Zim Rules
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dr Satendra Singh, Delhi, India
Twitter: @drsitu
Well we have the cricinfo version of the squad at last, the players are listed as :
Mutumbodzi, Chakabva, Chari, Garwe, Gumbie, R Kaia, Mamhiyo, Maruma, W Masakadza, Masvaure, Mupunga, Musakanda, M'shangwe, Nyumbu, Tiripano & Vitori
As has been said it'll be a difficult trip for Masakadza and Vitori to be in their whites and ready for start of play so it's to be hoped that Nyauchi is there to give 15 to choose from
Not exactly a squad to be overly excited about but at least it's proper cricket rather than that 20 over crap going on in Bangladesh
So it's Garwe, Gumbie, Mupungu and Musakanda that miss out in this first match, I certainly have doubts about Mamhiyo being in this side and also Chari while I think Gumbie should have the gloves ahead of Chakabva, his days as a national keeper are over while Gumbie is one of the future keeper choices, I would leave Mamhiyo out and have Gumbie in with Chakabva as a batsman and give serious thought to Musakanda instead of Chari
Afghans are 148-4 after 55 overs, 2 wickets for Tiripano and one each for Masvaure and M'shangwe
Train Driver wrote:
I'm a little surprised that cricinfo are showing this as a non first class match, .
I thought this might happen. Associate 2nd string sides probably don't count as FC. THat said, this is obviously a higher standard than Zim domestic cricket, so it would be useful if these games did count towards the players' records.
Train Driver wrote:Another place, another day,
another toothless Zim display
I'm sure ZIMDOGGY can create a song taking cue from this...
We left our best second string spinner, Mufudza, home and brought a 30 year old out of form Nyumbu and equally out of form M'Shangwe ahead of him. I would have definitely played Musakanda in the XI. He is the emerging talent of the season. Instead we play two converted batsmen in Maruma and Mutombodzi. Yes, Maruma of the last few seasons would have deserved this, but not this season.
