I dont see the talent with Jongwe. I watched him a fair bit. Even that knock against Bangladesh that jay alluded to...I felt he'd get out any minute. I also didn't see the swag or attitude he apparently has - he had the same glum look on his face everyone else has - but thats not as essential as batting/bowling.Googly wrote:Jongwe was (is?) a promising player, but has failed to live up to early expectations. He has been given every opportunity as well. He clearly has a discipline problem, and I'm not just talking about curfews and partying, but he doesn't apply himself.
I've watched him bat a few times and there's no doubting his talent. Once again ZC are partly to blame for not having made a better player of this guy, sure he's been given opportunities, as I said, but they seem to lack the capacity to coach young guys into becoming more mature batsmen. For example- what's wrong with sticking guys on a bowling machine at 75 mph on back of a length top of off for an hour? Especially early on in their careers, and with our lack of games, our batters should be spending 2-3 hours a day netting, but they just don't do the time. I read lots of stuff about the likes of Smith, Hick, Kohli, Kallis etc having hit 500-800 balls a day for years, but we don't have a single batsman that I know of who has a reputation for putting in the time. It's not rocket science to make a quality batsman- you give him quality coaching and endless hours of repetition, we just don't seem to do that and it's vexing. I'd like to set a machine up as I stated earlier and see how many could go 20 minutes without making a mistake.
Now contrast Jongwe to Musakanda. Musakanda displayed talent. That is batting. He scored at a run a ball without taking risks.
