Match Thread 1st ODI Bangladesh v Zimbabwe

[tgk]

Just logged in to see that there has been a carnage. Can someone fill me in with why Ervine and Williams are not playing?

Mpofu with the highest ODI score, Hurrah!

Ervine has the flu and Williams arrived late.

[sloandog]

Just really really shit.

Reminds me of the 2004 rebel days, where Taylor was the only white face.

Really average day for Zimbabwe

[Googly]

I think it’s important to remind everyone that these thieves have cost Zim cricket $4 MILLION a year!!
The convenor of selectors is on a school tour in South Africa so who picked that side? It looks horribly like they drew some names out of a hat.
I like this word clueless. Absolutely without any clue whatsoever. And shameless- absolutely without any shame whatsoever.

[zimfan1]

Just really really shit.

Reminds me of the 2004 rebel days, where Taylor was the only white face.

Really average day for Zimbabwe

What is everyones obsession with race? We are on an internet forum, we should be colour blind.

[ZIMDOGGY]

Just really really shit.

Reminds me of the 2004 rebel days, where Taylor was the only white face.

Really average day for Zimbabwe

What is everyones obsession with race? We are on an internet forum, we should be colour blind.

Don’t be naive. Or ignorant.

Zimbabwe cricket has ALWAYS been healthier when there are more white faces about. Without exception.

It means the economy or cricket situation is in a better state than usual. White players have less tolerance for getting fucked over and (un)fortunately tend to have more options when it goes pear shaped.
The more whites, the more stable Zimbabwe and cricket is.

[sloandog]

Just really really shit.

Reminds me of the 2004 rebel days, where Taylor was the only white face.

Really average day for Zimbabwe

What is everyones obsession with race? We are on an internet forum, we should be colour blind.

You brought the R word into the equation there champ, not me. I simply said the makeup of the side, and the results, were very similar to 2004.

But now you've brought it up, I agree with the DOGG in that (overall) the more white faces in the Zimbabwe side, the better we tend to be. Ervine and Williams are two of our best batters, whilst Jarvis is our best seamer. Price was our best spinner between 2007 and 2012, Cremer was our matchwinner with the ball.

Yawn

[sloandog]

Who's the convener of selectors again?

[Donald]

Raza has been poor with the bat for a while

Poor madhevere today on a sinking deck. Felt for the lad but he played brave cricket not stupid cricket like a few of his compatriots. Chiefly the plodder chakhabva

[zimfan1]

Just really really shit.

Reminds me of the 2004 rebel days, where Taylor was the only white face.

Really average day for Zimbabwe

What is everyones obsession with race? We are on an internet forum, we should be colour blind.

You brought the R word into the equation there champ, not me. I simply said the makeup of the side, and the results, were very similar to 2004.

But now you've brought it up, I agree with the DOGG in that (overall) the more white faces in the Zimbabwe side, the better we tend to be. Ervine and Williams are two of our best batters, whilst Jarvis is our best seamer. Price was our best spinner between 2007 and 2012, Cremer was our matchwinner with the ball.

Yawn

Sorry even though we agree on many things. You referred to Taylor as "White" therefore you were defining him by his race.

[Kriterion_BD]

Zimbabwe cricket has ALWAYS been healthier when there are more white faces about. Without exception.

Don't usually agree with the Dogg on non-cricketing matters (this is cricket related though)...but yes. Whites are a minority in Zimbabwe, and generally speaking, the status of minorities (both in theory and in practice) is the strongest index of how advanced a particular system is. When the most vulnerable of a population are treated as close to equal as possible, it reflects the fact that the mind of those in power is big.