[Match Thread] U19 WC Plate C'Ship: Zimbabwe vs Namibia

[NickG]

I stand by my statement of “the usual poor selections,”
it has plagued our cricket for a long time and at every level. I see disgraceful selections year in and year out. I wasn’t talking specifically about the RS, but there was undoubtedly a couple of questionable ones last year and I guarantee there will be a few more this year. When they post the list I will do my homework and will point out specifically who shouldn’t be there and a better replacement, it might be one or three or whatever but it’s a guarantee. Of course selections are subjective and it’s what we debate on this forum daily.
You clearly have the inside track and you’re defending RS, that’s cool, I’ve said it’s mostly a good thing if done well and transparently. If all is in order, tell us how much it costs, surely there’s nothing to hide? And it would be good to post the results and the individual stats and ditto for how they’ve done in F.C. here. We need good news.

I understand, but it is simply your opinion as to whether the selections are 'poor' or 'disgraceful'. Others may disagree, which is as you rightly state makes for a relevant debate on the subject. You disagreed with one or two of the RS selections, that's cool too. There is rarely a squad selected at any level that achieves 100% agreement across the board. What I do know is that those who were selected, as well as those who will be named this year, will have attended trials and been selected on the basis of what was seen at the trial, what they have achieved in their careers to date, their character and what the management team of Taibu, Matsikenyeri etc deem their potential to be. This seems a pretty fair way to do it.

There will always be a couple of wildcards - someone who had a good day at the trial for example. I don't have a problem with this, if the RS can help unearth a couple of hidden gems then great.

Regarding finances, I don't work for ZC so I don't have access to that information. But I know for a fact that the whole operation comes at relatively very little cost and was certainly done transparently. It would actually be fair to say, from what I saw, it is run on a shoestring, which is credit to those who helped deliver it. And I certainly agree that the results, stats etc should be made more widely available.