afg series is likely to be cancelled
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tej_27 wrote: ↑Sun Jan 09, 2022 7:58 am
Lahore qalandars manager confirms that Rashid Khan will be fully available for PSL as zim vs afg series is likely to be cancelled
Maybe they will come without him? Or tbh it makes sense to just combine the two planned Afghanistan tours into one. Not much financial sense in them coming here twice in 10 months sadly. Jut come as planned in Nov/Dec, play the 3 Super League ODI's alongside the Tests and T20s then.
So now it could potentially look like this;
Jan - SL away (3 ODIs)
April - Ireland home (5 ODIs, 3 T20Is, potential Test)
June? (Could be moved to August) - Bangladesh home (5 ODIs, 3 T20Is, Test cancelled?)
July - T20 Global Qualifier home
July-August - Netherlands home (3 ODIs)
November - Afghanistan home (all 3 formats)
Still to play: India at home and Australia away - all ODIs.
There's also talks ongoing for away tours to both South Africa and West Indies in 2022.
Whatever happened to the two 'A' tours - home and away - with Pakistan?
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secretzimbo wrote: ↑Sun Jan 09, 2022 12:25 pm
tej_27 wrote: ↑Sun Jan 09, 2022 7:58 am
Lahore qalandars manager confirms that Rashid Khan will be fully available for PSL as zim vs afg series is likely to be cancelled
Maybe they will come without him? Or tbh it makes sense to just combine the two planned Afghanistan tours into one. Not much financial sense in them coming here twice in 10 months sadly. Jut come as planned in Nov/Dec, play the 3 Super League ODI's alongside the Tests and T20s then.
So now it could potentially look like this;
Jan - SL away (3 ODIs)
April - Ireland home (5 ODIs, 3 T20Is, potential Test)
June? (Could be moved to August) - Bangladesh home (5 ODIs, 3 T20Is, Test cancelled?)
July - T20 Global Qualifier home
July-August - Netherlands home (3 ODIs)
November - Afghanistan home (all 3 formats)
Still to play: India at home and Australia away - all ODIs.
There's also talks ongoing for away tours to both South Africa and West Indies in 2022.
Interesting that it’s an away tour to West Indies. It might be the farewell series in Jamaica for Chris Gayle.
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tej_27 wrote: ↑Sun Jan 09, 2022 7:58 am
Lahore qalandars manager confirms that Rashid Khan will be fully available for PSL as zim vs afg series is likely to be cancelled
Let's see, I hope it goes ahead. No official confirmation as yet. Zimbabwe I think has far less omicron cases than other parts of the world. In India itself we are witnessing a Massive surge in number of cases but the severity seems to be far far less than what we saw in the 2nd wave.
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sam_ahm wrote: ↑Sun Jan 09, 2022 1:53 pm
tej_27 wrote: ↑Sun Jan 09, 2022 7:58 am
Lahore qalandars manager confirms that Rashid Khan will be fully available for PSL as zim vs afg series is likely to be cancelled
Let's see, I hope it goes ahead. No official confirmation as yet. Zimbabwe I think has far less omicron cases than other parts of the world. In India itself we are witnessing a Massive surge in number of cases but the severity seems to be far far less than what we saw in the 2nd wave.
Its still severe. This time the whole nation is prepared to fight
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Rajkumar Sharma wrote: ↑Mon Jan 10, 2022 4:13 am
sam_ahm wrote: ↑Sun Jan 09, 2022 1:53 pm
tej_27 wrote: ↑Sun Jan 09, 2022 7:58 am
Lahore qalandars manager confirms that Rashid Khan will be fully available for PSL as zim vs afg series is likely to be cancelled
Let's see, I hope it goes ahead. No official confirmation as yet. Zimbabwe I think has far less omicron cases than other parts of the world. In India itself we are witnessing a Massive surge in number of cases but the severity seems to be far far less than what we saw in the 2nd wave.
Its still severe. This time the whole nation is prepared to fight
Need to just get on with it imo. Just get doubly vaccinated, mask up and get on with it, I think we have actually been far brave in facing this than the west. It was only during the peak 2nd wave that it caused severe damage and we had no answers, but otherwise people have been keen to get on with it.
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