Here we go! sounds like the West Indies game might be a qualifying game for next WC.
We've gone from potentially playing a final to now having to win next game to avoid having to play qualifiers next WC
Fuck me!!!!
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I wonder who we would have to play in qualifiers? Unless it's Mozambique and Swaziland and Yemen we are in trouble next time around.
I see over agers in our future
I see over agers in our future

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Still dont think we bowled that badly today. Pitch turned into a road in the end.
Batting needs work for sure. Bawa slacking off after his first game minnow bashing hasnt helped
Batting needs work for sure. Bawa slacking off after his first game minnow bashing hasnt helped
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There is a silver lining though. If we don't qualify we can save money on boots, coaches, warm ups, tickets etc
The experiment will now be straight from u13 into our national side.
The experiment will now be straight from u13 into our national side.
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Dont feel like paruvinga or makoni would have made much difference today. Best batters and bowlers were out on the park. Bennet brothers spared some blushes but they also need to learn to go big once they have a start
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They would have made a huge difference, we'd have lost by more. 

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Ruben Wilson seems to be a decent and Tector looks to be a beast in the making and Doherty really got some bounce and turn. With both Tectors, Stirling around for another 5-6 years, Campher, Young, Wilson, Doherty the Irish should be able to maintain their current standard for the next 10+ years.secretzimbo wrote: ↑Sat Jan 29, 2022 6:47 pmThis is embarrassing!!! These Irish aren’t that great and we outclassed them in the warm-up series.
This is a thrashing!!! Really disappointing. Typical Zim
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We did bowl badly. Dube unfortunately lost his radar and yet was persevered with. Seamers bowled stump to stump, surely keep it 4th stump and have slips and bowl a couple straight? One bouncer and one yorker and both nearly took wickets.
The bowling changes were extraordinary. Match losing. Needed to switch to left arm or leggies almost straight away. Mitchell was almost on a hiding to nothing by the time he came on.
Schonken looks really good, where has he been?
The pitch stopped turning. From ragging to not turning? Truly bizarre to witness.
Bawa's confidence must be shattered. Yet another no score and ran out one of two guys that could have helped us get a decent total. That's cricket though, can happen to anybody, not blaming the guy at all and he needs to pick himself up and dust himself off.
If he had much to do with bowling changes, then he had a shocker, but I didn't see Bennet intervening so they were following instructions.
Hes never captained. Bennet was the rightful captain, he's captained his whole life. He wasn't even around during 8 months of practice. ZC are so desperate to push the black stars thing that they're sending such a poor message and they've scarred Bawa as a result. I guess hes going to uni. Just pick the best guy for the job. We are about to sink unless they wake up and stop this nonsense.
Saul did OK. I keep saying it- he's a good player.
DB and BB did ok, age old Zim problem of not being able to push on.
Mataranyika is a breath of fresh air. I'm a big fan.
We've found two batters of the highest caliber capable of making runs and holding their nerve against the best u19 bowling on the planet. Do they realize that? They've been around a while yet got overlooked the previous WC and I have no doubt will be cut loose again.
Best of Zimbabwe luck finding the next two.
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We’ll be up against Namibia and Uganda and Kenya and there may only be 1 qualifying spot.
This is fucking grim man.
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And Nigeria beat both of them to qualify in 2020 toosecretzimbo wrote: ↑Sat Jan 29, 2022 10:46 pmWe’ll be up against Namibia and Uganda and Kenya and there may only be 1 qualifying spot.
This is fucking grim man.