Zimbabwe heads into 50-over mode for the next couple of months, with The Pro50 starting in the morning.
The first double round (11th & 13th November) sees;
Tuskers Vs Eagles @ Bulawayo Athletic Club
Rhinos Vs Southern Rocks @ Kwekwe Sports Club
These are the first franchise games in any format to take place outside of Harare for a couple of years.
Full fixtures/venues here;
https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/pro ... e-fixtures
Double round-robin with a grand final on January 7th.
Defending champions are the mighty Rhinos, who won their first ever silverware in this competition last season.
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Let's hope we have some under 19 guys and maybe even a few overseas players
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I don't recall a hotter week in Zim, it's been hell. Tete was expecting 48 degrees this week, lowveld areas are mid 40's.
It would indicate that rain is due and many games being rained off, but we know this, it has strangely occurred every year for the last hundred years we've been playing the bulk of our cricket over Dec and January 😂
It would indicate that rain is due and many games being rained off, but we know this, it has strangely occurred every year for the last hundred years we've been playing the bulk of our cricket over Dec and January 😂
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No real surprises with the one day squads. Nice to see Sean Williams back though
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We joke about fixtures ‘probably changing’ - but day 1?!?! Tuskers and Eagles are out in Mutare for some reason 😂 😂 apparently there’s no turf at BAC. Although they managed to play a club game there the other day 😂
Nice to see Sean back anyway. Burl Mavuta and Campbell all in the team for Rhinos. Kwekwe must be a dust bowl. Probable considering the recent hot weather
Nice to see Sean back anyway. Burl Mavuta and Campbell all in the team for Rhinos. Kwekwe must be a dust bowl. Probable considering the recent hot weather
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Ngarava seems to be bowling well. Double wicket maiden including the 'prized' wicket
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What's the track like at mutare? Chivanga and ngarava getting Williams and ervine for ducks. Both caught behind.
Might indicate a bit of pace and bounce
Might indicate a bit of pace and bounce
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Donald wrote: ↑Thu Nov 11, 2021 8:21 am
What's the track like at mutare? Chivanga and ngarava getting Williams and ervine for ducks. Both caught behind.
Might indicate a bit of pace and bounce
Yeah possibly. It’s so long since any professional cricket was played there I suppose nobody knows.
At a guess I would expect all these non-Harare grounds are a bit of a mess and therefore favourable for bowling. Probably low-scoring matches, but we’ll see.
Forecast for the next week or two is dreadful anyway! ☔️
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gary ballance ballance should quit county cricket in uk and back for zimbabwe. ballance, ervine, williams, raza along with michael lake, diplock,bruce,jimmy ives, snyder,kevin bowie.derek bell the legie will give variety to the bowling attack and will make the team strong in upcomming t20 world cup in australia
no under19 kids in pro50 not a sign keeping in mind icc u19 world cup not far away
no under19 kids in pro50 not a sign keeping in mind icc u19 world cup not far away
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ZIMDOGGY wrote: ↑Fri Nov 19, 2021 8:51 am
CholeZimbo wrote: ↑Thu Nov 18, 2021 10:19 am
secretzimbo wrote: ↑Thu Nov 18, 2021 9:10 am
Yep. Our middle order is stacked. Burl isn't going to get any chances at 4 or 5 any time soon.
To get into the team right now in basically any format you need to bat at 1 or 7. So really he's relying on his bowling advancing and becoming more consistent, and he needs to make the most of the limited batting opportunities he gets. He's effectively in direct competition with Raza. In some if not all formats, we probably won't be selecting both of them. Especially as Wes' bowling is improving too.
Wes is a better bowler and batter than Burl. Burly should focus on batting up the order than leg spin. The former makes more sense than him focusing on an even more difficult craft at age 28.
Bowler?
Wes is just a generic Dibbly dob offie like 5 others in the team. Burls a leggie and a point of difference
Burl will always be more valuable to zim as a bowler. Even if stats reflect it or not.
Wes didnt become the highest u19 wc wicket taker by being bad tho
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Donald Tiripano is proving himself un-droppable. He might have missed his calling as batsmen. He may not be everyone's cup of tea, but he's let his batting do the talking
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slcricfan1 wrote: ↑Fri Nov 19, 2021 10:49 am
ZIMDOGGY wrote: ↑Fri Nov 19, 2021 8:51 am
CholeZimbo wrote: ↑Thu Nov 18, 2021 10:19 am
Wes is a better bowler and batter than Burl. Burly should focus on batting up the order than leg spin. The former makes more sense than him focusing on an even more difficult craft at age 28.
Bowler?
Wes is just a generic Dibbly dob offie like 5 others in the team. Burls a leggie and a point of difference
Burl will always be more valuable to zim as a bowler. Even if stats reflect it or not.
Wes didnt become the highest u19 wc wicket taker by being bad tho
Right now Wes is a much better bowler. Until Burl sorts himself, that's that on that.
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Enough of the old useless fellow in the team. Needs some new young players andrew odendall, brian diiplock, jimmy ives, michael lake, jothan colonally, derek Bell, wesley snyder and newcbowling coach to be anthony ireland
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Wow that is an apalling batting display by Tuskers. Williams completely on his own.....
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Williams despite his one man batting should have saw the team home really.
Despite this well batted Sir and should be losing man of match for his 3 wickets and 86 runs
Despite this well batted Sir and should be losing man of match for his 3 wickets and 86 runs
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Donald wrote: ↑Fri Nov 19, 2021 3:16 pm
Tashinga musekiwa has a phenomenol one day batting average.
Who is he?
Yet another 21 year old who went to Churchill. I don’t know what they did to that year group but they are extremely good.
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slcricfan1 wrote: ↑Fri Nov 19, 2021 10:49 am
Wes didnt become the highest u19 wc wicket taker by being bad tho
You have to look at the opposition he bowled to though. I think he averaged 100+ against the Test nations and took almost all of his wickets against teams like PNG, Scotland, Canada, etc.
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