Who will our most important player be for the Boxing Day match?

Sat Dec 23, 2017 10:16 am

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Conant · Post by **Conant** » Sat Dec 23, 2017 11:32 am

Masakadza.

He's already talked about the challenges of the pink ball under lights and the moment he goes heads are gonna gonna.

tej_27 · Post by **tej_27** » Sat Dec 23, 2017 1:34 pm

None other than sikandar raza butt ..he is big match player ..one who loves pressure ..

PSR · Post by **PSR** » Sat Dec 23, 2017 1:36 pm

Hamilton Masakadza without a doubt..

Since our best chance of drawing the test would be a good batting performance, the most important player has to be a batsman

strikerlube · Post by **strikerlube** » Sat Dec 23, 2017 2:18 pm

Masakadza, although can understand argument for Cremer as skipper and bowling. Always seems to help the teams mindframe when he hangs around with the bat too.

Raza is awesome but as soon as you start banking on allrounders its tough

jaybro · Post by **jaybro** » Sat Dec 23, 2017 11:06 pm

Cremer for me if Zimbabwe are do faor any good in this match they’re going to need runs and wickets from him

tawac · Post by **tawac** » Sun Dec 24, 2017 8:29 am

Hammy looks about the only batsman who is likely to score any runs. Maybe the only difference between us being bowled 56all out and us putting a dissent score.

Kriterion_BD · Post by **Kriterion_BD** » Mon Dec 25, 2017 5:29 am

The most vital batters bat at 3-5. Thats how the game is played. Openers dont really impact the outcome of Test matches.

My vote on recent form would be Raza. Scored runs vs SL and WI. Only batter to score in ever series ZIM has played this year.

Andybligzz · Post by **Andybligzz** » Mon Dec 25, 2017 1:30 pm

Kriterion_BD wrote: ↑
Mon Dec 25, 2017 5:29 am
The most vital batters bat at 3-5. Thats how the game is played. Openers dont really impact the outcome of Test matches.

My vote on recent form would be Raza. Scored runs vs SL and WI. Only batter to score in ever series ZIM has played this year.

Very well said I’d say the openers will impact a lot though don’t want to Exspose Ervine and Taylor to early , if Hammy can get us off to a good start the pink ball softens up real quick. Ervine and Taylor love this , can only hope

Kriterion_BD · Post by **Kriterion_BD** » Mon Dec 25, 2017 7:16 pm

Andybligzz wrote: ↑
Mon Dec 25, 2017 1:30 pm

Kriterion_BD wrote: ↑
Mon Dec 25, 2017 5:29 am
The most vital batters bat at 3-5. Thats how the game is played. Openers dont really impact the outcome of Test matches.

My vote on recent form would be Raza. Scored runs vs SL and WI. Only batter to score in ever series ZIM has played this year.
Very well said I’d say the openers will impact a lot though don’t want to Exspose Ervine and Taylor to early , if Hammy can get us off to a good start the pink ball softens up real quick. Ervine and Taylor love this , can only hope

Well Tendulkar/Dravid were always more imp than Sehwag, Ponting > Hayden, etc. The only exception I think of is Bangladesh where Tamim is just as vital as any middle order player, but even then Mushfiqur is arguably more important.

The best batsmen on a team bat at 3 and 4 (#5 is usually the third best), and the best batsmen are necessarily the most important players/wickets for the opposition. The game revolves around those guys. People batting at 6 and below dont get enough time to really control a match, and openers generally dont bat long enough. Middle order guys need to be versatile enough to face the new ball, bat against the softer ball, bat against spin, and also bat against the 2nd new ball against pace. They have to be able to do it all.

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