Re: U19 World Cup Jan 2026 | Super 6 | Zim vs India

sloandog · Post by **sloandog** » Tue Jan 27, 2026 9:26 am

Googly wrote: ↑
Tue Jan 27, 2026 9:11 am
Ya the keeper was caught flat footed. Could hsve made more of that. Tough chance.
I think Chimugoro and Mazai are something to work with.
Senzere is a decent all rounder.
Hlabangana is ok. Blignaut is ok. Captain not bad.

We had another half dozen or so lads that are better options that never got a look-in.

Who were the other options?

sloandog · Post by **sloandog** » Tue Jan 27, 2026 9:27 am

Michael blignaut looks to be a very tidy off spin bowler indeed. Gives the ball some air and clearly is putting some revs on it

Andy31 · Post by **Andy31** » Tue Jan 27, 2026 9:43 am

We might be equal to New Zealand, just looking at there game with Pakistan.

Googly · Post by **Googly** » Tue Jan 27, 2026 9:46 am

Terrible field set

Googly · Post by **Googly** » Tue Jan 27, 2026 9:51 am

sloandog wrote: ↑
Tue Jan 27, 2026 9:26 am

Googly wrote: ↑
Tue Jan 27, 2026 9:11 am
Ya the keeper was caught flat footed. Could hsve made more of that. Tough chance.
I think Chimugoro and Mazai are something to work with.
Senzere is a decent all rounder.
Hlabangana is ok. Blignaut is ok. Captain not bad.

We had another half dozen or so lads that are better options that never got a look-in.
Who were the other options?

That's a long conversation. The two most obvious ones are Liam Mudenda and Martel. Mudenda is supposed to be our best bat, he's in SA and Martel is probably our best seamer.

Pat_Bee · Post by **Pat_Bee** » Tue Jan 27, 2026 10:01 am

Under 19s getting more interest than the lady chevrons

Seems like posters here prefer boys over baddies

Googly · Post by **Googly** » Tue Jan 27, 2026 10:05 am

These are both batting and bowling averages.

Muradzi
No matches in 2025
8 matches for Churchill in 2023
18.00 batting
Keeper

D Patel
22 games in 2025 - Hellenic
22.5 batting
16.27 bowling

Hlabangana
No matches in 2025
17 matches for Falcon in 2023
34.82 batting

K Blignaut
18 matches in 2025 - Hellenic
37.27 batting

Makoni
No matches in 2025
2 matches for Wise Owl in 2023
Didnt bat

Simbarashe
17 matches in 2025 - Wise Owl
15.62 batting
16.08 bowling

Senzere
No matches in 2025
13 matches for Wise Owl in 2023
15.00 batting
31.00 bowling

M Blignaut
18 matches in 2025 - Hellenic
19.19 batting
18.91 bowling

Leeroy
No matches in 2025
6 matches for Wise Owl in 2024
12.33 batting
No bowling

Ndiweni
32 matches in 2025 - Falcon
24.56 batting
No bowling

Chimugoro
17 matches in 2025 - Wise Owl
28.08 batting
20.6 bowling

Shelton
No matches in 2025
3 matches for Prince Edward in 2023
16.67 batting
16.38 bowling

Mazai
22 matches in 2025 - Wise Owl
20.5 batting
15.14 bowling

Zuze
No matches in 2025
6 matches for Churchill in 2023
18.5 batting
24.5 bowling

Madhidhi
3 matches in 2025 - Prince Edward
24 batting
9.43 bowling

Statistical best school players - Batters then Bowlers - All rounders have both sets of stats

Alistair Carle
30 matches for Falcon in 2025
52.19 batting

Connor Lovatt
32 matches for St Johns in 2025
41.89 batting
25.31 bowling

Ruben Sanders
10 matches for Hellenic
36.89 batting

Tafadzwa Piti
15 matches for Lomagundi in 2025
35.57 batting
15.54 bowling

Riley Ettlin
32 matches for St Johns in 2025
30.62 batting
Keeper

Abhiraj Singh
18 matches for St Georges on 2025
28.88 batting
23.57 bowling

Alex Landman
10 matches for Hellenic in 2025
27.86 batting

Tyler Chapman
28 matches for Peterhouse in 2025
27.00 batting

Victor Watama
29 matches for Peterhouse in 2025
25.48 batting
20.17 bowling

Merrick Reed
34 matches for Falcon in 2025
18.77 batting
11.47 bowling

Ryan Hodza
14 matches for Lomagundi in 2025
10.94 bowling

Zitarashe Munyonga
15 matches for Lomagundi in 2025
13.67 bowling

Daniel Buckby
9 matches for Falcon in 2025
8.00 bowling

Dmitry Fatch
25 matches for Falcon in 2025
16.61 bowling

Liam Nel
33 matches for Falcon in 2025
17.06 bowling

Ryan Moyo
18 matches for Peterhouse
13.05 bowling

Matthew Martell
21 matches for Hellenic
10.74 bowling

Darren Ncube
33 matches for Falcon
16.67 bowling

I got these stats off X. I don't know these guys. I'm just going off the outcry on social media.
Martel is very good. Riley Ettlin is talented.
These stats of the guys who missed out are mostly better than the guys in the u19 team.

Googly · Post by **Googly** » Tue Jan 27, 2026 10:10 am

And there's a couple of guys in SA playing a much higher standard of cricket.
Someone says Merrick Reed is good, he's half Botsanan half Zimbo.

There have to be two dozen guys who offer more than Chiwaula, who's bowling now.

sloandog · Post by **sloandog** » Tue Jan 27, 2026 10:13 am

Exactly. Why is a 15 year old, who's still growing and getting strong, being thrown in when there's a number of names who could do better

Andy31 · Post by **Andy31** » Tue Jan 27, 2026 11:40 am

Interesting move not to go with our best bowler for those last few overs.