That 30 list thing was mentioned on Larry's podcast with Darlington Matambanadzo who has the distinction of introducing Bvute to cricket. There's some info on Darlington on this forum. Talented guy but turned to drink and messed his career. It's a common theme- become a Chosen One and take your foot off the pedal, almost every time post 2000.
Wouldn't it be good to see who's on Central Contract and what they're getting. I'd be massively surprised if it was as much as 10 players.
An A franchise contract is 500 plus match fees. Probably comes to about a 1000 a month after tax and there's probably 5 guys on that countrywide. That would be if they played every game. That's for the 4 month season only. The rest of the year they have to catch rats. One good bat costs about 500 bucks
Everyone else can't buy 3 square meals a day for themselves, never mind wife,kids and dependants.
Hence the sadza and one piece of road kill at $1 a meal.
So the players, who are the heart and soul of this endeavour are getting royally f☆ed. Compare this to admin. If Frank gets more than someone like Chatara or even the up and coming guys then the system is completely and utterly broken. We so desperately need transparency and accountability.
The players pray for 30 guys to be able to live like humans. It's annoying when the bosses arrive in fancy cars and pointy shoes when you've just had to swallow a barbecued field rat. We're in one of the few places where that's accepted in glum resignation.
I disagree with the different squads for different formats. Most of the good players are comfortable in all formats. We don't have anywhere near enough good players to have different squads. Maybe a couple err towards one brand of cricket, but that's it.
What we do need is to have 30 guys getting a year round salary. It just ain't gonna happen. A good QS at the Batonka stadium would save millions, but of course that's not the intention
These guys will pull stats from two years ago or 2 days ago depending on who we're talking about.
Frank and Co are stuck on the 2 year thing. That does equate to about 9 games against the good sides. Stats against Mozambique honestly shouldn't count.
I see Larry blowing smoke about Dion, our once a generational talent - he could have Andy Flower numbers....if he wanted to.
They repeat the same mistakes ad nauseum. Well of course he wants to but if you put him on a pedestal and he doesn't have the mind for it he's gonna crash.
Dion will dodge that, but he's not a once a generation talent, he's just a really good player that needs to stay grounded and continue to work hard that could go on and do well for us. Unfortunately he needs 10 other guys to do the same or it's a bit pointless
Already they're panicking about yesterday's thrashing. Just hold your nerve and persevere with that team. Maybe TG needs to be replaced. Give Faraz a game. If they make a flat pitch then maybe Brandon as well. That's all. Leave the batters alone.
Overlord is one of the few guys that looks solid at international level, he may not have the numbers but he looks organised, give him a bit of time. He's on thin ice and shouldn't be, he's a better opener than Maru. Opening is tough.
That flat pitch thing- we never win on a flat pitch. We win low scoring thrillas.
