Zimbabwe vs Bangladesh 1st ODI /2022 August 5

[secretzimbo]

I can totally see us being 11-3 in reply to this. Just feels like one of those days.

[CalZim]

I don’t understand why Bangladesh didn’t push on at all throughout the innings, they have scraped 300 just 2 wickets down. They should have hit a much bigger score.

Now we have a slight chance of getting something from this, Houghton wants batsmen playing aggressively so we will go for this. Just need someone to step up and hit a big score, great chance for the likes of Wes and even Musakanda.

I thought the Musakanda squad selection was mental but the fact that Houghton has put him in the 11 must mean that he believes in his ability, something I think we have all lost faith in over the last couple of years. I hope he is right and it pays off.

[sam_ahm]

Zimbabwe needs more depth guys, it is so non existent (although still better than Ireland, Netherlands and all associates) , need some good players so that these injuries can be managed.

But then again, I think apart from the Big 3, no other team has kind of incredible bench strength. Everyone is vulnerable if you take their best 4 players out.

India have unbelievable depth, easily the best, but our best 11 is not necessarily better than say England, Australia, South Africa or New Zealand... Those teams at full strength can beat us any day, may be even Pakistan, although I feel we've got a better team than Pak, but yeah they are capable of beating us.

It's just that we've got great depth, but our best 11 are not like miles ahead of others, not at all.

[Kriterion_BD]

ZIM bowled really well the last 5 overs and also the first 10 overs or so. Bangladesh batted poorly in overs 11-30. So, all total Bangladesh should have gotten to about 325-330.

[CalZim]

We didn’t even last one over

[tej_27]

What was that from musakanda

[CalZim]

I can totally see us being 11-3 in reply to this. Just feels like one of those days.

Going be close, you should have put a bet on it

[Reverse_Sweep]

Bad start for Zimbabwe.

[secretzimbo]

Once again Kaia looks pretty decent.

I wish we were playing regular test matches. I think Kaia and Kaitano would be an interesting opening pair in Tests.

[tej_27]

Kaia has so much vusi sibanda in him