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Zimbabwe vs scotland under 19s First plate match
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Game is gone for SA already after 5 overs and they haven't even thought to try a spinner?
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Googly wrote: ↑Wed Jan 26, 2022 4:48 pm
secretzimbo wrote: ↑Wed Jan 26, 2022 4:16 pm
I never really bowled as a kid (tried to be a wicketkeeper lol), I'm always curious how anyone develops these really weird actions. Like surely you get taught in a certain way?
That action is from lobbing Molotov cocktails at passing police cars.
I lived near Glasgow for a while. Wouldn't be surprised! 😂
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Good start with the ball. Dube looks pretty quick, shame there's no speed gun. Pretty confident here.
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Donald wrote: ↑Wed Jan 26, 2022 6:08 pm
Dube looks really good. Think a franchise should snap him up
I think they'll be queuing up for him and Falao. Probably Mataranyika for sponsorship too. They'll all be in franchises next season I'm sure.
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Fast bowling looks more impressive at this sorld cup vs 2020 version. Faloa and dube possibly better than grant and ndela. They have certainly nly picked up more wickets. Add the crocked left armer who bowled through pain barrier the fast bowling looks good
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Mitchell getting smacked, again. He's not had a good tournament.
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Tinah09 wrote: ↑Fri Jan 28, 2022 5:20 am
secretzimbo wrote: ↑Thu Jan 27, 2022 7:58 am
Tinah09 wrote: ↑Thu Jan 27, 2022 1:04 am
ZimCricket, by ZimCricket I mean Dave Houghton, must do everything possible to retain at least half of this team. Obviously cricket talent runs in families, so the Bennet brothers, the Welch brothers (where’s the older Welch these days?), that’s already 1/3 of a competitive team in 5 or so years time. Bawa, Saul and Mitchel haven’t really risen to the Occassion (a ton vs PNG is okay, but come on?), but they are young and can improve. Falao and Dube will benefit bowling with Blessing, I would’nt write Chirwa off, he can be coached to tweak his illegal action, Mararanyika and the slew of part-time spinners make for a highly promising team!!
It’s not Dave Houghton’s job though - he’s just a coach education manager.
Contracts and players are Hamilton’s role as Director of Cricket. So it’s up to him to offer contracts or to put things in place to retain young players and strengthen the system.
Damn, does anyone believe that Hami has the persuasive skills and acumen to retain talent? I though Houghton vaguely defined role is to revive the sport across all levels, as well as use his contacts and credibility to attract touring teams, corporate sponsorship..you know, to make us respectable again. While Hamis job is to keep the political wolves at bay, receive ICC grants, hand a portion to Dave and get the f**k outta the way!!. I can guarantee you that Hami knows less about young Zim-eligible players in school, abroad than forumites like secretzimbo and googly
Houghton's role is well defined. He is the 'Coaching Manager'. He's only involved in coaching. And coaching the coaches!
We just hope that he can have a positive impact elsewhere like attracting players, touring teams etc through his contacts. But all we've got is hope!
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