NPL 2023

[sloandog]

Who's chibanda? He looked spicy in a game I've just rewatched

[secretzimbo]

Who's chibanda? He looked spicy in a game I've just rewatched

Aisha?

Former Churchill boy. About 21 I think.

[sloandog]

Yea he looked very handy

[secretzimbo]

Maybe for the T20s but I'm not a fan of increasing the number of sides. We have seen how the standard drops drops when 16 guys are on national duty.

Ya thats the problem. When everyone is available and there are overseas here then I think 6 teams is definitely justified. But as soon as the national team goes away, or the overseas go back home, the quality can't sustain it.

[Googly]

I haven't been impressed with him yet. Hits it hard for sure, swings and misses a lot, but doesn't appear to have a touch and definitely panics.
It's early days. He's the same age as Bennett and Welch Jr, there's no comparison atm.

[zimfan1]

Anyone know which guys have gone to the training programme in Pakistan?

[secretzimbo]

Anyone know which guys have gone to the training programme in Pakistan?

Tinotenda Maposa, Tawanda Maposa, Tanunurwa Makoni, Marshall Takodza, Bright Phiri, Lennox Chando, Davis Murwendo and Alex Falao

[ZIMDOGGY]

This Pakistan pace tour is one of the best moves ZC have made in a while. Provided it is actually good.
We need foreign coaches and exposure to different environments. Pakistan are cricket nuts so should have good coaches.
No alcohol and drugs so they won’t get sidetracked and the country is enough of a shithole that the players will not be tempted to defect to them like the England tour.
If the academy is good they’ll come back much stringer and probably won’t cost a shit load

[Crastle_cog]

This Pakistan pace tour is one of the best moves ZC have made in a while. Provided it is actually good.
We need foreign coaches and exposure to different environments. Pakistan are cricket nuts so should have good coaches.
No alcohol and drugs so they won’t get sidetracked and the country is enough of a shithole that the players will not be tempted to defect to them like the England tour.
If the academy is good they’ll come back much stringer and probably won’t cost a shit load

No drugs is an overstatement lmao

[TapsC2]

Our new allies in Pakistan were also pushing for us to introduce tape ball cricket to the masses here because its cheap and teaches kids how to swing the ball and I guess the young batsmen how to deal with swing.

I hadn't heard of tape ball cricket before but after doing some research I don't think it's a bad idea. Mainly because I think it can help us identify kids who can swing the ball at a much younger age. That can then give us enough time to actually help them focus on things like pace. I'm impressed by how much these guys actually want us to improve. I hope Jarvis and the rest of them actually push for this.

I have never understood how SA can produce so many fast bowlers and we can't. We are right next door. Can only be the scouting and youth development for me. Not many kids this side start off wanting to be a spin bowler anyway. It doesn't make sense.