Gary ballance bombshell switch

Yeah there's a lot of talk in some whatsapp groups about him over the last 2 weeks or so. If he gets charged by the ECB and his appeal fails then Yorkshire are likely to sack him.....

Some guys in Zim are very confident he's coming back.

As for 'paperwork' - I think thats the Daily Mail just guessing. What paperwork? To switch country in international cricket as far as I know there is one form and submit some evidence of passport/residency etc. It can be done in a week or two. Why would he have done it 'months ago' - whilst still being 'English' for Yorkshire purposes?

Sounds to me like someone at the Daily Mail has seen the rumour from a Zim whatsapp/facebook group (or forum? ;) ) and ran with it.

Sounds like it is going to happen at some point.

Great for the team on the face of things but potentially a whole can of worms for ZC and I worry about things turning toxic. How long until a 'Rhodesian takeover' headline?

secretzimbo wrote: ↑Tue Aug 02, 2022 11:00 pm

Sounds like it is going to happen at some point.

Great for the team on the face of things but potentially a whole can of worms for ZC and I worry about things turning toxic. How long until a 'Rhodesian takeover' headline?

Then you would know the instructions for the headline came from ZC. If they were told to report that Zimbabwe lost yesterday because 3 legged orange goats invaded the pitch then that's what their headlines would all read 😂

secretzimbo wrote: ↑Tue Aug 02, 2022 10:59 pm

Yeah there's a lot of talk in some whatsapp groups about him over the last 2 weeks or so. If he gets charged by the ECB and his appeal fails then Yorkshire are likely to sack him.....

Some guys in Zim are very confident he's coming back.

As for 'paperwork' - I think thats the Daily Mail just guessing. What paperwork? To switch country in international cricket as far as I know there is one form and submit some evidence of passport/residency etc. It can be done in a week or two. Why would he have done it 'months ago' - whilst still being 'English' for Yorkshire purposes?

Sounds to me like someone at the Daily Mail has seen the rumour from a Zim whatsapp/facebook group (or forum? ;) ) and ran with it.

I did laugh at one tweet from a group paid to sing from the Zanu hymn sheet. They write the most toxic outrageous lies, i dont know why i torment myself reading their s**t in the build up to these elections. Actually the lies come from all directions. Politics is ugly and the people who play it are the worst. It's the scramble for kingship and obscene wealth.

People actually want to be lorded over, it's really weird, it must satisfy some primitive desire in most people to have powerful people they have to hold in awe. These rallies are so bizarre. Chamisa even thinks he's ordained by his God.

They all want to be living deities.

The tweet was- All Hail The Chevrons. 😂

Clearly the guy reads this forum. 😂

It's not All Hail The Chevrons it's ALL HAIL DAVE!!!

It's how it works here, what they really want to hear is All Hail ZC for being so smart as to choose Dave, but alas they can't undo 25 years of gross mismanagement and pilfering.

ALL HAIL DAVE!! ALL HAIL DAVE!! ALL HAIL DAVE!!

Will be absolutely brilliant if Ballance comes back, will surely add a lot of value to the side.

Train Driver wrote: ↑Wed Aug 03, 2022 9:26 am

Googly wrote: ↑Wed Aug 03, 2022 5:51 am

It's how it works here, what they really want to hear is All Hail ZC for being so smart as to choose Dave, but alas they can't undo 25 years of gross mismanagement and pilfering.

ALL HAIL DAVE!! ALL HAIL DAVE!! ALL HAIL DAVE!!

You were doing OK until this point, now the Leaders are after you :shock:

😂 I thought I covered myself by cussing Chamisa?

All Hail Dave!

So how does our side look with Ballance in the team?

Not to mention, the bowling dilemma we now have. All of a sudden guys have put their hand up.

I think pitch style personally will need to factor into selection decisions. On a fast pitch we have enough spin part timers to compensate for Wellington for instance.

I cant split evans and Ngarava.

That said, all things neutral, ill take a stab. White players are bolded as some people like to monitor the consequences of that.. including ZC,

1. Ballance

2. Regis (w)

3. Wes

4. Willo

5. Raza

6. Burl

7. Ervine

8. Wellington

9. Jongwe

10. Evans

11. Blessing

-

12 Ngarava

13 Shumba

14 Marumani

15 Nyauchi

Have I missed anyone?

I dont think we can persist with chatara even when fit unless injuries. Too old, slow and not a bat.

Get him in the team!

Well knock me down and call me Susan. It is happening, 100%

:o

Interesting times ahead. We'll have a world class batsman in the side. If he's there in time for Australia don't forget it was their seamers that undid him. Either he'll be in a hurry because hes got some unfinished business there or he'll be happy to dodge that tour 😂, but if youre a player of his caliber thats the ultimate test isnt it?

He hasnt played for a long time. I watched him the other day and he looked really scratchy and rusty, but that will change in a heart beat. I can't remember exactly but his technique was found wanting. I'll YouTube and Google now, but I think he had a back and across trigger and some technical flaw that was not holding up to the scrutiny of 150. In fairness nobody on the planet is comfortable with that pace, its just downright ugly and dangerous. I'd bet he's fixed it, but it's what ultimately ended his England career. I recall he also had a couple of really unlucky dismissals which compounded his woes.

In my view he should have been kept on, he's got the most beautiful hands, such good touch.

It would have been doubly interesting if Taylor was still around. I don't think they'd have been talking to Ballance if Taylor was still in the mix, but if they had that would have really changed the complexion of our batting line up.