*Official* Zimbabwe vs Westindies 2 Test : Feb 04-16, 2023 at Bulawayo

[G. S. Kohli]

Warm up under way

Kraigg Brathwaite	56(83)	5	0	67.47
batting

Tagenarine Chanderpaul	24(97)	3	0	24.74
batting

87/0 at Lunch

 

[G. S. Kohli]

With the struggles with the kookaburra, Gabriel's extra pace will hopefully trouble the Zimbabwe batters.

I'd have taken Cariah, Hope and King ahead of Chase, Reifer and Thomas.

I reckon the squad selected for this tour will probably be the same for the tour of South Africa barring injury.

King as opener they not need-- koz k.Brathwaite & Tagnarine reserved for 6 innings on tour (4 innings in test)

 

[G. S. Kohli]

Warm up under way

K Brathwaite	80(122)
batting

T. Chanderpaul	40(120)
batting

129/0 off 40 ovs

live on youtube everywhere.

 

[Beamer]

Good opening partnership again. But why is Reifer in at 3? I thought that experiment had failed terribly.

 

[SillyCowCorner1]

Our openers are our best batsmen…by far.

the only reason Reifer is batting at 3 is because the captain has ‘faith’ in him.

He’s batted at 3/4 for most of last season’s FC

 

[WICFan]

King as opener they not need-- koz k.Brathwaite & Tagnarine reserved for 6 innings on tour (4 innings in test)

King would be in the middle-order in the longer format.

 

[SillyCowCorner1]

I’ll also add that Devon Thomas is making the most of the opportunities presented to him so far. He might be a trump card for us if he gets picked

 

[G. S. Kohli]

I’ll also add that Devon Thomas is making the most of the opportunities presented to him so far. He might be a trump card for us if he gets picked

42 not out in westindies 313/5
On day 1.

 

[G. S. Kohli]

Good opening partnership again. But why is Reifer in at 3? I thought that experiment had failed terribly.

Since 1 year westindies doing this, idea by lara. He has to do what pujara doing for india>> remove the > shine of the ball, so Mayers & other feel comfy.

Lara will be Team mentor in india during WC 2023.

 

[SillyCowCorner1]

42 not out in westindies 313/5
On day 1.

Cool

 

[G. S. Kohli]

Tagnarine/Mayers impress with 46 each & Hundred from KB

 

[G. S. Kohli]

I think Rob Nicol hits century on ODI debut with MOTM. Playing for nz.Guppy too MOTM on debut ODI

Colin Ingram was 1st South African with MOTM with 124.Bavuma & Reza Hendriks too MOTM with 100, K. Rahul Dinesh Kartik MOTM on Debut.

I guess first time ( S. Malaga) A bowler given MOTM on Debut for SA.

M. Chapman MOTM on Debut ODI for Hongkong.

Mohit Sharma was only indian bowler who was MOTM on debut who move the ball both ways

 

[GotSpin]

JDS with a ton as well. He should be batting higher

 

[G. S. Kohli]

Gabriel/Motie & Joseph / Chase/ Holder etc all bowlers shine in Draw warm up game

 

[G. S. Kohli]

Garry Ballance test average 37.23 for england.

Zimbabwe Squad: Gary Ballance, Chamunorwa Chibhabha, Tanaka Chivanga, Craig Ervine (captain), Bradley Evans, Joylord Gumbie, Innocent Kaia, Tanunurwa Makoni, Wellington Masakadza, Kudzai Maunze, Brandon Mavuta, Richard Ngarava, Victor Nyauchi, Milton Shumba, Donald Tiripano, Tafadzwa Tsiga

Many new player. Chatara,Muzarbani & S. Raza not here.

 

[CricAddict]

It is so bad that Zimbabwe are fielding a second string side for the test series with a few players off to play T20 or injured. This is almost Zimbabwe A team.

I would have loved to see the below team for the tests. Alas, 6 out of this 11 are missing here.

Innocent Kaia
Chakabva
Ballance
Ervine
Sean Williams
Sikander Raza
Ryan Burl
Bradley Evans
Chatara
Muzarabani
Mavuta/Masakadza

 

[G. S. Kohli]

It is so bad that Zimbabwe are fielding a second string side for the test series with a few players off to play T20 or injured. This is almost Zimbabwe A team.

I would have loved to see the below team for the tests. Alas, 6 out of this 11 are missing here.

Innocent Kaia
Chakabva
Ballance
Ervine
Sean Williams
Sikander Raza
Ryan Burl
Bradley Evans
Chatara
Muzarabani
Mavuta/Masakadza

Williams retired. Muzarbani injured, Raza wants league cricket with more money. Zim not Qualify Burl for red ball cricket.chatara could be injured and Chakabwa not perform in Domestic 4 day game so other youngster gets chance for their Growth in high level of cricket they performed better th Domestic

 

[Beamer]

It is so bad that Zimbabwe are fielding a second string side for the test series with a few players off to play T20 or injured. This is almost Zimbabwe A team.

I would have loved to see the below team for the tests. Alas, 6 out of this 11 are missing here.

Innocent Kaia
Chakabva
Ballance
Ervine
Sean Williams
Sikander Raza
Ryan Burl
Bradley Evans
Chatara
Muzarabani
Mavuta/Masakadza

It's sad to see such good players missing but at the same time I'm excited to see what the new names can do.

I'm not sure what we are going to do with our lineup, I guess to depends if the pitch looks like it will spin or not. My guess would be:

Kraigg Braithwaite (c)
Tage Chanderpaul
Nkrumah Bonner
Jermaine Blackwood
Kyle Mayers
Joshua Da Silva (wk)
Jason Holder
Roston Chase
Gudakesh Motie
Alzarri Joseph
Kemar Roach

 

[CricAddict]

Williams retired. Muzarbani injured, Raza wants league cricket with more money. Zim not Qualify Burl for red ball cricket.chatara could be injured and Chakabwa not perform in Domestic 4 day game so other youngster gets chance for their Growth in high level of cricket they performed better th Domestic

Burl on his current form can play for his batting alone. Williams came out of test retirement but is in the injured lost now along with Chatara and Blessing. Raza and Burl are off to play t20. Chakabva dropped.

 

[Flametree]

Has Taylor retired?