***Official*** South Africa in Zimbabwe

[Prince EWS]

Well he's no where near this squad, and if he was 5 times better im pretty sure he'd be in the current team playing...

Wait.. what? Faith in the Zimbabwean selectors to pick the right team? That's a new one!

And for the record, I don't see Kamungozi in the squad either - so there goes that theory anyway.

Cremer isn't pick for a few reasons:
1. He's gone overseas to play cricket a few times recently - he could well have been "disciplined" for such.
2. He's not very accurate at this stage, so he'd be a bit of a liability in one day cricket. Kamungozi can get the ball on the spot reasonably regularly, but he doesn't turn the ball at all, has no variation in flight and posesses only an off-break as a variation to his bowling at all. The better bet in one day games in selectors eyes possibly, but not the better bowler overall by a long shot.

Kamungozi is not one to get excited about - in fact he's a very good example of how bad the team is at the moment. There's a few talented players about (Sibanda, Taylor, Taibu, Chigumbura, Rainsford to some degree and Utseya) but the other players picked to fill up the eleven on any game are passengers amongst of team of fringe players.

 

[Prince EWS]

Wait, it gets better!

Further investigation on my behalf shows that Cremer actually is in the squad, while Kamungozi is not.

 

[Zimdan]

Apologies for my poor judgement, i was looking at a wrongly written list. Cremer is in the squad and kamungozi isnt, but each to our own views of who should be tehre and who shouldnt.

Good game today, looking forward to harare which i hope to attend.

 

[Raghav]

Apologies for my poor judgement, i was looking at a wrongly written list. Cremer is in the squad and kamungozi isnt, but each to our own views of who should be tehre and who shouldnt.

Good game today, looking forward to harare which i hope to attend.

Have a great time mate!

 

[Langeveldt]

Apologies for my poor judgement, i was looking at a wrongly written list. Cremer is in the squad and kamungozi isnt, but each to our own views of who should be tehre and who shouldnt.

Good game today, looking forward to harare which i hope to attend.

Good to see a Zimbo on here.. I'm at the hotbed of Zimmy activity that is Rhodes university.. Looking for this stuff on DSTV.. Is it on Supersport?

 

[Prince EWS]

Random but it's about a South African player so I'll chuck it here for now.

I was looking at Justin Ontong's cricinfo profile for reasons I can't even remember anymore, and I noticed they still had him listed as an offspinner. Now, last I saw of him, he had become a leg spinner (of the very dire, even worse than Jacques Rudolph variety) - just out of curiosity, has he given that up and gone back to off spin or are cricinfo about three years slow?

 

[Langeveldt]

Random but it's about a South African player so I'll chuck it here for now.

I was looking at Justin Ontong's cricinfo profile for reasons I can't even remember anymore, and I noticed they still had him listed as an offspinner. Now, last I saw of him, he had become a leg spinner (of the very dire, even worse than Jacques Rudolph variety) - just out of curiosity, has he given that up and gone back to off spin or are cricinfo about three years slow?

AFAIK he is an Offie.. He's diabolical as well...

 

[Zimdan]

yeah langeveldt it is on Supersport, did you manage to find an online stream for it?

 

[Prince EWS]

Zimdan, just a friendly warning, links to illegal streams or any discussion relating to illegal streams at all is prohibited here. The same goes for streams which are legal in some countries but not in others. I find it highly unlikely that you'll actually find a completely legal stream, so it's best to not link to them at all.

Not having a go at you, just to be clear - just letting you know the rules.

 

[Pup Clarke]

It seems as though no one can get Utseya away tbh...his economy rate is astonishing tbh in this day and age, any reason as to why as I've only occasionally seen him nowl

 

[Langeveldt]

yeah langeveldt it is on Supersport, did you manage to find an online stream for it?

Nope.. I usually watch it at uni when others aren't channel hogging.. Was just wondering

 

[Pup Clarke]

I usually watch it at uni when others aren't channel hogging

You can watch T.V at Uni?

 

[Langeveldt]

You can watch T.V at Uni?

yes, and speak to girls..

 

[Prince EWS]

It seems as though no one can get Utseya away tbh...his economy rate is astonishing tbh in this day and age, any reason as to why as I've only occasionally seen him nowl

Basically, he's a good bowler. Great control, good variation in flight - doesn't get huge turn, but he'd turn it enough if there was something in the pitch for him. The thing is, rarely do batsmen actually have to go after him, given Zimbabwe lose basically every game they play, and all the other bowlers generally get absolutely smashed. The batsmen just play him out, milk him for a few singles, and then hit the other bowlers - which explains both his high average and his low economy rate. If he played for a better side, I think he'd average 35ish and have an economy rate of about 4.5. I still think he'd average 40+ in test cricket though.

 

[Pup Clarke]

yes, and speak to girls..

That's all...no work then.

 

[Zimdan]

Zimdan, just a friendly warning, links to illegal streams or any discussion relating to illegal streams at all is prohibited here. The same goes for streams which are legal in some countries but not in others. I find it highly unlikely that you'll actually find a completely legal stream, so it's best to not link to them at all.

Not having a go at you, just to be clear - just letting you know the rules.

I was refering to a legal stream, there are many sites that offer legal streams online. I watch them quite often as cable TV over here is shocking at the best of times, and when its good our power is turned off haha.

 

[Langeveldt]

I was refering to a legal stream, there are many sites that offer legal streams online. I watch them quite often as cable TV over here is shocking at the best of times, and when its good our power is turned off haha.

How are the blackouts at the moment? I heard Harare was putting up with four hours of electricity a day.. Do you have a generator?

 

[Zimdan]

Well right now im in Kwekwe and we do have blackouts, not as bad as the ones in Harare though.

I do have a generator, just incase it gets very bad.

Im quite lucky for that.

 

[Prince EWS]

I was refering to a legal stream, there are many sites that offer legal streams online. I watch them quite often as cable TV over here is shocking at the best of times, and when its good our power is turned off haha.

It might be legal in Zimbabwe, but I doubt it'd be legal everywhere - especially in those countries which have PayTV channels showing the games.

 

[Langeveldt]

It might be legal in Zimbabwe, but I doubt it'd be legal everywhere - especially in those countries which have PayTV channels showing the games.

like Zimbabwe?