Jongwe didn't need to spend time on a needless tour of England in order to score hundreds and pick up fifers in the Logan Cup. The Logan Cup is what prepared him for record figures against an Afghanistan that is (selectively) so highly rated and feared in this forum today.NickG wrote: ↑Sun Sep 24, 2017 9:12 pmAs far as I understand, the players received nothing apart from their flights, accommodation and a food allowance. Cannot understand the level of negativity about this. Maybe we should all reserve judgement until we can observe the Rising Stars' performances in the Logan Cup etc.
Those players should have been in Zimbabwe playing in the several A games that were organised by ZC over that period. As things stand, ZC picked seasoned players in the A matches, but selected none for th einternationals against the Dutch. So what was the purpose of sending these youngsters to play village and pub cricketers, as opposed to staying in Zimbabwe and playing against top A sides?
I would have been happy if ZC had spent that money on current u19s - with those players travelling between school terms/holidays to England - in preparation for the u19 CWC. This approach however, had zero logic.
Both the Rising Stars tour to England and the A Series had zero benefit. The Pakistani and Taibu are in charge now and this is the kind of nonsense that's taking place but attracts praise?
In a nutshell, look at it this way. It's very clear that certain players in the national team will never be dropped. Judging from many fans' XIs here, plenty are keen on dropping Tari Musakanda(the only successful graduate of the Rising Stars tour) for either Burl or Moor, no matter how abject they have been in Zimbabwe colours. So even in the fans' living and active logic, it doesn't matter how well a Rising Stars player has done for Rising Stars, Logan Cup and even Zimbabwe itself, he still won't be good enough. The same fate has befallen the excellent pair of Jongwe and Wellington - who are way superior to any of those Rising Starts - so why should we expect anything different. In fact don't be surprised tomorrow to read an u19 player who has achieved nothing at pro level, being suggested ahead of any of those Rising Stars graduates who do well.
When I say such things it's called trolling or stirring, but the reality is this was a stupid project and the comments in this forum will without fail prove it.
Why must you wait until later for your observation to kick in. What are they telling you now? That the Rising Stars needed to produce a better number 8 in order to avoid using Burl/Malcolm simply because Chisoro and Jongwe are not good enough to be number 8s? That it's good enough for Craig Ervine to be picked on the basis of a practice intersquad match and these youngsters likewise have to play some matches hidden away in order to earn their own special team in a FC rated competition. They don't have to enrol, and compete for places in the current teams or actually stay and perform in ZIM A matches that are recorded as List A or FC. They just had to play practice games against unknown quantities?
Why must a player who stayed and performed against visiting A teams lose out on a spot in a doemstic team XI when internationals like Hami and Sean are back and available, yet some unrefined youngster has the privilege of facing Panyangara or bowling to Mawoyo. Does any of this make any sense?