5th T20| Zimbabwe vs India| 14 July 2024

[Googly]

So much stuff on YouTube. Drills aplenty from great keepers and coaches. Brad Hadden's coaching clips are phenomenal.

[Googly]

Raza’s made 45 less runs than Myers at the same strike rate this series. The last series vs Bangladesh was similarly woeful, arguable more so with 80% of his runs coming in a single knock. If he ain’t opening, I’m chopping him. He’s an old man and I’m looking to the future.

Myers run a ball stuff cost us dearly. That's the problem with stats in this format particularly. It tells you nothing.
The positives I got from Myers are
He's got a defence and can hang around.
He's got some good shots.
Seems to have a good temperament.
Definitely worth giving him opportunities.

The negatives-
Didn't want anything to so with short deliveries when he needed to go after them.
Just didn't play shots when he needed to.
Can't do maths.
Had to do more than dink singles to the onside. Had to sweep, slog sweep, pick up sweep, reverse sweep or come down the track a few times to keep the run rate in check and didn't.
But all in all not too bad, despite the long list.
Taking his run rate from 100% to 120% after he'd bogged the game was a big no no in my book.

[Pat_Bee]

That's the problem with stats in this format particularly. It tells you nothing.

And also tells you everything. If Myers hasn’t had a great series then wtf has Raza had?!

[secretzimbo]

That's the problem with stats in this format particularly. It tells you nothing.

And also tells you everything. If Myers hasn’t had a great series then wtf has Raza had?!

He was Player of the Match in the one we won. He's payer of the match in basically every single match we've won over the past three years.

[zimfan1]

Under 25s leaving tonight apparantly.

[secretzimbo]

Under 25s leaving tonight apparantly.

All the counties are calling it 'Zim A' on their fixture lists.. Are ZC calling it Zim U25? How many of the players are actually over 25

[zimfan1]

Have you got a rough fixture list?

[secretzimbo]

I'll start a thread for it

[Pat_Bee]

Zim A is a stretch more accurate than U25’s however.

[Googly]

Any announcement on who the coach is?
Houghton has been on some sabbatical in UK and is apparently their head coach, but who has cracked the nod between Chigumbura and Mangongo?
Maybe they're both going on holiday?