Fill the gaps for the 1st Test against Bangladesh

[brmtaylor.com admin]

1. Mawoyo
2. Sibanda
3. Masakadza
4. Taylor
5. Ervine
6. ?
7. ?
8. ?
9. ?
10. Jarvis
11. Chatara

[CrimsonAvenger]

I would slightly change thee order as well. Ervine before Taylor.

1. Mawoyo
2. Sibanda
3. Masakadza
4. Ervine
5. Taylor (wk)
6. Williams
7. Chigumbura
8. Price
9. Jarvis
10. Rainsford
11. Chatara / Shingi / Mpofu

[ZIMDOGGY]

but does mawoyo deserbe auto selection?

[ZIMDOGGY]

also starting to wonder whether we are missing one mark vermeulen

[brmtaylor.com admin]

but does mawoyo deserbe auto selection?

He was the only batsman to pass 35 in the series.

Also, the Sibanda/Mawoyo partnership has real potential I think. The selectors need to show faith in both of them.

[Jemisi]

Mawoyo
Sibanda
Masakadza
Ervine
Taylor
Williams
Chigumbura
Cremer/Meth depending on the pitch.
Price
Jarvis
Chatara

[totoro]

I'd go:

1. Tino Mawoyo
2. Vusi Sibanda
3. Hamilton Masakadza
4. Brendan Taylor (c)
5. Craig Ervine
6. Sean Williams
7. Richmond Mutumbami (wk)
8. Ray Price
9. Chris Mpofu
10. Kyle Jarvis
11. Tendai Chatara

Hopefully we don't embarrass ourselves in this series as well. Is Mangongo looking after the side for the whole series, or just a part of it?

[Dr_Situ(ZimFanatic)]

but does mawoyo deserbe auto selection?

Same question applies to Sibanda.
I would be tempted to include 'Confident' Mushangwe in the eleven

[foreignfield]

Mawoyo does well against pace -- I only hope Bangladesh do not become wise to his travails against spin and throw the new ball to one of their spinners. That said, tino is the only batsman to take anything from this tour.

A genuin question here: do we need a specialist spinner at HSC against Bangladesh? Our best chance is pace, and last time around Price did not bowl all that much. Would not three seamers, Chigumbura, Hami and some part-time pies from Waller/Williams/Maruma suffice?

The idea of Price batting at 8 does not appeal to me at all. And we cannot afford to play more than one genuin no. 11

1 Mawoyo
2 Sibanda
3 Masakadza
4 Taylor
5/6 -- 2 of Ervine/Williams/Waller/Maruma (or even, dare I wisper it, Matsi, for heaven's sake)
7 Mutumbami (wk)
8 Chigumbura
9 Shingi
10 Jarvis
11 Rainsford/Chatara/Mpofu

How does that look?

All presuming someone of the middle order candidates decides to put up a hand in the warm-up.

[Ming]

I'd definitely go for Mutumbami. He has shown a high level of resilience. Something which has been pretty absent in the WI. We need someone with abit of mongrel.