Zimbabwe to Face West Indies 'A'

[maehara]

Zimbabwe are to face West Indies 'A' in two 4-day matches ahead of the World Twenty20, according to the Barbados Nation:
http://www.nationnews.com/news/sports/L ... py-for-web

"There are a lot of plans at the moment with regards to West Indies cricket that would be unrolled in the next couple of months. One of them is an "A" team. We met with the selectors yesterday (Saturday) to pick an "A" team because Zimbabwe is coming back in about two or three weeks to play two four-day games against a West Indies "A" team."

[jamthala]

Good news,but selector should be fair in choosing side.
At last hondo,kamungozi and ebrahim should get a chance.

[sloandog]

Has Kamungozi and Hondo really warented a place in this side ??

[aydee]

Has Kamungozi and Hondo really warented a place in this side ??

Definitely not. Especially Kamungozi, who has often not even got into the Rocks side. How could he be picked ahead of the 5 spinners who played in the last series?

[shumbat]

Good chance for our longer version players such as, Garwe, Ebrahim, Duffin, Ewing, and many others. I don't like the system in ZC, where the same players are chosen for T20, ODI, 4 Day matches, this is one other reason we keep on losing. Sibanda can only play the long version game, but he is in T20, ODI team and he struggles adjusting to the pace of the game, getting out early all the time.

[maehara]

This is where the timing of this mini-tour is going to be important - if they're just playing it with the WorldT20 squad, then there's probably not much point - we should be looking (and have the players) to have very different 'Test' and T20 squads, playing to our strengths in each format. If we're to get as much out of this as we can, then it should be a separate squad and separate trip from the WorldT20.

[CrimsonAvenger]

We need to have a squad of 17-18 there, to test out our abilities, especially in the wake of horrific collapses in the ODI series. 4 knocks in the middle, against arguably the weakest second XI in world cricket today (among test playing nations) should show us where we stand.

I'll go with these:

Hamilton Masakadza, Sibanda, Taibu, Williams, Taylor, Mutizwa, Coventry, Blignaut, Ebrahim, Vermuelen, Mpofu, Shingi Masakadza, Meth, Rainsford, Price, Cremer, Maruma, Lamb (for that freak Mark Richardson trails suggested in some other thread )

Tough on Utseya and Mupariwa, but they aren't attacking enough to be in the longer from.

[PSR]

I think keegan meth should be given a go. He's been performing consistently in 1st class arena

[PSR]

does anyone know the schedule & when the squad would be selected???????

[maehara]

No schedule yet. I'll post it as soon as it appears.