Team for 1st ODI

[Detective RDS]

The 1st ODI match of Zimbabwe against Kenya will get underway tomorrow.

Here is the full Zimbabwean squad:

1. Prosper Utseya (C)
2. Hamilton Masakadza (VC)
3. Brendan Taylor (WK)
4. Forster Mutizwa (WK)
5. Mark Vermeulen
6. Charles Coventry
7. Sean Williams
8. Stuart Matsikenyeri
9. Elton Chigumbura
10. Raymond Price
11. Graeme Cremer
12. Christopher Mpofu
13. Kyle Jarvis
14. Trevor Garwe
15. Malcolm Waller

Here is a chance for you to choose the 1st ODI lineup of Zimbabwe. We all got indication that experiments will going on throughout the series in the both batting and bowling composition to get it right.

[Detective RDS]

ZIMBABWE

1. Mark Vermeulen
2. Hamilton Masakadza (VC)
3. Charles Coventry
4. Brendan Taylor (WK)
5. Sean Williams
6. Forster Mutizwa
7. Elton Chigumbura
8. Prosper Utseya
9. Raymond Price
10. Graeme Cremer
11. Kyle Karvis

Christopher Mpofu (12th men)

[Train Driver]

I'm glad that there is talk of experimentation during this series, however, i can't believe that the selctors will want to start those experiments from game 1, the series must be won, no ifs or buts, it must be won.

On that basis i can't see anything other than the following XI for the opening match

1 Masakadza
2 Vermeulen
3 Coventry
4 Taylor
5 Matsikenyeri
6 Williams
7 Chigumbura
8 Utseya (c)
9 Cremer
10 Price
11 Mpofu

Perhaps the Harare wicket will take spin from the off, i don't know, but personally i'm not overly keen on having 3 front line slow bowlers at the expense of a 3rd proper seamer, i guess that it will be ok for Bangladesh but if Zim were going to somewhere like New Zealand then Utseya, Price and Cremer would be a luxury too far.

I suppose that Mpofu will rotate with Jarvis and Garwe during this series and there will be little problem slipping Mutizwa in for another of the batsman, but i'm not so sure where Waller fits in though.

I'm also a little concerned that when Jarvis plays he will be likely to only have Chigumbura on the field with him as a fellow seamer, i hope that he will get sufficient help and not just be left out there to work things out for himself if it starts to go wrong at all.

[Dr_Situ(ZimFanatic)]

No spinning trio for me at HSC. No Stuey in my team. Would have loved toinclude Cremer at the expense of Utseya but both these are not practically feasible.

Mark Vermeulen
Hamilton Masakadza
Charles Coventry
Sean Williams
Brendan Taylor
Forster Mutizwa
Elton Chigumbura
Prosper Utseya (C)
Raymond Price
Christopher Mpofu
Trevor Garwe

[eugene]

1. Mark Vermeulen
2. Hamilton Masakadza
3. Charles Coventry
4. Sean Williams
5. Brendan Taylor
6. Forster Mutizwa
7. Elton Chigumbura
8. Prosper Utseya
9. Ray Price
10. Kyle Jarvis
11. Christopher Mpofu

[tawac]

I would want Matsikinyere in my side at the expesence of either Coventry or Vermuelen these guys havent been performing much on the domestic front. With Mutizwa taking the gloves I would love to see Taylor opening again. I would also like to see Cremer in the side but I wouldnt go for 3 spinners and Utseya is the captain of the side so that a hard pill to swalow

1. Brendon Taylor
2. Hamilton Masakadza
3. Charles Coventry
4. Sean Williams
5. Stuart Matsikinyere
6. Forster Mutizwa(wk)
7. Elton Chigumbura
8. Prosper Utseya(c)
9. Ray Price
10. Kyle Jarvis
11. Christopher Mpofu