But they'd have to win 3-0 to balance this series. I don't see that happening.jaybro wrote:I still feel over a 3 Test series in Zimbabwe Zim would win so the argument of who is better is really pointless untill one of the two do something special like winning a test away from home .....
We won in ZIM and not in Bulawayo either! Zim's best shot was at Dhaka on a pitch that negated our spin edge by giving equal advantage to ZIM's superior seamers. I think we probably would have squared the 2011 series as well. Either way, ZIM have a 2-1 edge at home. But we've won in ZIM, firstly. And by a comfortable margin so it wasn't a fluke. We also refused a tour match last time, and none of our players have extensive familiarity with Zim conditions by playing in your domestic leagues.
If we played 3 tests in Bulawayo, we'd most likely win 2-1.
Gazi's form has been disappointing so no arguments there. I had high hopes of him but he's a bit one dimensional. Of course he usually bowls on wickets like this but I think Taijul and Jubair have more potential. Utseya is as benign a spinner as they come. Check his ODI strike rate where batsmen take risks. And he isn't higher than Nyumbu on the depth chart, so its not fair to say he's the best Test spinners in Zim. As for Williams, he's just a batsman who bowls a bit. He might get a lot of wickets in ZIM, but he wouldn't run through anyone here. I remember his 7 wicket haul in a DPL game here a couple years ago...4 of his wickets were other Zimbabweans!You must remember Krieton Zimbabwe are missing Williams and Utseya the two best spinners in the country whilst you will argue Gazi is also missing I will argue loosing Gazi is a blessing, because it has given Taijul a chance and is a much better bowler then Gazi and same with Jubair ......
At any rate we're missing Taskin, who is by far our best and quickest seamer!
I know how your thinking though. Even after the pasting we got in Harare last year, 335 runs, I still felt we were the more talented if not the better side! The second test proved that, to me at least...143 run comfortable win. In this series, so far, we've just pulled away. 3 wickets at first, and then 160+ runs. If this match has a result, it will be by a margin bigger than the last one which wasn't huge. In that case, Zim will just have progressively done worse as the series wears on.
Hami!
