A whopping 14 teams are involved this year and the tournament is due to last about 6 weeks apparently.
I hear it’s starting on Sunday?? Hopefully we get some fixtures soon.
They’ve tried to use a provincial qualification process which has mostly worked but has led to some anomalies. I’m not clear how Takashinga have qualified both teams based on Vigne Cul standings. Unless some other teams just weren’t interested?
There’s no OH/‘Harare Kings’ this time so there’s a handful of forum-favourite players who either might not feature or will have to find another club.
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CalZim wrote: ↑Sat Sep 30, 2023 5:52 am
secretzimbo wrote: ↑Fri Sep 29, 2023 1:50 pm
Big century by Ashley Mufandauya
Another young bat with plenty of promise, played a couple of logan cup games back in 2021 and is still early 20s.
His NPL season has been a bit up and down though.
Another one from the Gladiators/Chitungwiza production line. There are several in that side who deserve a shot at franchise this year.
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secretzimbo wrote: ↑Sat Sep 30, 2023 10:54 am
Aisha Chibanda another young batter who’s been in good form
Yeah he is playing a really good 'finisher' role with a decent strike rate.
There have been loads of young and relatively unknown players sticking their hands up in the NPL. I'd say this almost warrants an additional side to the main setup, maybe for the t20 / one day matches.
I could name a squads worth of players who have had a decent NPL that only have a slim chance of making the main teams. They would probably struggle to compete but its still an interesting thought.
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That Hamilton Masakadza in the runs again, anybody know much about him?....... 😂
Great to watch him and Welly batting together. He still has a good eye....except missing that straight one from Larry 😂
Great to watch him and Welly batting together. He still has a good eye....except missing that straight one from Larry 😂
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CalZim wrote: ↑Sat Sep 30, 2023 2:03 pm
secretzimbo wrote: ↑Sat Sep 30, 2023 10:54 am
Aisha Chibanda another young batter who’s been in good form
Yeah he is playing a really good 'finisher' role with a decent strike rate.
There have been loads of young and relatively unknown players sticking their hands up in the NPL. I'd say this almost warrants an additional side to the main setup, maybe for the t20 / one day matches.
I could name a squads worth of players who have had a decent NPL that only have a slim chance of making the main teams. They would probably struggle to compete but its still an interesting thought.
They had that Lions side as a 6th team during the last domestic T20 and I'd suggest that is worth doing again - a 6th team can work over a short period, e.g. the domestic T20.
I'd say 5 is the right number for the Logan Cup though. Keep the standard as high as possible.
The NPL is working great though as a platform for guys. Hopefully the provincial club cricket leagues have another improved season this year as well.
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Have these games been given official T20 status by ZC? Will the records be added on player’s cricinfo profiles?
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Some of the shots that Matthew Welch has played this morning are orgasmic. Looks to have a higher celling that Bennett to me with the bat.
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If Chibhabha plays for the Eagles this season it will be a travesty. Lots of young lads pushing for franchise spots this season. We will see the politics on display if some of the old timers keep their places ahead of young guns.
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TapsC2 wrote: ↑Thu Oct 19, 2023 4:23 am
I have never understood how SA can produce so many fast bowlers and we can't. We are right next door. Can only be the scouting and youth development for me. Not many kids this side start off wanting to be a spin bowler anyway. It doesn't make sense.
Maths to an extent.
Many thousands of kids play cricket in South Africa.
Here we have about 300 at most.
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We grew up taping tennis balls. I think Insulation tape over tennis balls was invented right here in the 70's.
We don't have quick bowlers because 90% of our kids don't try and bowl fast, they attempt to bowl accurately first.
In my day every school (more than 20 decent high schools) had guys trying to bowl as fast as they could, you don't see that much anymore.
What little school cricket we play is T20. You have to get through the overs- shortened run up, you have to be accurate and pace off works. It's not conducive to bowling fast.
It's less to do with scouting and youth development and more to do with competitive school cricket and boys trying to be the fastest in the country and getting selected for age group sides. Guys wanted a reputation of being quick.
We've got some tall athletic guys in our men's cricket and I'm willing to bet they could bowl faster than they do, but they've spent so long bowling within themselves that they have zero control when they try and crank it up.
Plus it's tiring 😂
We've got very few guys that bowl over a stiff leading leg and most have poor wrists. That's 10-15kph right there.
Most don't run in either, they amble. That's another 5 kph.
That's coaching, or lack thereof.
I once watched a coach showing a really promising young guy painstakingly teaching him to bowl with no wrist flex so he could be more accurate. Mind boggling. I spoke to the parent, but he wouldn't change because that coach could get his son into the team.
We don't have quick bowlers because 90% of our kids don't try and bowl fast, they attempt to bowl accurately first.
In my day every school (more than 20 decent high schools) had guys trying to bowl as fast as they could, you don't see that much anymore.
What little school cricket we play is T20. You have to get through the overs- shortened run up, you have to be accurate and pace off works. It's not conducive to bowling fast.
It's less to do with scouting and youth development and more to do with competitive school cricket and boys trying to be the fastest in the country and getting selected for age group sides. Guys wanted a reputation of being quick.
We've got some tall athletic guys in our men's cricket and I'm willing to bet they could bowl faster than they do, but they've spent so long bowling within themselves that they have zero control when they try and crank it up.
Plus it's tiring 😂
We've got very few guys that bowl over a stiff leading leg and most have poor wrists. That's 10-15kph right there.
Most don't run in either, they amble. That's another 5 kph.
That's coaching, or lack thereof.
I once watched a coach showing a really promising young guy painstakingly teaching him to bowl with no wrist flex so he could be more accurate. Mind boggling. I spoke to the parent, but he wouldn't change because that coach could get his son into the team.
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https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/she ... -scorecard
Cartwright & Goodwin playing together for Western Australia. :)
Cartwright & Goodwin playing together for Western Australia. :)
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totoro wrote: ↑Thu Nov 16, 2023 9:59 pm
https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/she ... -scorecard
Cartwright & Goodwin playing together for Western Australia. :)
If there is any player to target for a Zimbabwe return you’d have to think it’s Jayden Goodwin.
Age, pedigree + good enough to get motm in the toughest first class comp in the world.
I’d be throwing some serious coin his way in the run up to the next World Cup.
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