Match Thread: 2nd ODI Zimbabwe v Ireland

[Pat_Bee]

Raz Dawg he needs chopping

[secretzimbo]

Wait they actually chose to bat first? Fuck off!! I’m too hungover for this

[Pat_Bee]

Wait they actually chose to bat first? Fuck off!! I’m too hungover for this

hair of the dawg will sort that fella.

[grant]

Blaming Raza for batting 1st is just looking for excuses

The amount of swing in the first hour in the morning here is ridiculous... and that has always been the case.

[grant]

From cricinfo:

Sikandar Raza says the pitch looks dry and he wants to change that mentality of just chasing by putting runs on the board. Stirling reckons he would have bowled first anyway and that suits the eleven they have fielded. Expects the track to play similarly to how it did on Wednesday.

[Pat_Bee]

Ya everyone knows bowl first except coach Henson and his muppet squad.

[secretzimbo]

I genuinely can not believe the depraved stupidity of choosing to bat first in these conditions. Pitch has been covered for two days as well, just to add to the usual insane difficulty of batting at 9am in Harare

Absolute madness, we deserve to lose by 10 wickets and whoever decided to bat first - be it Raza or Houghton - should lose their job.

[CholeZimbo]

Wait they actually chose to bat first? Fuck off!! I’m too hungover for this

Same

[tgk]

At this rate we should just make Burl and Madande our openers since they always seem to be fucking out there by over 10

[CholeZimbo]

Just madness to take such a risk when the team is currently under performance pressure. Shocking decision of the year.