Voting begins - Best First XI competition

[Kriterion_BD]

We've got a tie between Team D and Team H, so I'll start a run-off poll shortly to decide the winner.

Now that is interesting...

[Kriterion_BD]

You would know that almost every Indian, Bangladeshi and Pakistani in SA - the absolute majority extremely poor - is conditioned to undermine the African(both local and neighbouring) as lesser folk by the general white population here.

Some of the things Kriterion has directed towards African players have been gut-wrenching. How else can we explain an American(or Canadian) based Bangladeshi picking unproven and unaccomplished white youngsters he has little knowledge of in his XI ahead of excellent accomplished African players, other than the mere fact that his thinking has been conditioned by the prevailing views he found.

You picked Vusi at #4...the guy averages 17 in the middle order across formats so no he hasn't been gypped by being forced to open. A guy like cannot be in the side ahead of Raza or Williams or even Waller or Chakabva.

The side you picked would get trounced by Bangladesh's Under 19 team and would struggle avoid relegation from the Intercontinental Cup, forget about competing with Ireland or Afghanistan.

[jaybro]

Not to mention he’s picked the cheat Utseya, I don’t know how a cheat can be apart of anyone’s best XI

[pariah]

Team B
1. Sikandar Raza
2. Tino Mawoyo
3. Brendan Taylor
4. Vusi Sibanda (c)
5. Hamilton Masakadza
6. Elton Chigumbura
7. Tatenda Taibu (wk)
8. Shingi Masakadza
9. Prosper Utseya
10. Tinashe Panyangara
11. Tendai Chatara

Easily the best team here, and the only one capable of beating a traditional top 8 Test side in Test match! The attack has already proven to be competent enough for the task. So have 5 of the top 6 batsmen, but Raza ahead of Malcolm is a no brainer.

Changes: Craig out for Mawoyo. Taibu for Chakabva long clarified.

http://www.espncricinfo.com/series/1197 ... -inning-02
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[sloandog]

so many proven performers missing, and so many underperformers included.

How you can include Sibanda over Ervine, and Utseya over Cremer scares me and shows you have a very strong bias towards certain players.

The inclusion of Chigumbura isn't all bad as he's fired in the past. And, if technique got you into the side, Sibanda would be opening every day of the week. Had (and possibly still does) have a fantastic technique and arguably the best in the country. I've always said this.

Cremer is a proven wicket taker in test cricket and first class cricket and has a test hundred to his name.
Ervine has the best test average in the side and averages nearly 42 in FC cricket.

Both Ervine and Cremer are superior to Utseya and Sibanda on stats alone, a factor you always take into consideration.
So excluding them from your best test XI is lunacy

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