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How will history remember Zimbabwe's former ODI captain?

A good bloke, a gritty player and a decent leader. But a man who was fortunate to play international cricket at a time where his country was in crisis.
Always conducted himself with great dignity as captain of his country.

zimfan1 wrote: ↑

Sun Oct 01, 2017 1:28 pm

A good bloke, a gritty player and a decent leader. But a man who was fortunate to play international cricket at a time where his country was in crisis.
Always conducted himself with great dignity as captain of his country.

Such a shame; where previously he was hanging precariously in yesteryear's side, he would have been invaluable as an opener in today's side. He would be remembered as Mr Dependable.

zimfan1 wrote: ↑

Sun Oct 01, 2017 1:28 pm

A good bloke, a gritty player and a decent leader. But a man who was fortunate to play international cricket at a time where his country was in crisis.
Always conducted himself with great dignity as captain of his country.

+1

Well put zimfan1. It's remarkable to think his entire international career only lasted 1.5 years.

As an ODI player - hopeless batsman who should never have played the format.
As a Test batsman, should have been a constant as an opener, and named Zimbabwe's captain on resumption in 2011 against Bangladesh. To this day Zimbabwe is paying for that mistake!

Terrence Duffin and Neil Ferreira could have solved our opening woes, unfortunately due to a variety of circumstances their tenures were brief.