These batters are going to be kicking themselves.
Just not used to sustained good bowling (Afghanistan excluded), some cheap wickets there. There's nothing to be worried about here. Just bat carefully and make a game of it. Hit the few shit deliveries, keep the good ones out and look for singles. Simple stuff
No, Googly has a point. I wouldn't mind these guys supporting India today/this week, as long as they came out and supported Zim and cricket in general the rest of the year, but they don't. Some of these Indian families have been here 100 years - plenty of them can't even speak good Hindi - but they are out there waving Indian flags. And then they'll totally disappear for the next five years until next time we play India.
Anyway, how's it looking guys? Is the pitch as unplayable as we the scorecard says? Damn I wish I could watch this.
Ah! Gone are the days of old, good ZCF!! Feel sorry for you.
Sorry, did I say something factually incorrect? Maybe you can enlighten me with your knowledge of the Zimbabwean Asian community?
I don't mean to generalise, as there are some great Asians in Zim - look at Raza! I've got a Hindu mate who I went to school with and he's as patriotic as anyone, loves Zimbabwe, despite having to deal with a horrid amount of abuse from all sides growing up.
But most of them....eeeeeesh.
It's as bizarre as me attending this; https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/cri ... -scorecard - and waving the Saltire and singing Flower of Scotland because of vaguely distant family history, which obviously I didn't do because I'm not a moron and because I support my actual country.
Ah! Gone are the days of old, good ZCF!! Feel sorry for you.
Sorry, did I say something factually incorrect? Maybe you can enlighten me with your knowledge of the Zimbabwean Asian community?
I don't mean to generalise, as there are some great Asians in Zim - look at Raza! I've got a Hindu mate who I went to school with and he's as patriotic as anyone, loves Zimbabwe, despite having to deal with a horrid amount of abuse from all sides growing up.
But most of them....eeeeeesh.
It's as bizarre as me attending this; https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/cri ... -scorecard - and waving the Saltire and singing Flower of Scotland because of vaguely distant family history, which obviously I didn't do because I'm not a moron and because I support my actual country.
Was he one of the guys alleging discrimination?
It's not like Indian and Pakistani domestic or international cricket is loaded with other folk. They need to tidy up their own house before they start crying foul.
If Evans keeps trying to turn the ball square he's not going to last either. Jeez how much cricket do you have to play before you work out that you have to hit it in the V unless you're seeing it like a football or the deck is flat ?
No, Googly has a point. I wouldn't mind these guys supporting India today/this week, as long as they came out and supported Zim and cricket in general the rest of the year, but they don't. Some of these Indian families have been here 100 years - plenty of them can't even speak good Hindi - but they are out there waving Indian flags. And then they'll totally disappear for the next five years until next time we play India.
Anyway, how's it looking guys? Is the pitch as unplayable as we the scorecard says? Damn I wish I could watch this.
He has a point, he doesn't have to be racist about it though.
Some of these people may be 4th generation Zimbabwean, but they have a strong cultural connection to the land, which is something that is part of their homes
