pariah wrote: ↑Wed Aug 09, 2017 10:56 amIt really doesn't matter what level - club, 2nd XI, Grade, FC, A/XI and international, when you have a bowler coming at you and you can't score runs off them, you'll target bowlers you think you can take on and fall while doing so. This has been proven time and again. Pressure spells really work. Batsmen are also vulnerable after breaks, more so if no everything is going their way. So 4 maidens from 6 overs is really good from Shingi. That's what you exect when your top domestic bowlers come up against top talent from other countries. Chinouya always hurries a batsman and is a bull. Too bad he doesn't have the pace to go with it, but he's another one who's really above this level and shouldn't really be playing here (like Shingi the Test XI no brainer).
Yaseen Valli is a definite future Protea in all formats. He's been great in the varsity scene, junior national sides and has started off his career well. Likes of Phehlukwayo, Rabada and now Markram have gone ahead of him, but maybe he too can have a decent season out of th eblue like Markram and be back in that top bracket.
Of the bowlers I've got time for Zuma from the little I've seen, even though he hasn't progressed as well as he should have. Would be interested to hear more from the guys how Cele goes. The conditions seem helpful to seam bowling, and Bokako will no doubt be kicking himself for being below par. But then again, he ran into Regis and Chamu - again a set of players who are in all honesty well above this level.
Anyway, Ndlovu, Kaia, Kunje, Gumbie and to a less extent Kasuza and Nathan Waller, are the ones being tested here. Chari has done far too well across formats in domestic as well as for ZIM A & XI to be playing here(though not as much of an insult to him as picking Shingi and Regis for this match though since he's still developing to some degree). It's just a case of giving him a chance in a position he can thrive in. He's definitely got the goods.
Chibabha needs another 100 odis to score his maiden odi tin and challenge sensastional Mire