Tendai Chatara
Posted: Thu May 13, 2021 11:07 am
Personally I feel a fully fit Tendai Chatara should be back in our Test side. This is because to begin with, his absence from the team was injury induced and not a form issue and I believe with his experience he is the crucial 3rd pacer we are currently missing.
Having said this. There should be a national team selection policy, a channel from franchise to national team and each player should understand where exactly they are in this transition. The franchise teams should house players in well defined roles.
1) Youngsters with enormous potential who can be called up to the national team even after relatively a few games. e.g Myers, Marumani
2) Good international players who have lost form. e.g PJ Moor
3) National team players recovering from injuries and can return to national colors at any time unless they have been replaced by another in form outstanding player. e.g Tendai Chatara , Ryan Burl
4) Players who have failed at national level or have never been good enough domestically to fill up the numbers and keep the leagues going when national team players are away. Chamu Chibhabha
5) Retired national team players adding decent quality to the leagues and sharing knowledge with upcoming youngsters. e.g Chigumbura
We seem to be forgetting that a fully fit in form Chatara is our best bowler and he should not just be left to wander in domestic cricket unsure of his fate. Naturally demotivation will creep in and he will not perform to his standards domestically and eventually fall even further away. He is still in my Best XI.
Thoughts?
My best Test XI
Tarisai Musakanda
Milton Shumba
Craig Ervine
Brendan Taylor
Sean Williams
Sikandar Raza/Roy Kaia
Regis Chakabva (wk)
Ryan Burl (Need help here. We need a spinner to bowl may overs. Not sure if he is the man or it can be any top spinner in the land)
Blessing Muzarabani
Tendai Chatara
Richard Ngarava/Tanaka Chivanga/Victor Nyauchi
Whenever Blessing and Richard got tired, BT struggled to bring on someone to continue the pressure. I say we open with Blessing and any other new comer selected for the first 10 overs, then bring in Chatara to continue maybe alongside a spinner. At any given point in the test match, we should have one of our 3 pacers in action to genuinely sniff out something and not let the game fall away.
Keep Wesley in the squad to eventually replace one of the senior guys and then Ryan will grow to replace Sean Williams.
ODI
Tadiwa Marumani
Wesly Madhevere
Craig Ervine
Brendan Taylor (wk)
Sean Williams
Sikandar Raza
Ryan Burl
Welington Masakadza (Economy bowling is crucial in short format, builds wicket taking pressure)
Blessing Muzarabani
Tendai Chatara
Richard Ngarava
Having said this. There should be a national team selection policy, a channel from franchise to national team and each player should understand where exactly they are in this transition. The franchise teams should house players in well defined roles.
1) Youngsters with enormous potential who can be called up to the national team even after relatively a few games. e.g Myers, Marumani
2) Good international players who have lost form. e.g PJ Moor
3) National team players recovering from injuries and can return to national colors at any time unless they have been replaced by another in form outstanding player. e.g Tendai Chatara , Ryan Burl
4) Players who have failed at national level or have never been good enough domestically to fill up the numbers and keep the leagues going when national team players are away. Chamu Chibhabha
5) Retired national team players adding decent quality to the leagues and sharing knowledge with upcoming youngsters. e.g Chigumbura
We seem to be forgetting that a fully fit in form Chatara is our best bowler and he should not just be left to wander in domestic cricket unsure of his fate. Naturally demotivation will creep in and he will not perform to his standards domestically and eventually fall even further away. He is still in my Best XI.
Thoughts?
My best Test XI
Tarisai Musakanda
Milton Shumba
Craig Ervine
Brendan Taylor
Sean Williams
Sikandar Raza/Roy Kaia
Regis Chakabva (wk)
Ryan Burl (Need help here. We need a spinner to bowl may overs. Not sure if he is the man or it can be any top spinner in the land)
Blessing Muzarabani
Tendai Chatara
Richard Ngarava/Tanaka Chivanga/Victor Nyauchi
Whenever Blessing and Richard got tired, BT struggled to bring on someone to continue the pressure. I say we open with Blessing and any other new comer selected for the first 10 overs, then bring in Chatara to continue maybe alongside a spinner. At any given point in the test match, we should have one of our 3 pacers in action to genuinely sniff out something and not let the game fall away.
Keep Wesley in the squad to eventually replace one of the senior guys and then Ryan will grow to replace Sean Williams.
ODI
Tadiwa Marumani
Wesly Madhevere
Craig Ervine
Brendan Taylor (wk)
Sean Williams
Sikandar Raza
Ryan Burl
Welington Masakadza (Economy bowling is crucial in short format, builds wicket taking pressure)
Blessing Muzarabani
Tendai Chatara
Richard Ngarava