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Logan Cup: Eagles v Mountaineers & Tuskers v Rhinos (6th-9th Feb)

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72 runs and 7 wickets so far for Wes. Surely 100 runs and 10 wickets in a match will be one of those rare stats. I hope he can pull it off
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Nobody mentioned Muchawayas blitzkreig 50 as a number 11 batter lol
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secretzimbo wrote: ↑Mon Feb 07, 2022 12:20 pm

I'm in Harare today, hoping to get down to HSC for a beer later


Got there in time to see the last half hour or so of play. Pretty much the first ball I saw was Kunje getting out for 88. Unfortunately the Rhinos are very ordinary nowadays. Need to do some recruiting next season or they are going to stay bottom of the heap for the foreseeable.

The evergreen John Nyumbu was bowling, which is quite amazing as I first saw him play live at Queen's 18 years ago when I was just finishing school! A decent player over the years, but surely there’s someone younger in Bulawayo who deserves a chance now?

HSC is looking in good shape btw, and the liquid refreshment at the Centurion was as fine as ever.
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What beers do they serve there now
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Quite a lot of choice - Windhoek, Castle, plus all of the usual European stuff. Can't go wrong with a Zambezi though!
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secretzimbo wrote: ↑Mon Feb 07, 2022 8:20 pm

Quite a lot of choice - Windhoek, Castle, plus all of the usual European stuff. Can't go wrong with a Zambezi though!


Never! a top beer that!
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Yea a zambezi always goes down well. It's s**t that I can't get anything here in the UK
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Nothing like a beer conversation whilst posting on cricket. Ah, for that mythical time the forum meets at the pub to solve cricket & world problems!

This anecdote may get lost in translation but it cracked me up at the time. Here in Oz, there is a comedian called MIck Molloy, a bloke in his mid fifties & a sporting tragic.

He hosts an irreverent sports program called The Front Bar. At the beginning of our cricket season he showed footage from 1978 of security stopping patrons entering the MCG for a days cricket. The rules were you could not bring any more than one case of beer (24 cans) per person per day.

Cue back to Molloy who has a gobsmacked look on his face & rues that he was born in the wrong era. An era of plastic cups & responsible service of alcohol.

Now I extrapolated this thought as I recall Doug Walters drank 50 cans on a 24 hour flight to England in 1972. Given you may have 8 hours sleep on the flight, that's 16 hours of drinking time, or just over 3 per hour. So the 1978 standard would allow 24 cans per person in a 7 hour day (6 hours play + lunch/tea.). Just over 3 per hour! This was the Australian standard!
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Love the front bar!
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Merv Hughes was also renowned for in-flight consumption
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Lol whats the thinking behind Fraine and Maunze coming in at numbers 6 and 7, when they are usually openers?!
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Donald wrote: ↑Mon Feb 07, 2022 5:22 pm

Nobody mentioned Muchawayas blitzkreig 50 as a number 11 batter lol


Yeah whats up with that, have checked his previous scorecards and it seems like he clears the boundaries very often (scores more 6‘s than 4‘s). Is he a strong lad? Thats quite a feat and why does he bat so low? Is he a slogger?
the higher you go the cooler it becomes
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Googly wrote: ↑Tue Feb 08, 2022 7:37 am

Merv Hughes was also renowned for in-flight consumption


David Boon has the record of 52 cans on one flight.

Oddly, this fact in big letters occupies a whole wall at Heathrow airport.
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ilovearsenal04 wrote: ↑Tue Feb 08, 2022 9:46 am


Donald wrote: ↑Mon Feb 07, 2022 5:22 pm

Nobody mentioned Muchawayas blitzkreig 50 as a number 11 batter lol


Yeah whats up with that, have checked his previous scorecards and it seems like he clears the boundaries very often (scores more 6‘s than 4‘s). Is he a strong lad? Thats quite a feat and why does he bat so low? Is he a slogger?


80 runs for the last wicket partnership, could be crucial in this match and, looking at the table, the whole season.
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ZIMDOGGY wrote: ↑Tue Feb 08, 2022 9:51 am


Googly wrote: ↑Tue Feb 08, 2022 7:37 am

Merv Hughes was also renowned for in-flight consumption


David Boon has the record of 52 cans on one flight.

Oddly, this fact in big letters occupies a whole wall at Heathrow airport.


😂
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avid Boon has the record of 52 cans on one flight.

Apparently big Merv was setting the pace for Boony. This lesson was learnt from ‘72 where Rod Marsh( no slouch on the slops himself) was Dougie’s wingman.

Very critical these tactics are worked out beforehand!
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A yoyo test upon arrival would have had interesting consequences.

I thank Jesus most days that I grew up in this era.
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3 day victory for Mountaineers.

News of that result no doubt forcing Tuskers to declare in their match before letting either Shumba or Jongwe get to their half centuries. Tuskers absolutely need to finish off the win here.

I hope those two deducted points don't come back to haunt them.
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Interesting to see how Burl will go with the bat in the 4th innings. Without knowing the pitch conditions, I wonder how he felt about Kunje getting a bowl before him in both innings?
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Mavuta and Wellington have had decent seasons with bat and ball. Mavuta with 30 wickets, Wellington on 29. Only Masuku has more with 31. Mavuta is averaging 47 with the bat this season and Wellington is averaging 33.

Makes more sense to have Mavuta in the squad for me than Mutombodzi. Mutombodzi is in his 30s. Mavuta is 24.
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