Duffin and his timing

[Jemisi]

Ray could proabably be relied upon to get 10 in each innings.

[brmtaylor.com admin]

Unchanged line up going into the next Test match. Don't mess with a winning formula.

[Dr_Situ(ZimFanatic)]

Unchanged line up going into the next Test match. Don't mess with a winning formula.

No point ignoring our lacunae which were covered by our victory. Opening order needs to be changed. I reckon Vusi (though i have lost patience on him) with Hami and Williams. Would love to have Choppa over Mutambami.

[foreignfield]

Would love to have Choppa over Mutambami.

I would tend to disagree there. Richmond looked pretty competent behind the stumps, better than Chakabva who's always prone to fumbling a few, and certainly a part-timer like Choppa or Taylor. I back him to score a few runs next Test.

[Googly]

Great game. Very disappointed in the state of the field. How can u hit a ball out the middle thru covers and it doesn't make the boundary?

[brmtaylor.com admin]

Would love to have Choppa over Mutambami.

I would tend to disagree there. Richmond looked pretty competent behind the stumps, better than Chakabva who's always prone to fumbling a few, and certainly a part-timer like Choppa or Taylor. I back him to score a few runs next Test.

That's harsh to call him a part timer foreignfield. In terms of pure wicket keeping ability I'd say Taylor has been second only to Taibu over the past 10 years. He's kept for Zimbabwe over a long period of time spanning all forms of the game. On top of that he's taken the gloves at Wellington, Chittagong and Uthura not to mention at domestic level in Zimbabwe. Over the course he's been a pretty successful keeper with stats comparable to Taibu.

As the most successful and most experienced wicket keeper in Zimbabwe, he'd be the first picked on that alone. In fact, Taylor kept wicket during the limited overs portion of the recent West Indies tour despite Chakabva being in the selected eleven. That the selectors have opted to select another wicket keeper to bat in the lower middle order for Test cricket I suppose is not surprising considering the workload Taylor shoulders with the captaincy and being the premier batsman. Sri Lanka did the same thing with Sangakarra and Prasanna Jayawardene.

[foreignfield]

Yep, a bit harsh really, so I'll take it back - but he's only been a stop-gap solution in the longer form of the game (I'm not talking ODIs/T20s), and he should be no more than that with what he's got on his plate. Same argument about him opening: Has done it succesfully, but he's better off in the position he currently bats in.

... I do like wicket keepers who are easy on the eye, and BT always looks a bit workmanlike to me. If we had 5 better Test batsmen I would happily throw him the gloves and seriously ask him to put in the hard yards (I reckon he could improve the way Prior has). But that's purely academical now, we would not want him to miss a session of throw downs with Grant, woud we?

[CrimsonAvenger]

Maybe Ray Price should should open? Joking of course, although he did open for awhile in domestic cricket a number of seasons ago.

I wouldn't mind getting Price to open, I'm sure he wouldn't too. It would be quite a sight, and he sure can do a job . By the way, Pricey could have joined thee commentary team also in this test, isn't it? He could be our very own Danny Morrison...

[lloydwinini]

before u wryt of Raza just check out his domestic stats...

Batting and fielding averages
Mat Inns NO Runs HS Ave BF SR 100 50 4s 6s Ct St
First-class 29 54 3 1513 145 29.66 2784 54.34 1 8 199 21 30 0
List A 34 32 2 915 81 30.50 1139 80.33 0 5 80 23 13 0
Twenty20 19 19 0 610 93 32.10 454 134.36 0 7 58 22 6 0

if we could slot him up at 3 and push hami up, he may be worth it... he is after all the only other genuine top order batsman that we have

[betterdays]

I reckon Vusi (though i have lost patience on him) with Hami and Williams.

really!? have we had enough Tests to have even reached a point we can be calling for heads due to loss of patience?
Vusi may not have ave'd higher than Ervine in the WI but he scored more runs in as many innings ...Ervine beat him on a *n.o. (which happens to middle order bats from time to time) - which makes Vusi the best Zim bat in the WI.

One test failure and bring in Choppa, Williams? ...it's not like Williams showed that much promise in WI exactly. I have been taking your guys' word that he is "far superior to Maruma" but his record is one of ODIs; mainly vs BD, Kenya and an unknown pk attack (even a couple vs Ireland and Canada). Sure, he hit a nice half century vs SA consisting of Steyn, Pollock, Ntini, Morkel ... but so did the much maligned Matsi in the same match!! I would feel a little for Maruma if he lost out to Williams but with no strong feelings for either i don't really mind who opens...it looks like they'll go with the winning team

Taylor virtually opening? again, i know a number 4 bat ideally doesn't want to be coming in to bat with the ball under 20 overs old (as those are the toughest overs) but coming in at the start of the 16th over is really not 'virtually opening'

oh no, i've drifted...yes, Duffin's timing was bad ... would've been nice to see an old-prunition representing!!