Credit where credits due, melon is pretty insightful and among the smarter members of this forum, but he dropped the ball on this one.Train Driver wrote:What credibilityjaybro wrote:Haha Streak was working for Bangladesh when this all happened
You loose all credibility when you put rubbish like this out on the forum
Why didn't Prosper Utseya reinvent himself as a batsman?
Re: Why didn't Prosper Utseya reinvent himself as a batsman?
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Re: Why didn't Prosper Utseya reinvent himself as a batsman?
Yeah thats why I said barely...ie they scrape into the bottom 4 teams FC teams, but little chance in a top 6.ZIMDOGGY wrote:I can assure you they would not make a first class squad in any of the major countriesKriterion_BD wrote:Why sad? Utseya and Chigumbura are both mediocre cricketers. If they were in any other country they'd barely make a first class squad.watermelon wrote:Why would he bother. It was made clear that Utseya had no future in the national side regardless of his abilities with bat or ball, a true victim of the politicization of ZC. Streak was probably already throwing his weight around from afar by that point. Sad to now see the same happening to Chigumbura.
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Re: Why didn't Prosper Utseya reinvent himself as a batsman?
That's pretty harsh. Sure they wouldn't right now, but a couple of years ago Chigumbura was a capable, destructive (though inconsistent) batsman. And Utseya was a really economical bowler. Both of their games are more suited to limited overs, but I'd still be surprised if they couldn't have made the squad of one of Sri Lanka's four hundred FC teams or one of WI's regional FC teams.Kriterion_BD wrote:Yeah thats why I said barely...ie they scrape into the bottom 4 teams FC teams, but little chance in a top 6.ZIMDOGGY wrote:I can assure you they would not make a first class squad in any of the major countriesKriterion_BD wrote:Why sad? Utseya and Chigumbura are both mediocre cricketers. If they were in any other country they'd barely make a first class squad.
Re: Why didn't Prosper Utseya reinvent himself as a batsman?
Chigumbura did play FC cricket in England. Also T20 all over the place, and List A in Bangladesh.brmtaylor.com admin wrote:
That's pretty harsh. Sure they wouldn't right now, but a couple of years ago Chigumbura was a capable, destructive (though inconsistent) batsman. And Utseya was a really economical bowler. Both of their games are more suited to limited overs, but I'd still be surprised if they couldn't have made the squad of one of Sri Lanka's four hundred FC teams or one of WI's regional FC teams.