A South African emerging side is touring Zimbabwe in August. 2 four day matches and some white ball games.
Who are they going to play against? Zero strategic planning by ZC as per normal.
Games are going to be in Bulawayo.
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Frost looks organised.
Mavuta always plays well - bat and ball - on this ground.
Mavuta always plays well - bat and ball - on this ground.
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secretzimbo wrote: ↑Thu Aug 01, 2024 8:44 am
sam_ahm wrote: ↑Thu Aug 01, 2024 8:40 am
Awad Naqvi playing ahead of Antum?
At least cricinfo says so.
Btw another failure for Nick Welch when it matters.
It’s Antum. Use the ZC app, it’s always more accurate than cricinfo.
Lol, yeah, they have corrected it now. Poor outing for Antum though.
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Mavuta has done well. Being a leg spinner he is an attacking bowling option. I hope he kicks on from here and becomes a good all rounder. ZC desperately needs a genuine all rounder.
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50 for Frost. A bit of respectability after the nightmare first hour.
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secretzimbo wrote: ↑Thu Aug 01, 2024 1:24 pm
50 for Frost. A bit of respectability after the nightmare first hour.
Ugly swat to leg-slip sees him off about 8 seconds after I post this. 😂
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Bowlers saving face for the emerging side. All our batters failing very disappointing. Kudos to Frost, Mavuta and Masuku.
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totoro wrote: ↑Thu Aug 01, 2024 10:17 am
secretzimbo wrote: ↑Thu Aug 01, 2024 10:13 am
He's from the UK. No idea about him beyond that.
Yes! I remember him being discussed in another thread. Thanks :)
Hopefully he does well.
So Mazonde looks fairly quick.
He seems to be from Bradford, which is very literally down the road from where the other Zim 'U25' squad is playing today near Leeds. Why they would fly him out to play for this side when he could play for a Zim side locally is anyones guess. weird. I suspect theres quite a lot of internal politics and competition between some big dogs going on in ZC currently. This kid is clearly someone Mangongo knows or has scouted.
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Well that first hour was tough and the ball was nipping and they bowled well. Has completely flattened out now. They won the toss and probably should have bowled. Of all those early dismissals, Welch's was the unluckiest, ball followed him and he tried to get his hands out the way and it brushed his glove. The other guys played at balls they shouldn't have. Pitch is completely dead now and apart from the UK guy the seamers didn't get an ounce of swing or seam. Nothing.
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Well that first hour was tough and the ball was nipping and they bowled well. Has completely flattened out now. They won the toss and probably should have bowled. Of all those early dismissals, Welch's was the unluckiest, ball followed him and he tried to get his hands out the way and it brushed his glove. The other guys played at balls they shouldn't have. Pitch is completely dead now and apart from the UK guy the seamers didn't get an ounce of swing or seam. Nothing.
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I think the pitch has some juice in the mornings for a little while.
We'll be batting for 2 days to draw.
There's already bad blood, those South Africans are full of s**t as usual.
We'll be batting for 2 days to draw.
There's already bad blood, those South Africans are full of s**t as usual.
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I think the pitch has some juice in the mornings for a little while.
We'll be batting for 2 days to draw.
There's already bad blood, those South Africans are full of s**t as usual.
We'll be batting for 2 days to draw.
There's already bad blood, those South Africans are full of s**t as usual.
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Googly wrote: ↑Thu Aug 01, 2024 4:43 pm
There's already bad blood, those South Africans are full of s**t as usual.
😂
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Googly wrote: ↑Thu Aug 01, 2024 4:43 pm
I think the pitch has some juice in the mornings for a little while.
We'll be batting for 2 days to draw.
There's already bad blood, those South Africans are full of s**t as usual.
Some.of the sledging of Frost, particularly from Kodi looked way over the top. Fair play to.the lad though, knuckled down.
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Why I prefer Mangongo personally over Elton is that he will cast his net a lot wider and not have 11 system picks every single time. His management skills might not be the best for senior pros but at this level and you are 31-5 when you won the toss, some tough love is needed.
Another way of looking at it is that you need some serious mental strength to make it at the highest level of sport. If things like a tough talking coach get you down you won’t make it when the pressure hits. Could be why we see our guys crack when the pressure is really on. If they can’t handle Mangongo how do you expect them to handle those finals they have lost?
It’s easy to say oh well what did Mangongo achieve in his cricket career but you can also ask yourselves why did some of them not like Ntini? Or why we all know if Andy Flower was given 12 months with these guys some of them would start saying he is too tough.
Another way of looking at it is that you need some serious mental strength to make it at the highest level of sport. If things like a tough talking coach get you down you won’t make it when the pressure hits. Could be why we see our guys crack when the pressure is really on. If they can’t handle Mangongo how do you expect them to handle those finals they have lost?
It’s easy to say oh well what did Mangongo achieve in his cricket career but you can also ask yourselves why did some of them not like Ntini? Or why we all know if Andy Flower was given 12 months with these guys some of them would start saying he is too tough.
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Why I prefer Mangongo personally over Elton is that he will cast his net a lot wider and not have 11 system picks every single time. His management skills might not be the best for senior pros but at this level and you are 31-5 when you won the toss, some tough love is needed.
Another way of looking at it is that you need some serious mental strength to make it at the highest level of sport. If things like a tough talking coach get you down you won’t make it when the pressure hits. Could be why we see our guys crack when the pressure is really on. If they can’t handle Mangongo how do you expect them to handle those finals they have lost?
It’s easy to say oh well what did Mangongo achieve in his cricket career but you can also ask yourselves why did some of them not like Ntini? Or why we all know if Andy Flower was given 12 months with these guys some of them would start saying he is too tough.
Another way of looking at it is that you need some serious mental strength to make it at the highest level of sport. If things like a tough talking coach get you down you won’t make it when the pressure hits. Could be why we see our guys crack when the pressure is really on. If they can’t handle Mangongo how do you expect them to handle those finals they have lost?
It’s easy to say oh well what did Mangongo achieve in his cricket career but you can also ask yourselves why did some of them not like Ntini? Or why we all know if Andy Flower was given 12 months with these guys some of them would start saying he is too tough.
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