Zimbabwe Domestic T20 Competition 2021

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Rajkumar Sharma wrote:
Fri Apr 09, 2021 7:08 am
ZC should have wider concept in domestic Odis & T20s.Board puts lots of effort in four day games but the result here is big Zero as Zimbabwe is not a part of test championship as a result its hard to get test fixtures against top teams.

If ZC along with Cricket Ireland & Afghanistan makes strong demands in ICC in getting themselves in Test Championship for next leg then only four dayers will have value, else ZC should think of development in shorter format keeping in mind back to back ICC tournaments knocking at the door.

ICC Qualifiers are not going to be easy as associate nations are playing good amount of cricket this time. Teams like USA, Canada are developing a strong unit with migration from India, Pakistan, England, New Zealand & few from Caribbean islands. Namibia, Nepal, UAE are also strong enough to trouble lower ranked teams. Present Zimbabwe side has got lots of potential and can easily reach at the main event but what they lacking are less number of One dayers and T20s in domestic level to improve their skills.
That makes too much sense for ZC to care about.
Always remember when talking about ZC, that their management don’t really care about getting better, they want access to the ICC funds to invest in their own side businesses.
The longer you stay and research, the more that will explain how things are done in ZC, or Zimbabwe in general. Corruption is rife.
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Re: Zimbabwe Domestic T20 Competition 2021

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You are such a fine addition to this forum Raj. Loving your posts. 👍

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Re: Zimbabwe Domestic T20 Competition 2021

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Zimbabwe have to be serious here and there is no place for complacency. Raj is spot on when he says there are a lot of associate nations like USA, Canada, UAE, etc who are focusing only on T20 cricket, I'm not even talking about Netherlands, Scotland here as they are more established sides, even the lesser established ones are doing well in T20s. We know what happened with Singapore beating Zimbabwe in a T20 game.

Qualification for 2022 T20 WC is absolutely vital, as of now you'd assume with 16 teams in there Zimbos will make it, but that's exactly what we thought when all Zimbos had to do was beat UAE for a place in 2019 WC, a game that could have changed the shape of ZC for good... But we all know how that went.

I'm all for focusing on longer formats, it will in a way help Zimbabwe do well in tests as compared to some ithe nations, but T20s cannot be taken for granted, it is the future of cricket, whether we like it or not, and must be played a lot more at domestic level. If Zimbabwe somehow fail to make it to 2022 T20 WC, I'm telling you it will be more disastrous than that 2019 WC qualifier debacle.

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Re: Zimbabwe Domestic T20 Competition 2021

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ZIMDOGGY wrote:
Fri Apr 09, 2021 2:53 pm
Rajkumar Sharma wrote:
Fri Apr 09, 2021 7:08 am
ZC should have wider concept in domestic Odis & T20s.Board puts lots of effort in four day games but the result here is big Zero as Zimbabwe is not a part of test championship as a result its hard to get test fixtures against top teams.

If ZC along with Cricket Ireland & Afghanistan makes strong demands in ICC in getting themselves in Test Championship for next leg then only four dayers will have value, else ZC should think of development in shorter format keeping in mind back to back ICC tournaments knocking at the door.

ICC Qualifiers are not going to be easy as associate nations are playing good amount of cricket this time. Teams like USA, Canada are developing a strong unit with migration from India, Pakistan, England, New Zealand & few from Caribbean islands. Namibia, Nepal, UAE are also strong enough to trouble lower ranked teams. Present Zimbabwe side has got lots of potential and can easily reach at the main event but what they lacking are less number of One dayers and T20s in domestic level to improve their skills.
That makes too much sense for ZC to care about.
Always remember when talking about ZC, that their management don’t really care about getting better, they want access to the ICC funds to invest in their own side businesses.
The longer you stay and research, the more that will explain how things are done in ZC, or Zimbabwe in general. Corruption is rife.
I understand but Bro, you should think positive. Zimbabwe is a test playing nation and still have love for the brand of cricket they played in 90s, and situation will improve slowly. Someday right man will come in ZC, the players need support as they are representing Zimbabwe after so much problems, someday there will be again rise of cricket for Zimbabwe

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Rajkumar Sharma wrote:
Fri Apr 09, 2021 4:00 pm
ZIMDOGGY wrote:
Fri Apr 09, 2021 2:53 pm
Rajkumar Sharma wrote:
Fri Apr 09, 2021 7:08 am
ZC should have wider concept in domestic Odis & T20s.Board puts lots of effort in four day games but the result here is big Zero as Zimbabwe is not a part of test championship as a result its hard to get test fixtures against top teams.

If ZC along with Cricket Ireland & Afghanistan makes strong demands in ICC in getting themselves in Test Championship for next leg then only four dayers will have value, else ZC should think of development in shorter format keeping in mind back to back ICC tournaments knocking at the door.

ICC Qualifiers are not going to be easy as associate nations are playing good amount of cricket this time. Teams like USA, Canada are developing a strong unit with migration from India, Pakistan, England, New Zealand & few from Caribbean islands. Namibia, Nepal, UAE are also strong enough to trouble lower ranked teams. Present Zimbabwe side has got lots of potential and can easily reach at the main event but what they lacking are less number of One dayers and T20s in domestic level to improve their skills.
That makes too much sense for ZC to care about.
Always remember when talking about ZC, that their management don’t really care about getting better, they want access to the ICC funds to invest in their own side businesses.
The longer you stay and research, the more that will explain how things are done in ZC, or Zimbabwe in general. Corruption is rife.
I understand but Bro, you should think positive. Zimbabwe is a test playing nation and still have love for the brand of cricket they played in 90s, and situation will improve slowly. Someday right man will come in ZC, the players need support as they are representing Zimbabwe after so much problems, someday there will be again rise of cricket for Zimbabwe
Raj, your optimism and enthusiasm is very endearing. But this is Zimbabwe we are talking about. :(

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zimbos_05 wrote:
Fri Apr 09, 2021 12:31 pm
CholeZimbo wrote:
Fri Apr 09, 2021 9:23 am
So many brilliant ideas in this forum from hardcore Zim cricket fans. Even more unfortunate is how ZC would never listen to a Fans Union coming up with ideas on how to move forward. Alistair Campbell had similar visions about 10 years ago. I believe if the ICC do not want governments to get involved then they should. They have an overview of what has worked in successful countries and they should have some compulsory game development programs across all member nations.

Have a more uniform world domestic calendar for franchises in ODI and t20 then have top franchises from each country competing in a Champions league style tournament at the end. Skills will improve and this will translate to the national teams. Cant keep on giving a bunch of clueless administrators millions every 4 years.
Can't have a uniform domestic comp due to climates. Also, they tried a Champions league style T20 and it failed. India basically wanted all the good players for their teams and forced everyone else to accept their terms. No one really bought in to the idea or concept.
Maybe split hemispheres?

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sam_ahm wrote:
Fri Apr 09, 2021 3:33 pm
Zimbabwe have to be serious here and there is no place for complacency. Raj is spot on when he says there are a lot of associate nations like USA, Canada, UAE, etc who are focusing only on T20 cricket, I'm not even talking about Netherlands, Scotland here as they are more established sides, even the lesser established ones are doing well in T20s. We know what happened with Singapore beating Zimbabwe in a T20 game.

Qualification for 2022 T20 WC is absolutely vital, as of now you'd assume with 16 teams in there Zimbos will make it, but that's exactly what we thought when all Zimbos had to do was beat UAE for a place in 2019 WC, a game that could have changed the shape of ZC for good... But we all know how that went.

I'm all for focusing on longer formats, it will in a way help Zimbabwe do well in tests as compared to some ithe nations, but T20s cannot be taken for granted, it is the future of cricket, whether we like it or not, and must be played a lot more at domestic level. If Zimbabwe somehow fail to make it to 2022 T20 WC, I'm telling you it will be more disastrous than that 2019 WC qualifier debacle.
That game still hurts me. We probably lost a few Forumites too after that game

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CholeZimbo wrote:
Fri Apr 09, 2021 5:16 pm

Maybe split hemispheres?

Sooo....like what the world is now?

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Elton might play for the eagles as he is a player coach. That’s going to be interesting. His knowledge in this format will be useful. Just because you don’t play for the senior side anymore doesn’t mean you can’t contribute. I think Zhuwao is an assistant coach as well

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