Stuart Matsikenyeri

[watermelon]

So lately I have been reading some disparaging remarks about the great Stuart Matsikenyeri fromsome know-nothing forumites. The fact that you guys rejoice in people's failures is despicable. Anyway, Stuart Matsikenyeri is a Zimbabwean great and only deserves praise, he was an immense talent who was screwed around with by selectors and the white cartel that runs ZC.

Let's compare Matsikenyeri to a forum favourite, Malcolm Waller. In ODIs Matsi averages 22.01 compared to Waller's lowly 18.08, Malcolm's runs coming against arguably weaker opposition. But this stat alone doesn't begin to tell Matsi's superiority. The nature of dismissals is telling, Matsi has been out bowled/lbw 40 times in 110 ODI innings (only 36%), whereas Waller has been out bowled/lbw 21 times in 53 innings (39%), it is important to note that Waller has played many more matches on slower wickets with weaker bowling so this method of dismissal percentage should be much lower than Matsi's. These stats show Waller is extremely poor technically, particularly against pace and tries to exist solely as a back-foot player, when does he ever drive a boundary through cover? Matsi has all the strokes in the cricketing arsenal and isn't afraid to use them. Matsi is also a more useful bowler and by far a superior fielder, not that that is setting the bar very high in Malcolm's case.

The hapless Waller has spent most of his career batting down the order to protect his poor technique against pace but still failing. If you filter Matsi's average to just batting at 6/7 he now comes out with a very respectable 28.84, whereas Waller with the same filter has a depressing average of 21.17. Matsi also has a superior strike rate, again achieved against superior bowling for the most part.

Enough wisdom for now, more later.

-watermelon.

[zimbofan88]

Waller is both technically and mentally poor. He can't bat well under pressure and his footwork is poor. He is certainly not a test quality player. However, he averages around 38 in FC, and does very well in List A games and t-20s. He could be handy all-rounder at the lower order in ODIs if he could bring back his sharp bowling like before. He is a great fielder and good slogger in t-20. At the moment, he is behind other under-performers like Vusi and Hami( both of them have better averages than him). Matis had a proper technique and was rated one of most talented youngsters during his early days. But, he was a failure, and he was more frustrating batsman to watch than Vusi/ Maruma.

[Detective RDS]

Malcolm Waller has played half the ODIs of Stuart Matsikenyeri and he has a match winning 99* vs New Zealand in New Zealand.

Wonder even a single match winning knock Matsikenyeri played !

[Mr Twig]

Malcolm Waller is hardly a forum favourite.

[Jemisi]

Matsi and Waller are in the same ball park.

[The Robot]

His he retired ??

[watermelon]

Thanks Jemisi. Much love <3

The difference between Waller and matsi was that Matsi was never invested in, and never got the extended run that Waller has been privileged to have.

If we had shown faith in Matsi, we could have been looking at the black dean Elgar right now.

[The Robot]

Thanks Jemisi. Much love <3

The difference between Waller and matsi was that Matsi was never invested in, and never got the extended run that Waller has been privileged to have.

If we had shown faith in Matsi, we could have been looking at the black dean Elgar right now.

Matsi was a rubbish

[brmtaylor.com admin]

Matsi had a good run. He played over 100 games and sadly never took his game to the next level.

Malcolm Waller has played half the ODIs of Stuart Matsikenyeri and he has a match winning 99* vs New Zealand in New Zealand.

Wonder even a single match winning knock Matsikenyeri played !

Yeah. Sadly the defining moment I remember about his career is how he choked in the 2007 WC game against Ireland

[Detective RDS]

Post 2004, players like Matsikenyeri, H Masakadza, Taylor, Sibanda, Ebrahim, Taibu were offered a greater role as a batsman & were expected to play a major role in the batting. Where Taylor grabbed the chance in both hands and flourished, H Masakadza established himself as one of the mainstays of Zim batting during that turmoil period, Sibanda showed glimpses but inconsistent, Ebrahim drifted away after a few series, Taibu the skipper scored but quit Zim after a year or so, Matsikenyeri played 113 ODIs but failed to deliver among those crop of players.