[OD Match 2] Kenya v Zim A

[Andybligzz]

I would prefer Burl over Murray any day...Better batsmen IMO as well as a WK option..and younger

Other way round don’t you mean ?

[PSR]

I would prefer Burl over Murray any day...Better batsmen IMO as well as a WK option..and younger

Other way round don’t you mean ?

Oops...Yeah

[Black Mamba]

Every players in Zim A smashing weak Kenya, as it was already known to happen. After Zhuwao now, Maruma deserve to return in Ntional side

[Andybligzz]

I would prefer Burl over Murray any day...Better batsmen IMO as well as a WK option..and younger

Other way round don’t you mean ?

Oops...Yeah

I agree and Murray is only 19 , certainly both will feature for zim for years and can be the backbone . Sadly Burl isn’t really developing at the rate we need him to , hopefully it’s just a dip in form because he had shown so much talent previously. Musakanda is one who will feature heavily as well and he has seemed to drop off rapidly since Sri Lanka , poor bloke never deserved to be dropped and was a jet in the field. Something we are lacking at the moment , great fielding can change a game at any moment .

[Andybligzz]

to Vitori , would love to see the pace he his bowling just to have a feel . Can be such a weapon for us if he gets going !

[CrimsonAvenger]

Wickets for Mavuta, but he has gone for plenty too. Indications that he still has work to do in terms of control. Wellington was pretty good in the last match...

[CrimsonAvenger]

28.4 bowled him!, length, on off, Ngoche gets squared and Vitori hits the top of off stump 133/9

Vitori to Oluoch, OUT, and that's it!, fiery pace, on a length, Oluoch doesn't care about all that, frees his arm, misses it, and Vitori knocks back the leg stump.

3 out of 3 - bowled. Looks like he is back with all his ammunition in tact!

[eugene]

Vitori does seem to have the x-factor.

[jaybro]

For me I'm more worried about Burl & Tari than I am excited about Cephas & Maruma scoring runs against this weak as piss Kenyan side.

Burl & Tari should really be putting up scores against weak opposition like this it's really quite concerning

Streak is going with guys he trusts and who thinks can get the job done that's why guys like Burl, Waller, PJ, Vitori & Blessing have been picked despite thier lack of form - game time - experience.

In the end of the day a coach lives and dies from their results so they should at least get a choice who they pick, I know it gets frustrating when you don't agree with a selection but that's just part and parcel with being a fan.

As for Burl it wasn't that long ago he was the new White Knight coming to save Zimbabwe, now he seems to be on the nose on the forum here.

[sloandog]

Listen, one thing everybody needs to realise with Ryan Burl, is that he has the minerals to be a success. I watched his hundred last summer and the kid is pure class when he gets going. He's a precious talent and is (whether people like it or not) a future top order batter.
The only place i can see him slotting in, however, is up top. I think he has a deficiency in rotating the strike, and gets himself stuck.

But we need to remember, what cricket have these kids played? Hardly any! Tari hasn't fired but he has the raw talent which we need.
I'm calling for some patience and some faith here. They are both so so young and inexperienced, but at the same time, they need to take golden opportunities like they have been given here against Kenya. Ryan Murray showed today why he's so highly thought of. A genuine wicket keeper and a more than handy batter is quite simply the anomaly we current lack.

To summarize, these kids have the talent, they have time on their side, but they need to show it, and they need to show it now.