[Match Thread] Pakistan v Zimbabwe, 1st T20I

[jaybro]

Missed the game but it seems we combined our very best at times with our very worst ......

Great to see Cremer play well ......

I'm even more concerned there is a quota of only 3 whites at a time after Ervine was left out ......

[zimbos_05]

Went to sleep after Choppa went out. Did not expect us to get to that total. Quite surprised that we did. If Mutumbami is not keeping wicket, he has no place in the side, its just that simple. But with Bvute there, nothing is really simple though.

Disappointed without bowling. Clearly missing Chatara. It was an issue in the World Cup and still seems to be an issue now. Quite annoyed it has not been addressed. Really cost us quite dearly.

Also feel our best is to always chase. We dont really do well batting first.

Is Grant still Pakistan batting coach? Looks like he has come back to haunt us.

[mightymaido]

Don't understand how Richie gets in the side as a batter ahead of Ervine...

[sloandog]

Is there actually a quota system in place or is it just hearsay

[eugene]

Is there actually a quota system in place or is it just hearsay

It is the only explanation for some selections. When was thee last time a side featured more than 3 whites?

[SpitfiresKent]

Look I know we lost but it turned out to be a very intriguing game of cricket

And suddenly this tour doesn't seem like a bad idea after all!

[Conant]

Ervine averages more then Hami, Vusi, Chamu, Raza, Chigs and pretty much any other under achieving batsman in Zimbabwe yet he is useless??

On the mark as usual Conant

Must say Ervine is class. Conant is just being a closet racist again
Technical team is good and positive. A happy team for the first time in many years means a winning team.

As it turned out, Whatmore and co didn't believe Ervine has a place in the T20 side either. Ming was quite right, and I'm willing to bet he wont play in the next one as well, despite the misfiring Vusi who, oddly, is promoted ahead of Justice Chibhabha.

Comparing Mtumbami , who batted at 8, with Craig Ervine is a quite pointless: what would Ervine be doing at 8? (So too was Mutiumbami - no point playing him as a lower order if he wasn't keeping).

You make a make case of Ervine superiority, having a better average than Masakadza? I didn't even bother checking the validity of this statement: His strike rate at 80 is poor enough to dismiss this assertion. Chris Gayle the other night made 41 but from 50 odd balls: I am quite certain he alone was responsible for that sub par total of 14 and subsequently lost the match for Bangalore against Chennai.

Nobody in his right mind these days would play a batsmen with a T20 strike rate of 80.

We wait and see. The next match is tomorrow .

[eugene]

Except Ervine has only played 6 innings in T20 cricket. Rather small sample size. Ervine is class and better than half the dross we select.

[Robbo]

It's already been mentioned, but why on earth was Coventry keeping over Mutumbami? No issue with Coventry being in the side, but surely Mutumbami is better with the gloves, and if he is not going to keep, then fit in another batter?

[jaybro]

@Conant

Zimbabwe never play t20's and they pick the same guys for ODI's as well and they don't even have a domestic t20 competition so I'm going off ODI records ......

So tell me is Ervine useless in ODI matches mate??