[Match Thread] Zimbabwe vs Sri Lanka: 2nd Test, Harare

[eugene]

Great to see Chari scoring runs, he certainly has some talent.

[sloandog]

Ervine showing his class.
Surely he it's now Sean, brother of Craig opposed to the other way around? He's shown he has international class.

On a little side note, does anybody reckon Sean Ervine is as good as he used to be? He hardly bowls anymore and he's what, 34? Just a general discussion topic

[Jemisi]

Well done to these two. Good comeback partnership

[Train Driver]

Ervine showing his class.
Surely he it's now Sean, brother of Craig opposed to the other way around? He's shown he has international class.

On a little side note, does anybody reckon Sean Ervine is as good as he used to be? He hardly bowls anymore and he's what, 34? Just a general discussion topic

Sean certainly seems to have given up on the bowling front but 1050 @ 61.76 with 4 hundreds and 5 fifties is a pretty useful return with the bat, now if he was coming in at 5 or 6 in this Test ..........

[foreignfield]

Good to see Chari get through the jitters, he looked a lot more composed towards the end.

[Robbo]

Fair play to the selectors for sticking with Chari. It would have been easy to axe him, but they have shown a bit of continuity for a change, and it's paid off today. Thank goodness for DRS as well!!!

I've enjoyed this series thus far. Although we've generally been behind the eight ball, we've shown a lot of grit and determination. It's what drew me to follow Zimbabwe in the first place, back in the 90's....although the fielding was better then....

[sloandog]

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Anybody else think that this is a rare site or is it just me?
There's very few white Zimbabwean Cricketers left yet this photo shows 4 celebrating a wicket.
Great photo

[CrimsonAvenger]

There's very few white Zimbabwean Cricketers left yet this photo shows 4 celebrating a wicket.
Great photo

Hardly matters mate, the only response to this is another photo from today from the other test match

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[CrimsonAvenger]

Ervine showing his class.
Surely he it's now Sean, brother of Craig opposed to the other way around? He's shown he has international class.

On a little side note, does anybody reckon Sean Ervine is as good as he used to be? He hardly bowls anymore and he's what, 34? Just a general discussion topic

You are right about Sean. He is not what he could have become had he stayed playing for Zim. His challenges at the international level would have been a couple of notches higher that whatever he got in the UK. But a lot of such people (Kolpaks) get into a comfort zone and do just as much necessary to make a name for themselves in the county scene with no hopes of knocking on the doors of international cricket anymore I think.

Although I agree it should now be Craig the more famous one, people would still go for the romanticism of "what could have been", and still would rate Sean higher. But Craig certainly has carved a niche for himself.

[Conant]

If we had one seamer as good as Rabada, we'd actually be a pretty decent bowling unit.

8 Cremer - spinner
9 Tiripano - workhorse
10 Mumba - up and coming medium fast
11 Rabada - fast strike bowler

Except Rabada will bat at six in a Zimbabwe team.