Zimbabwe Vs Ireland | 3rd ODI | 18 Feb 2025

[sloandog]

What a shocking decision that was. Man that was really poor. Top of the knee roll and never even looked like hitting the stumps. The lad's really put his hand up this series. Big opportunity here for Curran to try and get to 3 figures. Can just take his time here and milk these two.

[sloandog]

Very very encouraging to see Bennet, Madhevere, Welch and Curran take their opportunities on this tour. I really think there's a place in this ODI side for Burl. He's probably a better batter than Campbell but he needs to score some runs domestically first.

I've always rated Burl though with the bat. He was massively mismanaged under Rajput and when he debuted in 2018.

[sloandog]

Nick Welch should absolutely be targeting this LO side now too. There's also Munyonga who I really like the look of. Exciting for the future that there's a bit of healthy competition now

[tgk]

Ervine starting with a lot of energy good stuff

[sloandog]

Need to crush this and make a statement. No mercy!

Mind you, it massively shows the importance of the toss. The wicket doesn't half flatten out and there looks to be very little pace or spin for the bowlers.

Is Bulawayo similar to this?

[Ming]

The ground isn't full by any means, but the fans are making their voices heard. The hard-core faithful of Castle corner are definitely good value!

[Googly]

Almost every pitch in Zim is like this.
As far as the national side goes we neeed a better coin tosser and we are in with a shout in the games we field first.

They must have pitch science down by now. There's a real case for re-laying a lot of pitches. The trick is finding the right clay. Shouldn't be a trick, they should be able to send it to a lab to test it. You could even import containers of clay from somewhere.

[sloandog]

It just looks so lovely to bat on and so easy paced. Curran should just cruise here and use this as a net. There's so scaries here in either the wicket or those bowling into it. Mcbrine is their main threat and that's just because he's the most accurate.

Does Dockril not bowl anymore? He played county cricket for Somerset as a very very handy left arm spinner

[sloandog]

Ervine motoring along here.
Do we know if he's aiming for the 2027 home world cup, or is it season by season?

[sloandog]

I watched a YouTube video of Australia and Zim in the 2011 CWC, and Ervine literally looks the same