[MATCH THREAD] 2nd Test Afghanistan v Zimbabwe @Abu Dhabi

[Donald]

madhevere Musakanda and Burl out for pakistan

In come Taylor Ervine and Milton Shumba

Yes i said Shumba
lad is much more deserving of a test spot than Madhevere and has a first class hundred and averages over 40 first class

[Mr Twig]

madhevere Musakanda and Burl out for pakistan

In come Taylor Ervine and Milton Shumba

Yes i said Shumba
lad is much more deserving of a test spot than Madhevere and has a first class hundred and averages over 40 first class

I think he's in the T20 squad so if he gets some runs, they might just include him for pakistan

[jaybro]

The 8-3 can work on certain pitches and the part time spinners can also work if the pitch is assisting them. But we’ve seen it in at least 5-6 occasions, on a flat deck the likes of Williams, Raza etc are no effective.

Looking forward to the home series, I doubt they’ll be brave enough to prepare a green deck against Pakistan with Shaheen & co to deal with, I’d say we’ll see slow low decks like we did against Sri Lanka. If that’s the case I think Chisoro needs to play instead of Burl.

Prince
Kasuza
Ervine
BT
Williams
Raza
Regis wk
Chisoro
KJ (if available)
Blessing
Nyauchi

[zimfan1]

The 8-3 can work on certain pitches and the part time spinners can also work if the pitch is assisting them. But we’ve seen it in at least 5-6 occasions, on a flat deck the likes of Williams, Raza etc are no effective.

Looking forward to the home series, I doubt they’ll be brave enough to prepare a green deck against Pakistan with Shaheen & co to deal with, I’d say we’ll see slow low decks like we did against Sri Lanka. If that’s the case I think Chisoro needs to play instead of Burl.

Prince
Kasuza
Ervine
BT
Williams
Raza
Regis wk
Chisoro
KJ (if available)
Blessing
Nyauchi

Jarvis is a long way away from full fitness.

[Mr Twig]

Nice catch

[Flurzt]

did the keeper just drop rahmat on 49.....

[Flurzt]

Why does no one insist on playing Chatara against Pakistan? You do know Jarvis is heavily statpadded against bangladesh and should be the backup bowler instead

[tgk]

Another wicket for Blessing! Losing by 7 wickets sounds pretty alright when you see that they put 545/4 dec

[Flurzt]

BLESSING I LOVE YOU

[Mr Twig]

Why does no one insist on playing Chatara against Pakistan? You do know Jarvis is heavily statpadded against bangladesh and should be the backup bowler instead

if he's fit, yes, include him

he seems to be injured all the time, which is a real shame