[Match Thread] Zimbabwe vs Sri Lanka: 1st Test | Harare

[tawac]

#mumbamania what a find. Great thing he has Streak to work with him.

[reverbinstinct]

What are herath and co. thinking?these extra runs wouldnt be of any relevance at all.Either way,this does us more favours.

[jimbo]

Rain stopped play- I guess that's what you call a perfect storm. Long may it last

[brmtaylor.com admin]

Damn, I missed Mumba's 4-fer! How did he look?

This rain is timely. We just need to bat out a day.

[zctears]

Sri Lanka actually showing a lot of respect for our batting with their reluctance to declare.

[jaybro]

Damn, I missed Mumba's 4-fer! How did he look?

This rain is timely. We just need to bat out a day.

From what I seen of him he's very promising still could lift his pace a bit more if he improves his delivery stride and doesn't look like a swing bowler but does get a bit of bounce and un-like pretty much every other Bowler in the country he looks like he could take a wicket at any time. I watch Tiripano bowl and you can just tell he ain't getting anyone out but Mumba looks like he has that 'jaffer' ready to go at any second. Definitely not the finished product but he's the most promising bowler to hit the seen since KJ or Larry ......

I reckon on a decent pitch he could hit 140's .....

As for the other bowlers Bobby looked good at times, he's actually quite a smart bowler which he doesn't get credit for. He kept it tight bowler good lines and mixed his pace well, he's still one of our better seamers when he feels like it but sadly he rarely bowls well two games in a row .....

Tiripano slaved away but honestly never looked like taking a wicket, needs more variety seems to just bowl line and length with no movement and gentle pace .....

Cremer again bowled some great deliveries and was unlucky not to pick up a couple of wickets but he lets himself down bowling 1 bad ball and over and he can't keep the same guy on strike. We all say how unlucky he is when he bowls but until he gains some consistency I doubt it will change .....

Waller bowled very well he's definitely changed his action since I last saw him bowl against BD, seems more side on now and his arm looks pretty straight, looks a better bowler than Williams now IMO .....

Hami bowled ok ......

[zimlover]

We only have to bat 5 hours and we can draw this with a thunderstorm in the forecast, surely we can survive this '

[tawac]

We only have to bat 5 hours and we can draw this with a thunderstorm in the forecast, surely we can survive this '

Its Zim we are talking about here. 5 hours is like holding out for 5 days. But a draw would be like a win for us.

[CrimsonAvenger]

Tiripano slaved away but honestly never looked like taking a wicket, needs more variety seems to just bowl line and length with no movement and gentle pace .....

Yeah, he puts his heart out there, but not sure where he is going to get a wicket looking at his bowling yesterday. Pretty ordinary. Mpofu was more disciplined than him too. In fact, with an even more wicket to wicket disciplined bowling, Hamilton looks more likely to get a wicket than Tiripano.

Mumba was absolutely brilliant! He beat the bat on a few occasions too, in addition to the wicket taking deliveries...

[jaybro]

Big test today this is what it's all about last day pitch is playing a few tricks and we have 10 wickets to save a test .....