[Match Thread] Zimbabwe v Netherlands, 1st ODI, Harare, 21 Mar 2023

[secretzimbo]

I know Fuck All Chabi gets yet another one wrong

[mnelson68]

I know Fuck All Chabi gets yet another one wrong

Horrendous umpire

[secretzimbo]

Yes Richie! Good short bowling, although both wickets have been quite fortuitous I suppose. Good start for us though, come on boys!

[mnelson68]

Yes Richie! Good short bowling, although both wickets have been quite fortuitous I suppose. Good start for us though, come on boys!

Blessing bowling a treat

[tej_27]

Dutch are missing van Beek, Pringle and ofcourse the highly talented bas de leede who surely would have been in playing 11. When everyone available they are a serious team

vd Merwe as well, I presume he's injured as he is in the squad? A few other seamers missing as well I think? vd Gugten and Kingma? They have so many bowling options. If only they had another couple of good bats!

They have Shane snater too . But I didn't count them as apparently they have been dropped as of now. Van der merwe has also been dropped for today's game i think

[Googly]

This is the best these guys have bowled. Great stuff

[secretzimbo]

Really encouraging to see Blessing bowl so well after a 4 month injury layoff. No signs of rust whatsoever. Great stuff! Need Evans and the spinners to back it up now.

[secretzimbo]

Patience on comms has just divulged quite a bit of info on local Dutch club cricket and even threw in a bit of Dutch language. Enjoying him massively!

[Googly]

The Gweru Legend!

That weird thing O'Dowd does with his bat pre-delivery you won't find in the coaching manual.

[Googly]

I dunno why Patient is rating O'Dowd ahead of Ackermann.