Series Thread: Zimbabwe 'A' in Namibia

[brmtaylor.com admin]

If we were 6/36 the lower order must have done pretty well. Good scores from Garwe or Maruma perhaps?
And probably one of the top order batsmen stuck around for a while too - here's hoping it was Vermeulen.

[muyendesi]

it looks like we i going to win this one 98/8 after 25 overs.

[zimfan1]

looks like going to be good tour 4 wins, three of them against a decent nambia side who i belive will qualify for the world cup

got to give credit to mongongo but i still dont want his a national coach but these results will definitly raise his credentials

stand out performers so far vermulen, coventry and marmura with the bat and manyumwa with the ball hope these guys will be pusing the l;ikes of dabengwa, matsikenyeri and mpofu for national selection soon

[muyendesi]

i think these guys should play more games aganist teams like canada, ireland, kenya, uganda, bermuda and A sides from sri lanka, new zealand ,west indies and bangladesh. Here in the uk, englang A play aganist other A teams almost every month. Teams that refuse to play in zim we should play the in south africa or namibia. I have also noticed the England and bangladesh under19 teams play one day and tests aganist south africa under 19 once in while. Zim should do the same to prepare our young players for the world cup and test matches.

[maehara]

Zim A win the 2nd ODI by 41 runs, apparently. More details later.

[maehara]

Results & scorecards for all 4 matches now up at ZCN:
http://sandbox.zimcricketnews.com/node/1935

[aydee]

Very pleasing tour. The batting was a little collapse prone, although there were some excellent individual efforts. Especially from Maruma, who really seems to be a genuine allrounder these days. The bowling was excellent, by and large. Manyumwa lead the way, and he can't be too far from an international debut...

[aydee]

A few averages from the tour. Not too much you can read into averages from 4 matches, but here they are:

Batting:
Maruma 229 @ 76.3
Vermeulen 113 @ 37.6
Coventry 81 @ 27
Chauluka 63 @ 63
Garwe 60 @ 20
Masakadza 52 @ 52
Chapungu 51 @ 12.75
Zhuwawo 44 @ 14.6
Kamungozi 19 @ 9.5
Chisoro 13 @ 13
Manyumwa 13
Mabuza 5 @ 5
Mushangwe 3 @ 3
Mutumbami 2 @ 2

Bowling:
Manyumwa 11 @ 8.09, econ 3.18
Maruma 5 @ 17.6, econ 5.50
Garwe 5 @ 19.4, econ 4.22
Masakadza 5 @ 28.4, econ 4.58
Kamungozi 4 @ 30.75, econ 4.56
Chisoro 3 @ 13.67, econ 4.56
Mushangwe 2 @ 50.5, econ 4.39
Zhuwawo 1 - 0 - 3 - 1

[Kopje]

i think these guys should play more games aganist teams like canada, ireland, kenya, uganda, bermuda and A sides from sri lanka, new zealand ,west indies and bangladesh. Here in the uk, englang A play aganist other A teams almost every month. Teams that refuse to play in zim we should play the in south africa or namibia. I have also noticed the England and bangladesh under19 teams play one day and tests aganist south africa under 19 once in while. Zim should do the same to prepare our young players for the world cup and test matches.

Yea man thats true, i think we should start to increase fixtures for our "A" side. I was following the England Lions to New Zealand, they did throw in some good perfomances, i reckon they would even be a challenge to our national team. Under 19 tests are the way forward.

[maehara]

A few photos from the opening match:

Tendai Chisoro

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Admire Manyumwa

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You'll notice the 'A' team kit is rather different from the national side's...