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Pro50 Championship 2023-24

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Time for the franchise season to start - with the Pro50 up first. Fixtures every Friday & Sunday for the next 5 weekends, played around the country.

The first round this weekend is Eagles vs Rocks at Takashinga, and Mountaineers vs Rhinos at Mutare.

With the national team off to Namibia (and then the actual qualifiers a couple of weeks later) it seems that the national squad will miss the entire tournament. Hopefully a few of the overseas will arrive soon to strengthen things.

Mountaineers are the double-defending champions having won the last couple of editions.
Will the Pakistani fast bowlers participate?
Playing XIs out?
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Schadendorf has moved to Mountaineers. PJ is also playing for them which I find surprising.
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Alex Russell and Romario Roach?? At Eagles
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Johnathan Campbell has been signed by Rocks.

They’ve also picked up Mufandauya who did well in the NPL
Real test of Musekiwa this tournament. Doing it at NPL level is all well and good but the franchise stuff gives a better idea of how good he is.
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secretzimbo wrote: ↑Fri Oct 20, 2023 7:35 am

Schadendorf has moved to Mountaineers. PJ is also playing for them which I find surprising.


That must have been a last second switch?

He and Frost were not in the starting line up at Rocks originally. Not sure where Frost is now.
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Googly wrote: ↑Fri Oct 20, 2023 8:01 am


secretzimbo wrote: ↑Fri Oct 20, 2023 7:35 am

Schadendorf has moved to Mountaineers. PJ is also playing for them which I find surprising.


That must have been a last second switch?

He and Frost were not in the starting line up at Rocks originally. Not sure where Frost is now.


It’s Dane at Mountaineers. Maybe Jayden is still at Rocks? But not playing today anyway. Neither is Frost.
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I don’t know yo, say Nick gubbins comes over. Some kid with a sweet county gig. Get him in the national side ZC, give him citizenship. Like why would Nick gubbins even fancy that?!
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In his yearbook at school it will read something like when I grow up I want to be earning $50 a season playing in Zim and can’t wait to have to buy my own lunch at chicken inn every day because the grounds and facilities are dog s**t.
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Pat_Bee wrote: ↑Mon Nov 13, 2023 9:08 pm

They were all on the raza bandwagon last year hey.

then there’s the guys who think picking 11 murungus will solve the problems, based solely on them being murungus like what?! That’s like reverse quota.


Yes!!! Usually seems to be south Asians. They’ve never ever ever seen these guys actually play cricket but as soon as someone with a white sounding name plays at any level in Zim they instantly want them to captain the national side immediately 😂 South Asians seems the most racist of all, generally*.

* Not including some of the very knowledgeable south Asian posters we are lucky to have here.
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They’re solely in it for the betting.

You’ve either got to have a vested interest or have something wrong with you to be following pro50 and Logan cup from the other slide of the world.

Local new fans tend to be into bandwagon-ism too. One I was talking to in the early stages of the t20 World Cup was totally convinced Williams needed dropping for Evans after a couple of low scores. Just got to smile and nod and hope stupid isn’t contagious.

There are also some extremely knowledgeable fans on social media so credit where it is due.
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Pat_Bee wrote: ↑Mon Nov 13, 2023 9:59 pm

You’ve either got to have a vested interest or have something wrong with you to be following pro50 and Logan cup from the other slide of the world.


Name a greater first class comp in the world...

To be fair I tend to watch a lot of African domestic cricket across Uganda, Rwanda, Kenya and Tanzania.....so I agree some people are just weird 😂
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secretzimbo wrote: ↑Mon Nov 13, 2023 9:35 pm


Pat_Bee wrote: ↑Mon Nov 13, 2023 9:08 pm

They were all on the raza bandwagon last year hey.

then there’s the guys who think picking 11 murungus will solve the problems, based solely on them being murungus like what?! That’s like reverse quota.


Yes!!! Usually seems to be south Asians. They’ve never ever ever seen these guys actually play cricket but as soon as someone with a white sounding name plays at any level in Zim they instantly want them to captain the national side immediately 😂 South Asians seems the most racist of all, generally*.

* Not including some of the very knowledgeable south Asian posters we are lucky to have here.


Even our parents are racist if they have a son/daughter who is mildly off colour yo 😂 . Racism is like breakfast here, we just don't take any offense to it mostly.
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Pat_Bee wrote: ↑Mon Nov 13, 2023 9:59 pm

have something wrong with you to be following pro50 and Logan cup from the other slide of the world.


Can confirm, there is definitely something wrong with me :D

Googly wrote: ↑Mon Nov 13, 2023 3:42 pm

Here's a sad fact- if you took a poll from current fans whether they could pick Naqvi, Ballance or BT 90% would jump on the Knackerville bus.

One unproven guy with a remarkable domestic record vs a couple of guys with international pedigree.

I'm just saying there are folk here desperately short of cricket acumen.


I'd be picking Ballance in front of BT only because he is 5 years younger
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The 4 Pakistani bowlers are playing today. Dom Bess has joined the Rocks.
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Hopefully young Naqvi will bounce back after that dodgy Uganda game last weekend.
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