*Official* Zimbabwe in Bangladesh (Test Series)

[govinda indian fan]

He is still not better than Starc, Henry, Boult, Jansen, Seales.

Starc is either boom or bust. Boult is all but retired. Henry and jansan debatable. Seales has potential but yet to prove away from home

 

[sayon basak]

Starc is either boom or bust. Boult is all but retired. Henry and jansan debatable. Seales has potential but yet to prove away from home

rating Muzarabani ahead of any of them sounds emotional to me.

 

[capt_Luffy]

rating Muzarabani ahead of any of them sounds emotional to me.

Boult is retired. Not sure who is better Right Now between him and Starc, but agree with the rest. Probably can add O'Rourke too.

 

[paranoidandroid]

rating Muzarabani ahead of any of them sounds emotional to me.

Agreed, but the broader point is that Zimbabwe has finally found a good test class seamer. He's probably only the second one after Streak to play a significant amount of games for them (perhaps Kyle Jarvis as well if you're feeling charitable).

Along with Ngarava (who looks serviceable) and a couple of the younger bats emerging, Zimbabwe are turning into a borderline competitive team at the moment and the future doesn't look quite so bleak post the inevitable Ervine/Williams/Raza retirement within the next year or two.

 

[capt_Luffy]

Congrts zimbros and @Chubb bro. Hope india tour zim. Been long time since

Should had sneaked in a Test during the last tour.

 

[Thala_0710]

Should had sneaked in a Test during the last tour.

To watch Kohli Rohit get exposed by Blessing

 

[NZTailender]

Hamilton & Wellington Masakadza.

Was thinking why the parents made Shingi the odd one out but his middle name is Winston.

Should've been called Nelson imo

 

[LangleyburyCCPlayer]

I don’t have any family connection to Zimbabwe like I do with Ireland (and Sri Lanka!), but I know a lot of Zimbabweans as there’s a huge Zimbabwean community around my neck of the woods, absolutely chuffed for the team and for all their fans!

 

[HeathDavisSpeed]

Should've been called Nelson imo

Lower Hutt IMO.

 

[HeathDavisSpeed]

Great win for Zimbabwe. Still look a little short of seam bowling prowess after Blessing.

Looking at the U19s/academy players, Brandon Senzere seems to have performed pretty well (better than Nyamhuri who’s already played Tests). Can’t seem to find any highlights or comments about what sort of bowler Senzere is. Any ideas? I think he’s a spinner based on a photo on the images search on google.

 

[social]

I don’t want to take anything away from Zimbabwe but Afghanistan must be the biggest basket case in world cricket

 

[LangleyburyCCPlayer]

I don’t want to take anything away from Zimbabwe but Afghanistan must be the biggest basket case in world cricket

How come Bangladesh have been poor at home of late when they’ve picked up some impressive results away? Pitches? Still, Test cricket these days is very tilted towards home teams, so it’s a very impressive win for Zimbabwe

 

[Prince EWS]

How come Bangladesh have been poor at home of late when they’ve picked up some impressive results away? Pitches? Still, Test cricket these days is very tilted towards home teams, so it’s a very impressive win for Zimbabwe

Their fast bowling has improved a lot lately but their batting has declined. That sort of combination for an Asian team will improve overseas results but make you more liable to shock losses at home.

 

[LangleyburyCCPlayer]

Their fast bowling has improved a lot lately but their batting has declined. That sort of combination for an Asian team will improve overseas results but make you more liable to shock losses at home.

The bits of this game did seem to offer more to the quicks than your stereotypical Bangladeshi wicket, which may have been a double-edged sword by bringing the Zimbabwe quicks into the game

 

[reyrey]

How come Bangladesh have been poor at home of late when they’ve picked up some impressive results away? Pitches? Still, Test cricket these days is very tilted towards home teams, so it’s a very impressive win for Zimbabwe

No Tamim. Shakib and Liton Das are in and out and not really getting runs. Mushi other than one huge hundred has been poor.

The best bats are missing and not performing. New generation haven't really been stepping up.

Also the tail is really weak with Mehidy batting at 7

 

[LangleyburyCCPlayer]

No Tamim. Shakib and Liton Das are in and out and not really getting runs. Mushi other than one huge hundred has been poor.

The best bats are missing and not performing. New generation haven't really been stepping up.

Also the tail is really weak with Mehidy batting at 7

Shakib wasn’t on form before retiring, especially with the bat, but yeah, Mehidy should be a number 8 and 8-11 are all bunnies, they can be 4 down and not far away from the tail

 

[SeamUp]

The bits of this game did seem to offer more to the quicks than your stereotypical Bangladeshi wicket, which may have been a double-edged sword by bringing the Zimbabwe quicks into the game

It's an interesting topic. Sri Lanka went down the same route.

Producing pitches to try better the game in their countries to develop a quick bowling culture and batsman capable of playing it well on 'better' wickets.

Like in football now, all teams must play patient boring possession football and build from the back otherwise counter-attack or direct teams are looked down upon.

I know what non-Asian teams would prefer to come to in Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and Asia.

Difference in skill set (across the world game is good) but you don't want to lose your strengths. So it's a balancing act.

 

[LangleyburyCCPlayer]

It's an interesting topic. Sri Lanka went down the same route.

Producing pitches to try better the game in their countries to develop a quick bowling culture and batsman capable of playing it well on 'better' wickets.

Like in football now, all teams must play patient boring possession football and build from the back otherwise counter-attack or direct teams are looked down upon.

I know what non-Asian teams would prefer to come to in Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and Asia.

Difference in skill set (across the world game is good) but you don't want to lose your strengths. So it's a balancing act.

Whenever England are playing next in Bangladesh, (probably in about 50 years lol), they’ll be well-served to revert to rank turners, but in the meantime, they may well accept their poor form at home in exchange for good results in Pakistan and the West Indies

 

[SeamUp]

Great win for Zimbabwe. Still look a little short of seam bowling prowess after Blessing.

Looking at the U19s/academy players, Brandon Senzere seems to have performed pretty well (better than Nyamhuri who’s already played Tests). Can’t seem to find any highlights or comments about what sort of bowler Senzere is. Any ideas? I think he’s a spinner based on a photo on the images search on google.

I think he is a batting/spin-bowling all-rounder.

Must be impressing as playing for Zim A today

 

[Silver Silva]

I mean, yeah
Mehidy performed decently. A pace trio of Mahmud/Rana/Shoriful should be decent.

It's the batting really, it's probably comfortably below test standard now.

Why does your board not select Towid Hridoy ?

Surely it's a no brainer selection?
He's 24 , averages 45 in FC cricket , has done decent in ODI cricket and T20 ..
Maybe Bangladesh are waiting for Rahim to retire or Shanto to be sacked but that's the wrong way to go about it