Don’t be naive. There is clearly a quota.
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If there was no quota, the team would be;
1. Curran
2. Welch
3. Ervine
4. Williams
5. Raza
6. Bennett
7. Campbell (maybe not always but he would have a shot here and there)
8. Keeper (I’m not sure who is best at this stage)
9. Evans
10. Blessing
11. Ngarava
You can disagree on some if you like but that’s way over 4
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I will agree that’s a decent side and close to what it should be.ZIMDOGGY wrote: ↑Fri Mar 28, 2025 10:23 amIf there was no quota, the team would be;
1. Curran
2. Welch
3. Ervine
4. Williams
5. Raza
6. Bennett
7. Campbell (maybe not always but he would have a shot here and there)
8. Keeper (I’m not sure who is best at this stage)
9. Evans
10. Blessing
11. Ngarava
You can disagree on some if you like but that’s way over 4
But if that’s an odi side
7 probably a keeper
8 a spinner
I guess what I want to try and get at is. Just cos a player you like isn’t picked. Doesn’t always mean a quota.
Is like me complaining the Australian side only looks to NSW
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Also not saying you in particular are pushing a player and blaming a quota
But more the general discourse that goes on across socials
But more the general discourse that goes on across socials
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Guys blame the quota for BT, Kiran Carlson and Will Fraine for not getting picked



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I’ve been told from people on the inside that there is a quota. There’s that. I was pointing out that regardless of that it’s easy to see.Andy31 wrote: ↑Fri Mar 28, 2025 11:03 amI will agree that’s a decent side and close to what it should be.ZIMDOGGY wrote: ↑Fri Mar 28, 2025 10:23 amIf there was no quota, the team would be;
1. Curran
2. Welch
3. Ervine
4. Williams
5. Raza
6. Bennett
7. Campbell (maybe not always but he would have a shot here and there)
8. Keeper (I’m not sure who is best at this stage)
9. Evans
10. Blessing
11. Ngarava
You can disagree on some if you like but that’s way over 4
But if that’s an odi side
7 probably a keeper
8 a spinner
I guess what I want to try and get at is. Just cos a player you like isn’t picked. Doesn’t always mean a quota.
Is like me complaining the Australian side only looks to NSW
I think the quota is actually 5 non black but Raza takes up one.
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FULL NAME: Angus James Mackay
BORN: 13 June 1967, Harare
KNOWN AS: Gus Mackay
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Player.
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That’s half a team
What more do you want when six muzungus, three Asians and 50 billion African live in the country


What more do you want when six muzungus, three Asians and 50 billion African live in the country

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That interesting thing there is how much selection has its favourites.
I know we can talk a lot about the Takashinga influence. Yet the Kaia brothers are two who have never been given a long go at it.
I know we can talk a lot about the Takashinga influence. Yet the Kaia brothers are two who have never been given a long go at it.
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Just FYI that word you always use is pronounced with an R instead of a Z in Zim. Or with a V at the start sometimes. I think I’m Ndebele it’s Umlungu or something.
You’re using the Swahili version.