Zim A v Pak A: 4 Dayers Series Thread

[CrimsonAvenger]

Chigumbura is bowling. And bowling ahead of Mumba. He knows how to stick on to the national side. Just bowl a few overs before a major series and be considered again as an all rounder. Once in national team, bowl an over, spray it all over the place, latch onto the playing XI as a batsman and get a quickfire 40-60 once in a while. Maddening.

[jimbo]

Mumba strikes!!! Bowled!!! Really blatant for chigs to be bowling now!! People like jongwe and mashinge and dip lock should be looking at his position in the team and believe it is attainable

[CrimsonAvenger]

MumbaMania!!

And indeed, blatantly, Chigs continues to bowl, even after Amin showed him his place with a flurry of boundaries. Considering he is bowling to his favorite kind of batsmen, left handers, he is still leaking runs.

[zimfan1]

We need three fast bowlers for the first test if we predict that Cremer will play and bat at 8.

Candidates based on the last couple of matches are Tiripano. Mpofu, Chinouya, Mumba, Vitori, Nyauchi and and perhaps Nube.

Who would you pick? i would go for

Tiripano (can also bat)
Nyauchi
Mumba

[CrimsonAvenger]

Candidates based on the last couple of matches are Tiripano. Mpofu, Chinouya, Mumba, Vitori, Nyauchi and and perhaps Nube.

I'm guessing Chatara is also a candidate who is being rested as he could probably be a certainty already? Managing workload after injury comeback I thought.

If Chatara is available, I'd go with Chatara, Mumba, Tiripano. That is, no debut for Nyauchi yet. If Chatara is not available though, then it is same as yours.

[TapsC]

could Brian Vitori sneak into the team? numbers don't always tell the full story but it doesn't look like has done a bad job today. don't know much about his new action but I certainly believe u can't threaten seasoned test players bowling between 125-130kph like Tiripano and Chatara are currently are doing. a Mumba Vitori combination might not be the worst idea.

did Chamu get any overs in?

[CrimsonAvenger]

Even a fully fit, pre-remodelled action Vitori never consistently hit the speeds in red ball cricket that we normally talk of. His first spell would hover around 135-140 kph but as the day passed, he would also become a 125- 130 kph bowler with no swing to assist too. And the post-remodelled Vitori has to at least achieve that to get back to contention. Hope he is working on it. If you say T20s, I would have him in the XI without a second thought and bat him at 6.

Surely, a bowling unit full of workhorses is recipe for disaster as we found out vs NZ, but with Chatara and Mumba spearheading, we can fit in that one workhorse in Tiripano to keep things tight and force mistakes? Shingi did better than him at his peak, but I guess Tiripano is the best we have in that mould. A never say die attitude helps too.

[AngusBeef]

Anyone have any more info on Jaahid Ali getting out obstructing the field?

[Conant]

So Pakistan finally bowled out for 512, Vitori gets 3 for 112. Brilliant effort in light of that mammoth score and the notoriously flat deck. Three wickets for fast bowlers at Queens easily translates to five at Harare Sports Club. He in!

[Ming]

Oooh, Chari and Chibhabha fall cheaply. Can Musakanda stake a claim here?