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Posted: **Fri Dec 18, 2009 12:34 am**

Zimbabwe U-19 World Cup Squad Named PDF Print E-mail
Thursday, 17 December 2009 19:02

ZIMBABWE Cricket have named their 15-man squad for the Under-19 World Cup in New Zealand in January.

Talented top-order batsman Dylon Higgins, who turns out for the Midwest Rhinos franchise, captains the side.
The most experienced members of the squad are vice-captain Peter Moor and spinning all-rounder Tino Mutombodzi, who will be making their second appearance in the Under-19 World Cup after playing in the 2008 tournament in Malaysia.
Mutombodzi, of Mashonaland Eagles, Rhinos batsman Nathan Waller, as well as Manicaland Mountaineers legspinner Natsayi Mushangwe and his pace bowling teammate Tendai Chitara have all enjoyed regular first-class action with their respective franchises this season.
In preparing for the World Cup, Zimbabwe hosted Pakistan Under-19 in October, losing the youth ODI series 5-1 in Harare. They then toured Bangladesh last month with a depleted side and were duly whitewashed 5-0.
The team leaves on January 2 via Cape Town, where they will play warm-up matches against local youth teams. The World Cup will run between January 15 and 30.
Coach Kevin Curran said of the squad: “We have three legspinners and an offspinner. We will probably play two spinners depending on conditions. In the seam department we have six fast bowlers of which three are all-rounders. We’ve got good balance all round. Guys will be pushing for places.”
Zimbabwe are in Group C with hosts New Zealand, Sri Lanka and Canada.
“We need two wins to go into the Super Eight. We should beat Canada easily and try to get another win over Sri Lanka or New Zealand,” said Curran.
The 16-team tournament, which was inaugurated in 1988, showcases the best young players in the world and has served as a launch pad for a number of present and retired international stars.

Full squad
Dylon Higgins (captain), Peter Moor, Gary Chirimuta, Dean Mazhawidza, Andrew Lindsay, Tinotenda Mutombodzi, Nathan Waller, Natsayi Mushangwe, Callum Price, Steve Chimhamhiwa, Richard Muzhange, Simon Mugava, Scott Daly, Mazvita Zambuko, Tendai Chitara.

Posted: **Fri Dec 18, 2009 4:07 pm**

Pretty much the squad that was expected i think, other than Moor all 14 played against the touring Pakistani side and 10 of them went to Bangladesh, the exceptions being Higgins, Waller, Lindsay, Price and Moor.

Chari, Chisaka, Dube and Mhora all miss out from those two squads, along with two lads that probably should have been good enough, Kahiya and Jaure.

With a spin line up of Higgins, Mutumbodzi, Mushangwe and Mugava there is much to look forward to, i'm not as sure about the seamers though, Chimhamhiwa and Muzhange are both pretty wild and expensive so we'll have to hope that Price and Chitara are able to bowl tightly, Mazhawidza collected 13 catches and 2 stumpings during the two series so he looks to be the part behind the stumps and is one of a number of the squad that began to bat well in Bangladesh.

I really hope all 15 are up for it during the tournament and that they are allowed to play a natural and aggressive game, it's about time that Zim ruffled a few feathers at this level, maybe this will be the time .......

Posted: **Fri Dec 18, 2009 5:54 pm**

I like the look of this Zimbabwean squad

It looks to me like it has good balance. I really pleased to see that Callum Price is in the team, i've heard that he can bowl sharp when loose, so i think its imperrative that he plays as much as possible. I often go on about the pace bowling because since the likes of Blignaut, Olonga, Friend and Ireland, we've not really had any bowler of bowling at genuine pace. The spinners of Zimbabwe will always take care of themselves, its the trend at teh moment.

Posted: **Fri Dec 18, 2009 6:58 pm**

Looks a decent sqaud and i agree with Train Driver that an upset may be on the cards

Posted: **Mon Dec 21, 2009 4:02 am**

Majahwizda, chirumuta, zambuka, scot and mushangve perform well in batting.
Bowling i guess a big woory.

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