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According to Miss Moonda's roundup of the NZ tour on cricinfo, Jarvis has signed up to play for CD, who have a couple of first class matches remaining this season. As far as I'm concerned, this is an excellent opportunity for him to continue his development in foreign conditions, away from the glare of international games. Here's hoping he does really well!

great, nd its gud news 4 zim. well done 4 e chap nd we wish him all e best 4 his up coming future at cd

Good news, considering the amount of fast bowling talent NZ seem to have at the moment hopefully the coaches at CD's can give him some help. Would be nice if he could get a few more km/h quicker as well, fair different between 128-130 and 138+. Hope this leads to improvements, the more players we have in top leagues elsewhere the better. As long as the come back . At least they see some potential in the young man as well.

Lostart wrote:At least they see some potential in the young man as well.

True. I'm sure this wouldn't be a simple act of charity. They feel that he can contribute to them winning some matches. Plus Taylor was pretty successful during his stint, so they have seen that Zimbos can compete.

Good for Jarvis to get some more FC games under his belt, and the overseas setup will be a nice experience for him, I hope.

why is that the White players are the ones who get such opportunities, is there racism in cricket?

nozipho wrote:why is that the White players are the ones who get such opportunities, is there racism in cricket?

I seem to remember Vusi playing in Australia recently. There was something in the news somewhere about that, wasn't there?

nozipho wrote:why is that the White players are the ones who get such opportunities, is there racism in cricket?

Yes there is, plenty of it. But then again, Elton did get a short stint for Northants sometime back for the limited overs matches. Except with his form at the time, just like Sakib of Bangladesh, he had earned it. What gives weight to your argument is that Jarvis has done nothing to deserve being looked at twice by any overseas side, yet he's got a chance.

aydee, Vusi's case is different because he first played Grade cricket in Aus at least four years ago. It's a non-ICC recognised level. Mire&Kasteni are also involved in lower club leagues there so apple to oranges there.

My feeling is that after the tour we had, and if you listened to Grant Flower's interview as well, a lot of our players need to gain exposure in these conditions. So I think one of Heath&Grant must've had a chat with one of the contacts to organise this learning experience for Jarvis. It could've been Mpofu, Shingi or Vitori, but for various reasons, and the obvious one since this is New Zealand, and it's possibly be a favor - they wouldn;t have looked past Jarvis!

It's a good thing that at least one of our seamers(regardless of race), a promising young fast bowler who actually has a good chance of playing a huge role in the future of Zimbabwe cricket, has been presented with this opportunity. Someone above described Taylor's stint as being succesful. Well, if Jarvis has the bowler's equivalent, that'll be horrible. By that I mean overall, Taylor's spell was poor!

This is well deserved, congratulations to him. Jarvis has been showing consistent improvement since his Test debut so this will be a good opportunity to improve his game and test his skill in different conditions at a higher standard to that back in Zimbabwe.

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