Test squad Graeme Cremer (capt.), Tino Mawoyo, Hamilton Masakadza, Craig Ervine, Sean Williams, Regis Chakabva, Peter Moor, Donald Tiripano, Chris Mpofu, Taurai Muzarabani, Michael Chinouya, Brian Chari, Sikandar Raza, Malcolm Waller, Carl Mumba, Tarisai Musakanda.
Guys, what will be your Zimbabwe XI for 1st test vs Sri Lanka ? Created a separate thread to ensemble the different XIs.
My XI:
1. Tinotenda Mawoyo
2. Sikander Raza
3. Hamilton Masakadza
4. Sean Williams
5. Craig Ervine
6. Malcolm Waller
7. Peter Moor (WK)
8. Graeme Cremer (C)
9. Donald Tiripano
10. Christopher Mpofu
11. Carl Mumba
Test squad Graeme Cremer (capt.), Tino Mawoyo, Hamilton Masakadza, Craig Ervine, Sean Williams, Regis Chakabva, Peter Moor, Donald Tiripano, Chris Mpofu, Taurai Muzarabani, Michael Chinouya, Brian Chari, Sikandar Raza, Malcolm Waller, Carl Mumba, Tarisai Musakanda.
Guys, what will be your Zimbabwe XI for 1st test vs Sri Lanka ? Created a separate thread to ensemble the different XIs.
My XI:
1. Tinotenda Mawoyo
2. Sikander Raza
3. Hamilton Masakadza
4. Sean Williams
5. Craig Ervine
6. Malcolm Waller
7. Peter Moor (WK)
8. Graeme Cremer (C)
9. Donald Tiripano
10. Christopher Mpofu
11. Carl Mumba
I believe this side can make 300 runs and take 20 wickets.. All our seamers are 135km/h+ which is what is needed at this level.. I took Tiripano out because his job is to take wickets not score 20s and 40s.. Masvaure can replace Malcolm if he fails in the 1st game and Nyauchi can replace any of the seamers.. Williams, Chamu and Waller will have to turn their arms a little bit during the game.
### Zimbabwe needs some grass in the pitch, conditions should offer seam & swing to beat Sri lanka. As Sri Lankan spin department with De Silva, Parera, Sandikan, Herath is too strong, so pitches should'nt be slow or flat.
### Mathews, Chandimal is not there, Batting is inexperienced, they should be given green tracks. Sri Lankan Fast bowlers are less experienced in seaming condition,as they lost in England
Musakanda and Mawoyo to come in for whoever flops in the first test.
Real shame Vitori decided against playing I think he would have been a better option than Tiripano as I agree that Test Cricket needs specialists and his job is to take wickets not to be a night watchman
faced him over the weekend bowled seven straight quicker than dony in my opnion. Looking at his stats the long format is his strength .Nyauchi is simply not liked by coach Ntini as they were involved in a scuffle when a certain net bowler called Ntini a confused cockroach which lit up Ntini who in turn beat the net bowler before Nyauchi stepped in and defended the bowler before alos being very vocal on the need of good long term contracts for emerging or high performance players
gargamel wrote:faced him over the weekend bowled seven straight quicker than dony in my opnion. Looking at his stats the long format is his strength .Nyauchi is simply not liked by coach Ntini as they were involved in a scuffle when a certain net bowler called Ntini a confused cockroach which lit up Ntini who in turn beat the net bowler before Nyauchi stepped in and defended the bowler before alos being very vocal on the need of good long term contracts for emerging or high performance players
Good heavens! As it is we have such a small player base, and we have up and coming guys getting into trouble like this. This incident makes me feel even better about Nyauchi - standing up for what he believes in. Hope the incident doesn't take the love for the game away or something similar. Historically, we have examples of Sean Davies suffering from one or two odd incidents and turning his back on cricket in Zim forever...
Wouldn't it be great for Mumba / Musakanda to be come 100th Zimbabwe Test Cap on occasion of 100th test of Zimbabwe? Either of them would deserve it for sure!
That 100th man could even be Muzarabani though, hope that is not the case and we go for Mpofu, Mumba and Tiripano.
gargamel wrote:faced him over the weekend bowled seven straight quicker than dony in my opnion. Looking at his stats the long format is his strength .Nyauchi is simply not liked by coach Ntini as they were involved in a scuffle when a certain net bowler called Ntini a confused cockroach which lit up Ntini who in turn beat the net bowler before Nyauchi stepped in and defended the bowler before alos being very vocal on the need of good long term contracts for emerging or high performance players
Good heavens! As it is we have such a small player base, and we have up and coming guys getting into trouble like this. This incident makes me feel even better about Nyauchi - standing up for what he believes in. Hope the incident doesn't take the love for the game away or something similar. Historically, we have examples of Sean Davies suffering from one or two odd incidents and turning his back on cricket in Zim forever...
Confused cockroach??? I too would have beaten the hide off the youngster, if I had the physique for it.
