Zimbabwe vs Namibia | 5th T20I

Not easy to nudge it around until you're on 30 or 40 unless it's to the detriment of the team. You can afford to do that as an opener up to a point, but after that some scoring shots are required.

Madhevere knows what to do, plus he'd have been told a hundred times. Depends which format as well obviously.

In 50 over he needs to limit his scoring areas and be disciplined about it. That's his problem right there, and it's also off-field.

It's not dissimilar in T20, you still have to have your scoring areas. He just plays a low percentage shot at the wrong time at the wrong delivery and he's not learning from it too fast. He's in the right team because he will get opportunities forever, even if someone else comes along that does better (currently unlikely). He's a gun fielder and an ok part time spinner so he will be thereabouts for ages.

I'd like to see him build some muscle so he can hit a longer ball. We see his talent regularly, but its not enough at this level. We need a degree of dependability.

He needs to play as many domestic games as possible and there he needs to learn to convert by being a lot more circumspect. It won't be long before a couple of young guys are nipping at his heels for his spot, if the playing field was level, which it isn't. 😂

Zimbo I'm not sure why you're mentioning Flower? The top shelf here is full. Only a premature demise will free up a spot 😂 It's dead man's shoes.

Our players lack discipline in both batting and bowling. I think that much is clear. We also have a team full of players that on the international stage are average. I don't mean that badly, there are some unbelievable players in world cricket. We have average to good. We can do better with more disciplined performances but we're not setting the world alight too often. Enough to keep us frustrated and interested and wring our hands with what if's.

Mr Houghton has done well for us with not much to work with in my opinion. He's certainly created a better environment for our national players and allowed them to play without the pressure of shouting coaches and admin.

You don't need that along with the usual personal and game pressures. He will continue to be the right man for the job for a long time.

Our players need to toughen up and we will get better results.

I mostly agree with year round salaries. Then we get beaten by Namibia who are basically an amateur side.

Van Lingen had to take time off work to play. Has a full time job and then comes along and single handedly beats us twice. A tough hard working Dutchman.

You never hear that about us Zimbabweans 😂 We're too precious.

The year round guys probably need to be our best 50 and the proviso needs to be that they practice year round to a quality practice schedule. Gets complicated when guys get paying club gigs. Those UK club games mean you don't actually get to practice much, maybe twice a week.

Unfortunately if they ever did something like this you'd see some wrong guys getting the annual salary. Someone has to decide which players have a higher potential ceiling.

Theyre cramming in games here, back to back ones to save money and players don't get a chance to work on stuff between games. Most haven't adequately prepared pre-season and hence you don't see the improvements from year to year that you should.