Such thinking is not new from Heath Streak. It's never been his strong point.tawac wrote: ↑Wed Aug 09, 2017 2:15 pmI really don't get it. We have Streak and Ntini as coaches but we have a snip heavy attack. Usually by now we should have some one being line up to beef up our bowling stocks. Shingi's inclusion in the A side proves that its difficult to continue to ignore his efforts. If we are pointing figures than its hard to ignore Taibu's contribution in all this. And to add to that Panyangarara, Shingi would be in his close circles could he just blindly turn his back to them?
This is the same guy who as captain took Dirk Viljoen to India, and the same guy who took Gavin Ewing to Australia. No way they were good enough as bowling options in those conditions/circumstances, plus Grant Flower was already there as a struggling batsman and spinner. No prizes for guessing which captain Doug Marillier made his debut under, plus where he batted. The same thing is happening to Zimbabwe Cricket right now.
Clearly Streak loves these bit-part spinners. Probably explains why Greg lamb played a Test for Zimbabwe.
It becomes a very bad combination when you add Taibu in because he lied in court about beating a ZC official, and refused to play for Zimbabwe because his kit was lost(?) and he didn't want to use anything else. But Taibu is too far away from the action for fingers to be pointed at him a lot. Streak is pulling all the strings. Cremer being the captain makes things worse. Klusener was a disaster over here as coach as destroyed everything Graham Ford left for him until he had to be sacked in the end.
In my view, between the coaches and the captain, Ntini is the smartest of that lot trust me.