Is Foster Mutizwa Banned From Playing for Zimbabwe

[tawac]

http://www.espncricinfo.com/zimbabwe-v- ... 25596.html

Taibu - who had been out of action after the World Cup 2011 with a thumb injury - was included after he kept wicket in the three-day tour game against the Bangladeshis. Chakabva is his understudy, which means that yet again there is no place for Forster Mutizwa, whose unbeaten 87 led Zimbabwe XI to victory over the Bangladeshis. Mutizwa also cracked a fluent 67 in the two-day match against Australia at Kwekwe, and his boundary-hitting ability means he may well come back into contention for national honours in the one-day leg of the series.

If he was white, some would call it racism but his not. He was part of a golden generation of black cricketers that played in the post "rebel" period. All of his peers talk of Chigumbura, Utseya, Panyangara, Hamilton, Taibu, Vusi got more than their fair share of chances at the highest level. They were from Highfield whilst he came Glen Norah which is further down the road. Zimbabwe talks of having its best players to represent them yet a player like Mutizwa continues to play out his days in the domestic leagues.

Matches 89
Runs 5275
Average 40.26
Strike Rate 51.94
100s 14
5os 23

His stats speak of a player who should be given a chance. Yet continues to be ignored. At a time when Zimbabwe claims to be leaving no stone unturned in a quest of bringing back its best players. That just screams hypocrites. Taibu's comments on twitter do leave a soar taste and show that the is a bigger story behind Mutizwa's non inclusion.

Tatenda Taibu‏ @taibu44
Hundreds and not 50s is what I look at. If a player is scoring 50s at logan cup level what are the chances that he will score 100ds at int
7:24 PM - 25 Oct 2017

Tatenda Taibu‏ @taibu44
Foster is not even first choice keeper for eagles.
7:27 PM - 25 Oct 2017

Only Alan Butcher gave Mutizwa a chance playing in his only test against New Zealand in 2012. The rest just seem to ignored him. Given his stats its definitely not a case of lack of talent. Because the talent is there. Is he a bad bloke? I seriously doubt that. His a laid back character who goes about his life much like he does his game. Ones and twos. If he did have a run in with anyone than clearly it would have been over something he believed in. Taibu knows one or two things about this. He is an interview he did some time ago.

https://www.zimbojam.com/one-on-one-wit ... r-mutizwa/

For lack of an out right reason, does he have a ban of some sort from Zimbabwe Cricket?

[pariah]

Makoni was the selector.

Now everything is going wrong under the Pakistani and Taibu.

This is the kind of reasoning that tells you Taibu is a horrible selector.

Form a situation where all the performers were dropped, now you have a situation where Mayavo gets picked with Tiripano/Mpofu the leading seamers.

[jaybro]

Here is Mutizwa's numbers from the past four Logan Cup & Pro50 seasons, obviously his List A numbers aren't that flash but his Logan Cup numbers are solid without being spectacular and until this season he has been on the decrease.

Make what you want of his numbers but really until this season he hasn't demanded selection, also his century against the Eagles was his first since 2014.

I'd say he will be on the tour to South Africa as a batsman not a keeper


Logan Cup

2017/18 298* runs @ 99.3 one 100 & two 50's http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine ... tournament

2016/17 275 runs @ 30.5 two 50's http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine ... tournament

2015/16 313 runs @ 34.7 two 50's http://stats.espncricinfo.com/logan-cup ... tournament

2014/15 508 runs @ 39 one 100 & two 50's http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine ... tournament

2013/14 354 runs @ 44.2 two 100's & one 50 http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine ... tournament

List A

2016/17 136 runs @ 45.3 two fifties http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine ... tournament

2015/16 75 runs @ 18 http://stats.espncricinfo.com/pro50-201 ... tournament

2014/15 194 runs @ 21.5 http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine ... tournament

2013/14 90 runs @ 22.5 http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine ... tournament

[tawac]

Make what you want of his numbers but really until this season he hasn't demanded selection, also his century against the Eagles was his first since 2014.

We have had players being selected for next to nothing over the years. Even on the back of a single innings. Why put the bar so high for Mutizwa only.

[aydee]

Here is Mutizwa's numbers from the past four Logan Cup & Pro50 seasons, obviously his List A numbers aren't that flash but his Logan Cup numbers are solid without being spectacular and until this season he has been on the decrease.

Make what you want of his numbers but really until this season he hasn't demanded selection, also his century against the Eagles was his first since 2014.

I'd say he will be on the tour to South Africa as a batsman not a keeper


Logan Cup

2017/18 298* runs @ 99.3 one 100 & two 50's http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine ... tournament

2016/17 275 runs @ 30.5 two 50's http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine ... tournament

2015/16 313 runs @ 34.7 two 50's http://stats.espncricinfo.com/logan-cup ... tournament

2014/15 508 runs @ 39 one 100 & two 50's http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine ... tournament

2013/14 354 runs @ 44.2 two 100's & one 50 http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine ... tournament

List A

2016/17 136 runs @ 45.3 two fifties http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine ... tournament

2015/16 75 runs @ 18 http://stats.espncricinfo.com/pro50-201 ... tournament

2014/15 194 runs @ 21.5 http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine ... tournament

2013/14 90 runs @ 22.5 http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine ... tournament

Agree with this. His last few years have been solid, rather than spectacular. He hasn't had that one season that demanded attention since he was last involved with the national team. It's also fair to say that he isn't first choice keeper for the Mountaineers, so he is unlikely to come into national consideration with the gloves.

The odd thing is that he hasn't seemed to feature at all for the A team either. Maybe, if he continues his good form this year, he will come into consideration as a batsman. He has more experience than most on the FC scene, and a better career record than almost everyone. Could be an option for that 7th batsman.

[TapsC]

I would love to see if everybody's averages over the last 4 years in domestic cricket were pulled up they would all be averaging 40 and above. They probably average exactly the same as Mutizwa in the last 4 competitions. Brian Chari is an example. What his average? But he gets called up every single time yet even the likes of Kaia and Kasuza are playing better.

He might not be the best keeper but the same argument can be used for PJ. If you look at the Rhinos Mayavo is now keeping, where Chakabva plays at the Eagles Gumbie keeps most of the time. yet Taibu is picking out one guy for doing what the other 2 guys in the squad are doing. As much as Mayavo is in the squad we all know PJ won't play unless he keeps. Mutizwa is good enough to challenge Waller and Chamu as batsmen alone in the longer format.

If you say he is too old, he is 32. Same age as Ervine and Mpofu. Hami and Waller are older. Taylor and Williams are slightly younger.

Something is amiss and Taibu's comments have really changed my opinion about him. Not diplomatic at all.

This culture has to change. Same thing happened to Zhuwao not long ago just before the last t20 world cup when he played extremely well in the domestic tournament and was completely ignored for the final squad and we got knocked out by Afghnaistan.

Its completely irrational for somebody to be one of the top performers in the domestic circuit then you completely ignore them higher up without giving them a fair chance. This habit of recycling constant failures and ignoring the domestic performers will only lead to our stagnation. No way somebody like Mpofu gets given 9 lives but you don't even want to see Shingi in the A games ever. Its nonsensical.

I have already picked up that Mpofu, Waller( he at least has taken some of his chances), Chari, PJ and Chinouya are some of Streaks blue eyed boys who will always be given an extra chance no matter what happens

[tawac]

Agree with this. His last few years have been solid, rather than spectacular. He hasn't had that one season that demanded attention since he was last involved with the national team. It's also fair to say that he isn't first choice keeper for the Mountaineers, so he is unlikely to come into national consideration with the gloves.

spectacular?? Fellas name one player who has been selected on the back of a "spectacular" domestic season. Its all fits and starts. In most cases if a player manages to string up two or three good innings. They get the call. Why bench mark Mutizwa only. Why does he need to be spectacular when the incumbents are just above average.

[ZIMDOGGY]

The foster hype is somewhat justified as he's had a solid start to the season but I'm not convinced this isn't anything other than a statistical spike. Next two Logan games will show us if he's the real thing or not.

I clearly remember a year ago everyone was saying that foster is 'so bad' now. Everyone was wondering how he could drop so far.

Don't always be so quick to jump on the bandwaon.

He is doing the right things though

[aydee]

The foster hype is somewhat justified as he's had a solid start to the season but I'm not convinced this isn't anything other than a statistical spike. Next two Logan games will show us if he's the real thing or not.

I clearly remember a year ago everyone was saying that foster is 'so bad' now. Everyone was wondering how he could drop so far.

Don't always be so quick to jump on the bandwaon.

He is doing the right things though

There is probably some truth in this. However, I think the key point is that his career record is long and unusually strong. In light of that, he has been afforded surprisingly few opportunities at international, or even A-team, level.

[watermelon]

Foster is like a descendant of a slave and when he gets pai reperations just blows it all on chicken then is poor again with no wealth.

He comes and goes and rides his confidence but he needs to be consistent!!!