Match thread - Game 3 - Sth African Composite XI vs Zimbabwe

[brmtaylor.com admin]

SuperSport Challenge
South African Composite XI vs Zimbabwe
This series has been granted First Class status. The South African Composite XI is made up from the top SuperSport Series franchise players and the top SAA Provincial Challenge players.

Date: January 3-6, 2008 (4 day match)
Start of play: unknown
Venue: De Beers Diamond Oval, Kimberley

Zimbabwe squad: not announced yet

South African Composite XI squad: W Bossenger (c/wk), M Akoojee, FS Holtzhausen, RR Jeggels, PJ Koortzen, JP Kreusch, AK Kruger, AP McLaren, S Mjekula, J Symes, T Tshabalala, BD Walters

Injury concerns: unknown
Live stream: not televised

Zimbabwe have already won the series 2-0, really they should just be looking to thump SAC XI and go into the Pakistan tour with confidence. Please post all discussion about the match in this thread.

[brmtaylor.com admin]

Zimbabwe squad:

P Utseya, H Masakadza, V Sibanda, CJ Chibhabha, T Taibu, SC Williams, KM Dabengwa, E Chigumbura, T Maruma, RW Price, CB Mpofu, GB Brent (12th man)

Williams comes in for Brendan Taylor
Brent comes in for Matsikenyeri
Maruma also makes the team.

Dabengwa continues to get selected, this time ahead of Taylor. What an absolute joke
We can only assume Taylor has been dropped, there has been no news of injury or another reason.

So, we have Williams, Dabengwa, Utseya, Price and Maruma - all spin bowlers. Mpofu and Chigumbura are the only pace bowlers. NO Gary Brent, again. Looks like the quotas are well and truly being enforced now, 2:9.

[CrimsonAvenger]

Looks like the quotas are well and truly being enforced now, 2:9.

I was hoping for some sanity getting restored in 2008, as far as team selection is concerned. But...

[andy24]

the only reason could be there resting. but unlikly. with i these spiners and the ethnics wen will creamer get ago. he deserves it

[andy24]

sinbanda made a start. turn it to 50

[andy24]

williams in. he will show why he got the highest first class average

[brmtaylor.com admin]

utseya batting now. must be to stop a colapse

Really? How strange is that! Just minutes ago I posted that Utseya should bat higher up the order.

I have confidence in him.

[andy24]

no cricket info stuffed up

[brmtaylor.com admin]

no cricket info stuffed up

It's happened before, it will happen again.

C'mon Sean Williams, smash 100... First Class average is 46, his first target should be to beat that. Second should be to push it beyond 50, and by that time he should be nearing his century. C'mon mate.

[andy24]

live score very slow. williams is easily better then some of the people that get picked before him in the side