Really, considering they offer a fairly similar set of skills, there is only room for one out of Don and Shingi in the test team. Personally I would lean towards Tiripano on the basis that he has bowled better so far this Logan Cup season.
Streak likes a long batting lineup so I still think there’s a chance we see both on Boxing Day
Although Streak loves Bobby so we might not see either of them
As Conant said, Shingi's economy rate scares me a bit. But we can even try to fit them both in for the Boxing Day - Tiripano and Shingi that is. Here goes:
Hamilton
The Don
Taylor
Ervine
Moor
Raza
Regis
Shingi
Cremer
Jarvis
Chatara
There are question marks over Chatara's fitness again with him missing now. Hope nothing serious.
The Don opening!
I wouldn't change your team.
I see people have run out of patience with Williams.
Really, considering they offer a fairly similar set of skills, there is only room for one out of Don and Shingi in the test team. Personally I would lean towards Tiripano on the basis that he has bowled better so far this Logan Cup season.
I don't know if they offer a similar set of skills. To be specific Shingi is a wicket taker and the Don is a container. He takes wickets at Logan Cup but as we saw last month and in Sri Lanka, not enough to trouble batsmen at international level.
It’s good to see Williams making some handy runs but PJ made his runs when it mattered and deserves to keep his spot. As much as I think PJ will struggle against SA , he just keeps playing well in the test arena and you cannot fault the man for that.The more pressure on the squad the better it is for zim cricket anyway.
The Zimbabwe Cricket team have found Ebola in one of their members, but they're not concerned because they have also found Ebatsmen and Efielda!
Really, considering they offer a fairly similar set of skills, there is only room for one out of Don and Shingi in the test team. Personally I would lean towards Tiripano on the basis that he has bowled better so far this Logan Cup season.
Yeah, can't dispute that.
To imply Tiripano is on par with Shingi is to imply Tiripano is better than Jarvis and Vitori.
The best 3 new ball bowlers in Zim are:
1.Panyangara
2.Chatara
3.Shingi
The only other bowlers at that level are Rainsford, Hondo and Elton(all three preinjury).
The reality is Vitori and Jarvis still have a lot to prove at Test level. Even Mpofu has been more consistent than them in a way. (pace hurts Mpariwa and Meth)
Being South African and hearing Zim cricket fans discuss Tiripano opening plus throwing in an unfit Chatara as well as a Jarvis who can't bend his back much more than Bruce James, makes one wonder why ZIM is even playing a Boxing Day Test against a star-studded Proteas if the fans aren't even bothered about the event. Even worse with the insistence on a mascot Sean Williams.
