Great news for Zimbabwe cricket, will be co-histing the 2027 Cricket World Cup along with South Africa and Namibia.
Interestingly it will be the same format as in 2003, with 14 teams, super 6 and then the Semis and Finals.
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Great news! I was saying the other day how popular ZC currently (inexplicably) is within the ICC.
https://www.icc-cricket.com/news/2354682
https://www.icc-cricket.com/news/2354682
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secretzimbo wrote: ↑Tue Nov 16, 2021 12:37 pm
Great news! I was saying the other day how popular ZC currently (inexplicably) is within the ICC.
https://www.icc-cricket.com/news/2354682
Yes mate great news!!! Also very refreshing to see mostly different nations hosting different white ball events.
I'm a bit surprised by the dates though.. October /November instead of the usual February /March as we had in 03.
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Heard we were interested in a T20WC but to get the proper world cup instead is really cool!!! Quite unexpected. Hopefully we get more than just a couple of games. Great that a return to 14 teams is confirmed as well.
DOn't really understand why they are persisting with the Champions Trophy. A global event every single year is surely overkill.
DOn't really understand why they are persisting with the Champions Trophy. A global event every single year is surely overkill.
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The last time Zimbabwe hosted a major ICC event was in 2003 alongside neighbhoring countries South Africa and Kenya and it was the 2003 ICC ODI World Cup which Australia won.
it is interesting to discuss where Zimbabwe cricket will be by 2027. Many on this forum fear that once Williams, Craig and Raza retire, Zimbabwe cricket will disappear into oblivion.
Contrary to the popular belief, with promising youngsters like Muzarabani, Madhevere, Shumba, Burl, Myers, Ngarava and Marumani, I certainly believe that things will be better after those three's retirement than it was in 2005 after the rebels' walkout, the talent depth right now in the youth is superior to the talent depth in the youth after the rebels' walkout in 2005, of course, there was young Brendan Taylor and promising Taibu but apart from that things looked extremely bleak during those post rebels' walkout. Zimbabwe failed for years to even be competitive against good sides after 2005, they suffered thrashings after thrashings. And now with these promising lads on the rise, if ZC can get their s**t together and unearth another two to three quality players, preferably one quality spinner and two top order quality batters, from the under 19s in the next three years then they can just stay somewhere at 8th to 9th best teams in the world. And a host means a guaranteed spot in the world cup so that may even bring back or entice some of the talents lost to greener pastures oversea. So just a food for thought guys.
it is interesting to discuss where Zimbabwe cricket will be by 2027. Many on this forum fear that once Williams, Craig and Raza retire, Zimbabwe cricket will disappear into oblivion.
Contrary to the popular belief, with promising youngsters like Muzarabani, Madhevere, Shumba, Burl, Myers, Ngarava and Marumani, I certainly believe that things will be better after those three's retirement than it was in 2005 after the rebels' walkout, the talent depth right now in the youth is superior to the talent depth in the youth after the rebels' walkout in 2005, of course, there was young Brendan Taylor and promising Taibu but apart from that things looked extremely bleak during those post rebels' walkout. Zimbabwe failed for years to even be competitive against good sides after 2005, they suffered thrashings after thrashings. And now with these promising lads on the rise, if ZC can get their s**t together and unearth another two to three quality players, preferably one quality spinner and two top order quality batters, from the under 19s in the next three years then they can just stay somewhere at 8th to 9th best teams in the world. And a host means a guaranteed spot in the world cup so that may even bring back or entice some of the talents lost to greener pastures oversea. So just a food for thought guys.
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Great news for Namibia. Kenya is now getting replaced by Namibia as 3rd african team in top level cricket. Kenya cricket board needs to think seriously to keep cricket alive in the country
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secretzimbo wrote: ↑Tue Nov 16, 2021 12:53 pm
Heard we were interested in a T20WC but to get the proper world cup instead is really cool!!! Quite unexpected. Hopefully we get more than just a couple of games. Great that a return to 14 teams is confirmed as well.
DOn't really understand why they are persisting with the Champions Trophy. A global event every single year is surely overkill.
Yes it's strange but I think the Champions trophy will be the new "elite world cup" with the 10 team/round robin format. Then they will use the world cups to "expand" the game's global reach.
They probably did the maths and realized countries like the USA, Nepal etc can be captured and increase revenue. To be honest Zimbabwe, Scotland, Ireland and the Netherlands don't contribute much in terms of TV revenue and they are teams 11 to 14. Namibia won't do much for TV revenue either.
I'm expecting massive 16 team world cups in the future, especially for T20s.
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Let's hope our standards won't deteriorate too badly. Wes and Shumba are just 2 guys. We need at least 4 or 5 more. Importing is the only way from what I can see. The next 18 or so months are the most vital months in our cricketing history. That's the most amount of time I see Ervine, Raza and Williams giving us. At the moment we only have half a team without them (Wes,Shumba, Burl, Blessing, Ngarava)
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TapsC2 wrote: ↑Tue Nov 16, 2021 1:53 pm
Let's hope our standards won't deteriorate too badly. Wes and Shumba are just 2 guys. We need at least 4 or 5 more. Importing is the only way from what I can see. The next 18 or so months are the most vital months in our cricketing history. That's the most amount of time I see Ervine, Raza and Williams giving us. At the moment we only have half a team without them (Wes,Shumba, Burl, Blessing, Ngarava)
I`d add Wellington and Regis in there though Regis might be a little bit too old
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slcricfan1 wrote: ↑Tue Nov 16, 2021 2:16 pm
TapsC2 wrote: ↑Tue Nov 16, 2021 1:53 pm
Let's hope our standards won't deteriorate too badly. Wes and Shumba are just 2 guys. We need at least 4 or 5 more. Importing is the only way from what I can see. The next 18 or so months are the most vital months in our cricketing history. That's the most amount of time I see Ervine, Raza and Williams giving us. At the moment we only have half a team without them (Wes,Shumba, Burl, Blessing, Ngarava)
I`d add Wellington and Regis in there though Regis might be a little bit too old
Key player Wellington. Underrated now, but watch this space.
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CholeZimbo wrote: ↑Tue Nov 16, 2021 2:43 pm
slcricfan1 wrote: ↑Tue Nov 16, 2021 2:16 pm
TapsC2 wrote: ↑Tue Nov 16, 2021 1:53 pm
Let's hope our standards won't deteriorate too badly. Wes and Shumba are just 2 guys. We need at least 4 or 5 more. Importing is the only way from what I can see. The next 18 or so months are the most vital months in our cricketing history. That's the most amount of time I see Ervine, Raza and Williams giving us. At the moment we only have half a team without them (Wes,Shumba, Burl, Blessing, Ngarava)
I`d add Wellington and Regis in there though Regis might be a little bit too old
Key player Wellington. Underrated now, but watch this space.
Haha I think you love Wellington almost as much as I love Regis mate 😂
Also someone on the last page mentioned we will qualify automatically. Word on the street is that we definitely won’t - only SA will qualify automatically as the ‘main’ host. But with 14 teams we surely will anyway.
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All in all, from the depths of getting suspended by the ICC in 2019 and staring at an uncertain future to hosting a 50 over World cup, the biggest event in cricketing calender, is indeed massive news for Zimbabwe cricket.
The disapointment of missing out on back to back world cups is finally over now with the end of 2021 T20 WC, now everyone is on a level playing field and now is the time for Zimbabwe cricket to step up and get counted.
It's time ZC and players start afresh and go about giving their best, T20 WC 2022 qualification is the first big target for this team followed by 2023 WC qualification.
ZC has suffered a lot, and I hope this is the start of a few good things.
The disapointment of missing out on back to back world cups is finally over now with the end of 2021 T20 WC, now everyone is on a level playing field and now is the time for Zimbabwe cricket to step up and get counted.
It's time ZC and players start afresh and go about giving their best, T20 WC 2022 qualification is the first big target for this team followed by 2023 WC qualification.
ZC has suffered a lot, and I hope this is the start of a few good things.
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secretzimbo wrote: ↑Tue Nov 16, 2021 3:11 pm
CholeZimbo wrote: ↑Tue Nov 16, 2021 2:43 pm
slcricfan1 wrote: ↑Tue Nov 16, 2021 2:16 pm
I`d add Wellington and Regis in there though Regis might be a little bit too old
Key player Wellington. Underrated now, but watch this space.
Haha I think you love Wellington almost as much as I love Regis mate 😂
Also someone on the last page mentioned we will qualify automatically. Word on the street is that we definitely won’t - only SA will qualify automatically as the ‘main’ host. But with 14 teams we surely will anyway.
Well, 😂 . And round about the time you started hyping Reggy up he became a big hitter even opening the batting 😂 . Seriously though, When that kid starts believing in how good he is, he will be up there with some of our best ever spinners and match winners.
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I wonder if England will play Zimbabwe or be in Zimbabwe if scheduled to. I mean after all these allegations, they do not seem very moral themselves or too far from human rights abuses.
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CholeZimbo wrote: ↑Tue Nov 16, 2021 6:50 pm
I wonder if England will play Zimbabwe or be in Zimbabwe if scheduled to. I mean after all these allegations, they do not seem very moral themselves or too far from human rights abuses.
Haha remember 2003. Refused to come up to Zim the day before the game - we ended up getting the walkover points and qualifying for the next round, whilst they were knocked out. 😂 NZ did the same in Nairobi
Not sure if they'll bother with another ODI Super League now they've expanded the world cup, but if they do there's no reason we shouldn't be playing England in that. Even if it's away.
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secretzimbo wrote: ↑Tue Nov 16, 2021 3:11 pm
CholeZimbo wrote: ↑Tue Nov 16, 2021 2:43 pm
slcricfan1 wrote: ↑Tue Nov 16, 2021 2:16 pm
I`d add Wellington and Regis in there though Regis might be a little bit too old
Key player Wellington. Underrated now, but watch this space.
Haha I think you love Wellington almost as much as I love Regis mate 😂
Also someone on the last page mentioned we will qualify automatically. Word on the street is that we definitely won’t - only SA will qualify automatically as the ‘main’ host. But with 14 teams we surely will anyway.
I think a lot of people have assumed this, but I've not seen anything concrete that suggests there are 'main hosts' and 'co-hosts'. Hopefully this means Zim auto-qualifies.
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Mr Twig wrote: ↑Tue Nov 16, 2021 11:45 pm
I think a lot of people have assumed this, but I've not seen anything concrete that suggests there are 'main hosts' and 'co-hosts'. Hopefully this means Zim auto-qualifies.
But then Namibia would have to auto-qualify as well. I don't think they can have 3 auto-qualifiers out of 14, but who knows.
All in all its good that so many smaller sides are hosting tournaments. Surprising the Big 3 are hosting so few. USA hosting 2024 is pretty massive and will surely get some people into the game. Even 1% of a country with 330 million people watching or following the game is massive.
And it is possible to get Americans interested in cricket. Check the following podcast out:
https://youtu.be/_78TY0mQTOk
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sam_ahm wrote: ↑Tue Nov 16, 2021 6:03 pm
All in all, from the depths of getting suspended by the ICC in 2019 and staring at an uncertain future to hosting a 50 over World cup, the biggest event in cricketing calender, is indeed massive news for Zimbabwe cricket.
The disapointment of missing out on back to back world cups is finally over now with the end of 2021 T20 WC, now everyone is on a level playing field and now is the time for Zimbabwe cricket to step up and get counted.
It's time ZC and players start afresh and go about giving their best, T20 WC 2022 qualification is the first big target for this team followed by 2023 WC qualification.
ZC has suffered a lot, and I hope this is the start of a few good things.
Yeah, great news and these are my exact thoughts too.
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Now we have something to build towards, a clear objective, its time to put more focus on the youth (which to be honest, ZC has been doing well if late ), get them good contracts and have them commit. Wesly, Shumba and Marumani could possibly be our core by then..hopefully we can add a few more players like Bawa...Hence Jarvis, the great Dave Houghon and team have a lot of work to do
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So we hosting next year T20 wc qualifier too. Most of the qualifiers are going to host by zim cricket, that's a massive achievement tbh.
So we hosting next year T20 wc qualifier too. Most of the qualifiers are going to host by zim cricket, that's a massive achievement tbh.
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