African games Zimbabwe vs Namibia

[Kriterion_BD]

We are now ahead of namibia in rankings.

Be good to beat Uganda and also South africa should we meet. Couple of wins against Bangladesh in May will seal us automatic qualification hopefully for 2016 World cup.

Namibia and Scotland are right at your heels. If Namibia were ahead, 1 game will only put them marginally behind.

It all comes down to who wins more games in the warm ups for the WC and then in the actual WC itself. if Namibia upsets just one of the top 10 teams they will go back on top. Then there is Scotland who's always there and about an upset.

The Irish looking at the moment for a series win vs Afghanistan which will net them a few important points towards auto-qualification.

[Donald]

We are now ahead of namibia in rankings.

Be good to beat Uganda and also South africa should we meet. Couple of wins against Bangladesh in May will seal us automatic qualification hopefully for 2016 World cup.

Namibia and Scotland are right at your heels. If Namibia were ahead, 1 game will only put them marginally behind.

It all comes down to who wins more games in the warm ups for the WC and then in the actual WC itself. if Namibia upsets just one of the top 10 teams they will go back on top. Then there is Scotland who's always there and about an upset.

The Irish looking at the moment for a series win vs Afghanistan which will net them a few important points towards auto-qualification.

Hopefully we can beat Bangladesh in a few matches. Not a unrealistic prospect

[sam_ahm]

Owen Muzondo was actually good. He looked like getting wickets. Another bowler who bowled well without any luck was Wallace Mubaiwa.

Gwandu looked out of sorts. I can't understand why Nyauchi or even someone like Tiripano/Mumba/Faraz Akram aren't selected. They would have been better than tha current attack.

Uganda and South Africa are going to be tougher than Namibia but there no reason why Zimbabwe can't beat Uganda, I think they surely can.

[mnelson68]

Good win , now replace a seamer for a batsman and get the balance right ffs

[Pat_Bee]

Nah you can’t mess with a winning team. What message does that send out. Got 200 runs nearly but we don’t trust you so we’re shoring up the batting for the next game.

[secretzimbo]

Maybe Welch in for Marumani as a straight swap.

Balance of the team was perfect. It’s a great batting deck and boundary sizes so we need multiple bowling options.
Nelson wrong, as always.
Death, taxes, etc.

[Pat_Bee]

I’d give Marumani tomorrow, a chance to make some runs. Without being complacent Tanzania should be easy, can afford him another go.

Ya, bowling options is what you need in conditions like these, keep mixing it up.

[Pat_Bee]

Hopefully we can beat Bangladesh in a few matches. Not a unrealistic prospect

All rides on Raz Dawg playing and which Williams turns up

[Bertus de Jong]

We are now ahead of namibia in rankings.

Be good to beat Uganda and also South africa should we meet. Couple of wins against Bangladesh in May will seal us automatic qualification hopefully for 2016 World cup.

Namibia and Scotland are right at your heels. If Namibia were ahead, 1 game will only put them marginally behind.

It all comes down to who wins more games in the warm ups for the WC and then in the actual WC itself. if Namibia upsets just one of the top 10 teams they will go back on top. Then there is Scotland who's always there and about an upset.

The Irish looking at the moment for a series win vs Afghanistan which will net them a few important points towards auto-qualification.

Howdy all, a rare post from me here as this is very much in my wheelhouse.

The rankings qualifying contest is very much a five-horse race as it stands. Important to remember there's a May 1 rollover happening before the WC too which will shake things up a bit, most significantly bringing the Dutch into the race. All five of the teams involved are, to the best of my knowledge, currently utterly oblivious to the situation. Namibia and Zimbabwe especially have made what is on the face of it a baffling blunder sending development squads to this ongoing tournament, which would otherwise have been an absolute godsend in terms of rankings-boosting. The other three teams have a tri-series scheduled in May, and any of the three dominating that could also put them in a very strong position ahead of the WC.

Zimbabwe's particular position is somewhat precarious, but if you get through this tournament with just one loss or fewer could be in with a decent shout. The Bangladesh series is an (almost certainly accidental) smart play IMO. ZIM will likely only need to win one of five to break even on rankings, anything more a potentially decisive bonus. A sweep of remaining scheduled matches would get you over 200 and odds-on for direct qualification, but even 3rd at the AGs and 2-3 loss to Bangladesh would leave you at 194-5ish, and in with a real shot.

Still lots of relevant cricket to be played of course, and fairly sure the May 1 refresh will take a point two off ZIM, but very much in the hunt right now.

[Kriterion_BD]

We are now ahead of namibia in rankings.

Be good to beat Uganda and also South africa should we meet. Couple of wins against Bangladesh in May will seal us automatic qualification hopefully for 2016 World cup.

Namibia and Scotland are right at your heels. If Namibia were ahead, 1 game will only put them marginally behind.

It all comes down to who wins more games in the warm ups for the WC and then in the actual WC itself. if Namibia upsets just one of the top 10 teams they will go back on top. Then there is Scotland who's always there and about an upset.

The Irish looking at the moment for a series win vs Afghanistan which will net them a few important points towards auto-qualification.

Hopefully we can beat Bangladesh in a few matches. Not a unrealistic prospect

Last several series have been very close between BD and ZIM.

But on current form it will be tough. BD have a few decent strikers down the order and ZIM’s form has been spotty at best.

I’m still looking forward to the series. But with games against SL, USA, and a team that didn’t qualify for the WC…Bangladesh’s preparation is as poor as it’s ever been for a major tournament. Add to that unknown pitches in Dallas and NYC, I can see Bangladesh doing very poorly.