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I think a nice shiny new thread for the tournament is in order now the boys are on the plane.

The squad has departed for the West Indies, via the US, this morning after the whole touring party all returned negative Covid tests.

SQUAD:

Emmanuel Bawa (C) (Eastbourne College, U.K.)
Brian Bennett (VC) (Peterhouse)
David Bennett (Peterhouse)
Victor Chirwa (Watershed)
Mgcini Dube (CBC)
Alex Falao (Prince Edward)
Tendekai Mataranyika (Peterhouse)
Tashinga Makoni (Wise Owl)
Connor Mitchell (Maritzburg, South Africa)
Steven Saul (Peterhouse)
Matthew Schonken (Hellenic)
Panashe Taruvinga (St Charles, South Africa)
Matthew Welch (St Johns)
Rogan Wolhuter (Falcon)
Ngenyasha Zvinoera (Cardiff University, U.K.)

Team Manager: Dilip Chouhan
Selector on Tour: Moses Chitare
Head Coach: Prosper Utseya
Assistant Coach: Elton Chigumbura
Analyst: Mufaro Chiturumani
Physio: Anesu Mupotaringa

Non-travelling Reserves: Aisha Chibanda (Churchill), Luyanda Mtomba (Siziba), Tadiwanashe Mwale (Durham Cathedral, U.K.), Declan Rugg (Radley College, U.K.), Tanaka Zvaita (Wrekin College, U.K.)

Selectors: Moses Chitare (Chair), Prosper Utseya, Elton Chigumbura, Kyle Jarvis

FIXTURES:


Ireland Series:
29th Dec: Zimbabwe U19 Vs Ireland - Zimbabwe WIN by 55 runs
30th Dec: Zimbabwe U19s Vs Ireland - Zimbabwe WIN by 135 runs
1st Jan: Zimbabwe U19s Vs Ireland - Zimbabwe WIN by 4 wickets
2nd Jan: Zimbabwe U19s Vs Ireland - Zimbabwe LOSE by 117 runs

Official Warm Up:
9th Jan: Zimbabwe U19 Vs Canada, - Zimbabwe WIN by 2 runs
11th Jan: Zimbabwe U19 Vs Bangladesh, - Zimbabwe LOSE by 155 runs (D/L)

U19 World Cup, Group C:
15th Jan: Zimbabwe U19 Vs Papua New Guinea - Zimbabwe WIN by 228 runs
17th Jan: Zimbabwe U19 Vs Pakistan
22nd Jan: Zimbabwe U19 Vs Afghanistan

Good thinking secretzimbo

I'm glad we have a series against Ireland and USA but probably not a benchmark to show where we are in terms of competitiveness

Yeah. The US aren't even qualified for the world cup. But an international match against an international team is better than nothing. They should be beating the US and Ireland comfortably so let's see.

They are being sponsored by a life insurance and funeral services company.

Panashe Taruvinga is only 15....I didn't realise he was so young! He's really well thought of and talked about locally so thats quite exciting. He's one to watch for 2024 for sure.

The lad with the beard chose a fine time to have a feel of how his growth was doing

Which one is Taruvinga?

We do need a new under 19 coach someone who can inspire confidence in the team and not someone negative.
I'm not talking about somebody giving unrealistic expectations to the players about winning the under 19 trophy or something but seeing the prosper interview has made me quite annoyed. Skill set is one thing but another big aspect is the mental side of playing and having confidence in abilities and in difficult situations.

We all know that a certain person seemed to play for himself in his playing days and this is merely history repeating

Utseya always seemed more happy to lose than to win.

Googly wrote: ↑

Sun Dec 26, 2021 9:38 pm

The lad with the beard chose a fine time to have a feel of how his growth was doing

Which one is Taruvinga?

Lol that’s Wolhuter with the youthful beard.

Not sure which one Taruvinga is in the photo. He’s had a sport scholarship in SA all through high school so I’ve never really seen him in the flesh.