[Match Thread] 4th ODI: Afghanistan v Zimbabwe

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[Match Thread] 4th ODI: Afghanistan v Zimbabwe

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Game day 4th ODI and it’s so or die for Zimbabwe will be interesting to see if Streak makes changes history has shown he probably won’t.

Win toss - bat first - bat better - bowl tight

If we do win the toss it might be worth starting the innings a little more ‘circumspect’ to try and save wickets for when Rashid comes on. In the 1st and 3rd games we were 3 down when he came on and he tore through the middle order, but in the first game we had BT and Hami still in and later Raza to see him off. For this reason I wouldn’t be surprised to see a change in the batting lineup.

I’d also bring back KJ but wouldn’t mind seeing Chisoro either; the lack of a seam bowling all rounder really hurting Chisoro’s career here.
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C'mon fellas, pick yourselves up.

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Re: [Match Thread] 4th ODI: Afghanistan v Zimbabwe

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Hami
Burl
Musakanda
Taylor
Craig
Raza
Mire
Cremer
Chisoro
KJ
Chatara

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Re: [Match Thread] 4th ODI: Afghanistan v Zimbabwe

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zimbofan88 wrote:
Thu Feb 15, 2018 11:47 pm
Hami
Burl
Musakanda
Taylor
Craig
Raza
Mire
Cremer
Chisoro
KJ
Chatara

I swear 90% of Zimbofan88’s post include a playing XI
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Re: [Match Thread] 4th ODI: Afghanistan v Zimbabwe

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It should not even be about winning this series anymore. We should risk losing this to find out our best combination / in-form guys. It's a must to provide game time for Chisoro and Musakanda in these two matches.

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CrimsonAvenger wrote:
Fri Feb 16, 2018 1:05 am
It should not even be about winning this series anymore. We should risk losing this to find out our best combination / in-form guys. It's a must to provide game time for Chisoro and Musakanda in these two matches.
If we lose this game then experiment next match and the two warm up games

I still crave a series win over Afghanistan and longer we leave it the harder it will be to achieve
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Re: [Match Thread] 4th ODI: Afghanistan v Zimbabwe

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I'm with Jaybro on this one. Let's win the series then experiment. If it goes pear shaped today then by all means next game try out some stuff.

It kills me because any decent sized total would be good against the afghans. Besides Rahmat Shah you can't really see any of them spending 100balls risk free at the crease.

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Yes, agree the team needs to learn how to win!

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True, but the experiments I'm suggesting are good from the viewpoint of winning the series too :)

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You could go for Chisoro instead of Waller without disrupting our efforts to win this.

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