Future tour rumours

CalZim wrote: ↑Wed Jul 20, 2022 5:35 pm

Victor Nyauchi anyone??

Best bowler in Zimbabwean cricket for the recent season.

I must be the only person on here that rates him, he is much better than Chivanga, Evans, Masuku and Gwandu (with the ball, I’d pick Evans for his batting as well)

He would be in my test 11 for definite even with a fully fit seam attack.

He has also proven his quality in one day cricket.

Well yeah Nyauchi is way better than Gwandu. That guy has done next to nothing at any level, but ends up on the Zim A tour to Nepal? Then gets into an 'U23' squad despite being 24 😂 Either he's got some big financial resources or he's the nephew of someone on the board 😂

Masuku is a consistently great Logan Cup player - bit of a dobbler though. Not sure he could translate those stats to international cricket.

Nyauchi didn't do himself any favours in Nepal or the Namibia series. He'd be in my Test XI tomorrow but he's too wayward with the white ball really. He'll probably get another chance though with the injuries we have.

Chivanga is all mouth, looks pretty poor in reality but he seems to be in favour so I'm sure he'll get another go too.

Evans is the opposite, seems out of favour. He's been quiet recently - hasn't been playing club cricket this past month or two. Not sure if he is injured or just disillusioned or elsewhere. Absolutely should be given more chances. I think he has a higher ceiling than any of the other guys mentioned.

They'll pick Tiripano and Chivanga again anyway. You know it, I know it, we all know it 😂

I see there are calls for Kohli to play against Zim to regain form. That's f£#&* rude. Hopefully he gets knocked over repeatedly for not much.

And another 5 years for The Don

That's a free farm for anyone getting Kohli.....

Yes, the fans and administration here doesn't seem to rate Zimbabwe much, that could play into the hands of Zimbabwe if there is complacency on the part of players as well.

Without Blessing Muzarabani and Chatara , the bowling attack looks thin though and if ever there was a time for the the fringe players to step up, it is now. Blessing is a world class bowler while Chatara's experience will be hugely missed.

He's not accurate enough to be a world class bowler.

Hes certainly tough to face, has plenty wicket taking deliveries, but he doesn't bowl tight enuf. If you want the luxury of bowling a a few wayward deliveries then you need to be bowling 150.

If we played enough games and our domestic batsmen could put away those bad deliveries more consistently he'd tighten up. I think there's room for improvement and I think he's good enough to do just that. Ditto for Ngarava, plus as I always say, he needs to get the inswinger to the right handers. The most consistent is Evans according to his domestic stats.

If we had two or three seamers that gave the batters very little in their spells then you've got the basis of a reasonable bowling attack.

It's the same for our spin attack. They'll all give you one s**t delivery an over at best.

The difference between 5 good deliveries an over and 6 is massive.

Williams has been batting at a very high level for several years now. He was definitely a late bloomer, and I never thought he would level up his game so high.

In contrast to Taylor who batted well from very early in his career, Williams started much much later. But he's been so good the past several years that I think should he check two boxes, he should be considered as good as Taylor, and arguably even better. If he can hit a WC century against one of the Big 3 or play a match-winning effort against one of the Big 3, he should be considered at least as good as Taylor.

Guys there are only 5 series' from the WSL that are yet to be confirmed by member boards, 4 of them involve Afghanistan.

ZIM V NET

PAK V AFG

IND V AFG

AUS V AFG

SL V AFG

I'm sure Zim and Net series will find a window, both boards will be keen on playing that.

India have not mentioned anything reg AFG series in the recent revealed list of India fixtures, neither have Australia.

Pak and SL will most likely find a window to play AFG.

We have to see what the ICC do in case some of these serves don't happen, will they simply award the points to AFG?

sam_ahm wrote: ↑Wed Jul 27, 2022 4:51 pm

Guys there are only 5 series' from the WSL that are yet to be confirmed by member boards, 4 of them involve Afghanistan.

ZIM V NET

PAK V AFG

IND V AFG

AUS V AFG

SL V AFG

I'm sure Zim and Net series will find a window, both boards will be keen on playing that.

India have not mentioned anything reg AFG series in the recent revealed list of India fixtures, neither have Australia.

Pak and SL will most likely find a window to play AFG.

We have to see what the ICC do in case some of these serves don't happen, will they simply award the points to AFG?

So far it seems like it will be based on aggregate points, but in that case aren't NZ in trouble, despite having a very good record?

I think it may come down to points per match, or points %. That's what the WTC is doing and looks like the most fair system. In that case, ZIM had almost no chance of direct qualification. Ditto for South Africa and West Indies and possibly Sri Lanka as well.

They'll have Stubbs. I know it was only one game but this guy is a power hitter extraordinaire.