Mueddie28 wrote: ↑Sun Sep 17, 2017 8:23 pm
Chigumbura, M Waller , Mire, Madziva are suitable for t20 cricket
Zimbabwe is actually in a situation where their biggest headache is who must bat where. There have been plenty of threads here questioning the hitting power of Zimbabweans, but if you look closely, Elton, Mire, Hami and Malcolm are there. If two of them open and go early, Zimbabwe no longer resembles a T20 side, hence their horrible record.
The problem is most sides have got excellent T20 bowlers upfront, like Malinga, Narine, Tahir etc. That often means early casualties. A dangerous guy like Gayle/Finch can be out first few balls. So an Amla type player is valuable. Taylor could play that role for Zimbabwe but he doesn't want to open. Hence Vusi's presence. But it also gets tricky if Hami goes early and you have both Taylor+Vusi in the middle eating up overs while Elton, Mire and Malcolm sit idle.
Going back to Mire, I also feel it's too soon to overrate him in this format because the bowlers are specialists and highly experienced against the most dangerous batsmen. I also mentioned that Malcolm has come up short against quality bowling too, same will be the case with Maruma etc too. We've seen guys like Hami and Elton rip top bowlers to shreds. Until Mire does that as well, the jury is still very much out. Can he be what Cephas Zhuwawo threatened to be?
Cremer resembles some of Zim's batsmen.Has had his moments in ODIs and Tests, but simply cannot hit. In a T20 lineup, batting him at #11 is not an insult. Chisoro is rather automatic now in fairness, but when guys like Wellington and Chikomba come in, keep it tight and score aggressively, he too might find himself under pressure across all the formats.