It's a blunder, time to chnage the leadership.
Posted: Mon Aug 17, 2009 5:46 am
Asif Ali...................... Pakistan
It's time to make some really needed changes in the Zimbabwean National Team.
The only reason of lost the series against Bangladesh is the planning of captain & coach, which is really ridiculous because when your opponent played with six regular bowlers then how you went with four regular bowlers if you went with four bowlers then you are just kidding with your profession.
A teenager can understand this fact that on a batting track you needed more bowlers to stop the flow of runs then why the coach & captain or the man who select the final eleven can’t understand that. That is the only reason that Bangladesh win the series that they know well which kind of strength needed on which track. The Zimbabwean selects the team as they play at Perth (Australia) a fast track where you need a big batting line up. When they will understand that on a batting track you needed strong bowling line to restrict the opposition? It’s really early to say that they can understand that.
Big fact is that you get seven batsmen in the team but after that sixth batsman Eleton Chigumbura no win have the ability to clear the boundary, Waller is middle order batsmen who really need some time to set at the pitch and the same case is with Matiskenyeri. So it’s a blunder to get a middle order for 7th & 8th place and sent them in last five overs for hitting. It is millions times better that take a bowler on for that batsman, which one at least can bowl for the team.
Sorry to say that final eleven selection is really poor through out the series, your batting has progressive well in every match you had no need to take any extra batsman because the pitch really support the batsman, you need more regular bowlers at least five regular bowlers. Your batting line is going to be strong day by day after the come back of Coventry & Vermulen. You have Taylor & Williams who knows how to rotate the strike & find the gaps.
Through out the series I wrote to the forum that please take five bowlers and then see you will win the series, no one can beat you. But the team management can’t understand so it’s needed to change the leadership or it’s best for utseya to leave the captaincy and give the team a new skipper with fresh mind. He really can't use the bowlers well, he bring a part timer when the batsmen are set and he can’t take right decisions to changing the bowlers and set the fielders. It’s really enough for that Coach and Captain.
The Coach and Captain are the responsible for losing the series no more reason every thing was fine except the selection of playing eleven which goes with four regular bowlers on the batsmen paradise track. Zimbabwe lost the series and specially 2nd & 4th ODI because of one bowler short. So it’s time to change the seats of captain & coach.
Being a Pakistani I am big fan of Zimbabwe cricket and I really hearted when Zimbabwe lost. I want to see them as wining team with a wining combination, which will difficult to beat. Now that batting department is so strong to face the world, they just to do some work on their bowling department. They should set the selection rules of selecting six batsmen, one all rounder & four bowlers (genuine regular bowlers) that is necessary if you want to back in test cricket.
Best of luck Zimbabwe
It's time to make some really needed changes in the Zimbabwean National Team.
The only reason of lost the series against Bangladesh is the planning of captain & coach, which is really ridiculous because when your opponent played with six regular bowlers then how you went with four regular bowlers if you went with four bowlers then you are just kidding with your profession.
A teenager can understand this fact that on a batting track you needed more bowlers to stop the flow of runs then why the coach & captain or the man who select the final eleven can’t understand that. That is the only reason that Bangladesh win the series that they know well which kind of strength needed on which track. The Zimbabwean selects the team as they play at Perth (Australia) a fast track where you need a big batting line up. When they will understand that on a batting track you needed strong bowling line to restrict the opposition? It’s really early to say that they can understand that.
Big fact is that you get seven batsmen in the team but after that sixth batsman Eleton Chigumbura no win have the ability to clear the boundary, Waller is middle order batsmen who really need some time to set at the pitch and the same case is with Matiskenyeri. So it’s a blunder to get a middle order for 7th & 8th place and sent them in last five overs for hitting. It is millions times better that take a bowler on for that batsman, which one at least can bowl for the team.
Sorry to say that final eleven selection is really poor through out the series, your batting has progressive well in every match you had no need to take any extra batsman because the pitch really support the batsman, you need more regular bowlers at least five regular bowlers. Your batting line is going to be strong day by day after the come back of Coventry & Vermulen. You have Taylor & Williams who knows how to rotate the strike & find the gaps.
Through out the series I wrote to the forum that please take five bowlers and then see you will win the series, no one can beat you. But the team management can’t understand so it’s needed to change the leadership or it’s best for utseya to leave the captaincy and give the team a new skipper with fresh mind. He really can't use the bowlers well, he bring a part timer when the batsmen are set and he can’t take right decisions to changing the bowlers and set the fielders. It’s really enough for that Coach and Captain.
The Coach and Captain are the responsible for losing the series no more reason every thing was fine except the selection of playing eleven which goes with four regular bowlers on the batsmen paradise track. Zimbabwe lost the series and specially 2nd & 4th ODI because of one bowler short. So it’s time to change the seats of captain & coach.
Being a Pakistani I am big fan of Zimbabwe cricket and I really hearted when Zimbabwe lost. I want to see them as wining team with a wining combination, which will difficult to beat. Now that batting department is so strong to face the world, they just to do some work on their bowling department. They should set the selection rules of selecting six batsmen, one all rounder & four bowlers (genuine regular bowlers) that is necessary if you want to back in test cricket.
Best of luck Zimbabwe
