3rd ODI: Zimbabwe vs Ireland

[CrimsonAvenger]

But when we talk about all the fab 4, Blessing, the young sensations, Burl, etc. al available regularly for two years, we do need to keep in mind that such a possibility is unrealistic and there would be niggles and injuries along the way. We may not be able to field the XI we are fielding today match in and match out. So, this is just wishful thinking for most part. Then you also have to consider a majority of them being in good form too.

Having said that, given the right conditions, we could have sneaked a game or two against SL, WI, BD, AFG, etc. and would have pushed SA, Pak and the likes too.

[brmtaylor.com admin]

Well, not a fairy tale end with the bat we hoped for. But a great career for sure. Thanks for the memories, Brendan Ross Murray Taylor!

One final Taylor special wasn't to be

Given BT 284 was printed on his shirt, I wonder if this has been planned for a while? Surely they couldn't have printed it overnight?

[Jemisi]

Nice to see you BRMT, although the circumstances are sad.

Gutted that I'll be looking at stats with Taylor just short of a couple of 10,000s for the rest of my life.

[CholeZimbo]

Nice to see you BRMT, although the circumstances are sad.

Gutted that I'll be looking at stats with Taylor just short of a couple of 10,000s for the rest of my life.

I feel you

[sam_ahm]

I dare say this Zimbabwe side can give most of the top sides a good run for their money, which is why I firmly believe if all seniors stick around, auto qualification is not an unrealistic dream.

This is incredibly naive thinking, you haven't been watching cricket long have you? Our strongest side would finish tenth at best

I'd say why not? I watch all cricket games, a lot of teams these days, except India, England, Australia and New zealand are weak teams.

Pak, SLN, WI, even RSA are not as strong as they used to be and all am saying is Zimbabwe can compete well against these sides. Same for Bang.

[CrimsonAvenger]

Gutted that I'll be looking at stats with Taylor just short of a couple of 10,000s for the rest of my life.

Ah, so the List A 10000 was what you were referring to in the Stats thread then...

[brmtaylor.com admin]

Nice to see you BRMT, although the circumstances are sad.

Gutted that I'll be looking at stats with Taylor just short of a couple of 10,000s for the rest of my life.

Good to see you too Jemisi, it's sad but how lucky have we been to have had 17 years of this.

After Williams (if he sticks around) will we ever seen anyone play for Zim for nearly 2 decades again?

I hope guys like Madhevere and Shumba hang around, but you can't help but feel the era of Zimbabwe as a major cricket nation is fast ending.
Will WM/MS/BM really be that keen playing Uganda and Belgium and the occasional special treat of a "test match" against Afghanistan?

[Jemisi]

Gutted that I'll be looking at stats with Taylor just short of a couple of 10,000s for the rest of my life.

Ah, so the List A 10000 was what you were referring to in the Stats thread then...

Yeah mate, not to mention he's a season of FC short of 10,000 there too.

[tej_27]

Meanwhile ervine looks beautiful as ever ...

[Jemisi]

Nice to see you BRMT, although the circumstances are sad.

Gutted that I'll be looking at stats with Taylor just short of a couple of 10,000s for the rest of my life.

Good to see you too Jemisi, it's sad but how lucky have we been to have had 17 years of this.

After Williams (if he sticks around) will we ever seen anyone play for Zim for nearly 2 decades again?

I hope guys like Madhevere and Shumba hang around, but you can't help but feel the era of Zimbabwe as a major cricket nation is fast ending.
Will WM/MS/BM really be that keen playing Uganda and Belgium and the occasional special treat of a "test match" against Afghanistan?

Well these young blokes have started off at 19 so maybe one of them will keep going deep. I think we'll have Uganda covered for a while but oohh losing to Belgium will be rough. I'm still hurting from the Singapore incident.