Match Thread: 3rd ODI Zim vs Ireland 17 Dec

[Bulawayo Boy]

Credit to Joylord though. Good effort.

[ZIMDOGGY]

Only available in Ireland. Clearly they complained bitterly and the Bangladeshi Mafia relented.

Not true because I’ve watched every game on bet365 in HD

[ZIMDOGGY]

I’ve just seen some Indians on social media saying our XI is a disgrace and ZC are banning all white players Give me fucking strength

But ZC have runs on the board.
They have this reputation due to the past

[sam_ahm]

Unbelievably depressing performance throughout the series by Zimbabwe. With every game the things seem to be going worse.

[secretzimbo]

Extremely hard to justify Dave continuing in the job past Sri Lanka. Or the other coaches or the selectors.

Not because anyone else will be materially better but just because clearly a refresh is needed. The team looks totally directionless, bereft of ideas and confidence.

[secretzimbo]

They are making this look so easy. Scary when you consider that Ireland really are not that great. Very average team who should not be outclassing us ffs.

[tej_27]

Mavuta not finishing his overs is criminal . Shit level captaincy again

[Mr Twig]

Must be one of the very rare occasions, if not the first, that there hasn't been a single white guy in the side.

I'd love to know the status of Ervine and Williams. Are they being phased out?

I thought there was at least 1 game where no white guy was in the XI but I couldn't find any based on Cricinfo Statsguru (I typed in all the white players names that played in a Zimbabwe team and compared it with all Tests/ODIs/T20Is games played by Zimbabwe. 838 to 838

So yes, this appears to be the first ever game where no white player was in the Zimbabwe team.

Well done to Ireland. T20I and ODI series wins in Zimbabwe for the first time. Another new low for Zimbabwe cricket

[eugene]

None of this is surprising. We have known it would be bleak after the big three, and it is. What is amazing is that the team we fielded in the immediate aftermath of the rebel saga was probably stronger than our full strength team now - it shows how far we have fallen.

[Googly]

I don't totally agree. Much of the problem is that these lesser sides have come on in leaps and bounds and we've stagnated as opposed to have gone in reverse.

We have one indoor, we have no Merlins. It doesn't explain why sides like Namibia and Uganda have closed the gap though.
Small things like ex internationals being on central contracts whilst other better guys can't feed their families doesn't help the cause.