[Match Thread]: Pak tour of Zim Odi Series : 2nd Match : ZIM vs PAK

[Jemisi]

Murray looks like he could replace Waller ok.

[sloandog]

And he's gone. Bit of a loose stroke but it nipped in late and genuinely looked fast. He's facing the worlds number 1 fast bowler in ODI cricket. I thought he acquitted himself well

[sloandog]

Hasan Ali hurting his neck doing that stupid celebration; what an idiot he just looked

[zimfan1]

I believe playing club in the UK. I don’t know how he’s doing. He had real potential as a quick bowler, but let that slip, loose batsman but very talented.

Playing for Morecambe CC who are a big club. Is batting 3 and not bowling much from what I can tell. Taken 11 wickets at an avereage of 34 and scored 635 runs with 7 fiftys at an average of 37.

A bit like Elton, his bowling as really fallen away, future will be as a batsman who can bowl a couple of overs here and there.

[Googly]

Just one more thing about Ryan, that shot he went out to- he always drops his shoulder. He’s always done that, he can’t play that shot, should have left it, then go and find thst shot because he needs it.

[Googly]

If he plays that with a strong top hand he hits it in the air because he plays it too early, so he comes across it to keep it on the ground. It’s a real glitch.

[sloandog]

A couple of players I always wondered about were Brendan Sly and Jeremy Ives, Googly. What are those boys up to? I saw Ives crunch 92 against England in 2016 and (though not expansive) had oodles amounts of time through the covers against Mahmood.
Before the tournament a mate in Bulowayo said Sly was going to be the next best thing if he stuck around..?

[Googly]

There’s two Sly brothers. He’s trying to become (or is) a pro golfer, he’s very good. They live in the UK now and he may perhaps be in the States at Uni.
I think Ives may be at Stellenbosch. He could probably have a FC career, haven’t watched him in a long while. Last time I saw him was his good innings at u19.

[zimbos_05]

Someone correct me if I'm wrong, but who bats first on an overcast day with nippy weather? Am I missing something?

It's clear the likes of Chari and Chamu don't work. Time to remove them. Hamilton got a score today but once again threw away his wicket. A player of his experience shouldn't be making those mistakes. That's the difference between say him and Taylor.

If we can coach the youngsters properly, then those kind of things won't happen. This is my biggest fear with the set up. The likes of Hamilton, Chamu, Elton, Prosper are bad mentally and that has an effect on the whole team. It rubs off on the youngsters who then perform poorly and don't learn what they should, and as such just pile on caps without any benefit

[Googly]

Sly was good, but not the next best thing.