Kenneth Viljoen
International Regular
Raza is my choice
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Who is Zimbabwe's 🇿🇼 greatest ODI player ?
- Thread starter Kenneth Viljoen
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HeathDavisSpeed
Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
Neil Johnson - what a legend.
Chubb
International Regular
Voted for Taylor but if Zim qualify for the World Cup I’d vote for Raza.
Was at Eden Park when Taylor scored 100 against India and I’ll never forget it. Nor will I forget following the 2007 T20 v Australia and almost crying when he got Zim over the line. He has made mistakes but he was the author of some of the greatest moments in Zim cricket history.
Was at Eden Park when Taylor scored 100 against India and I’ll never forget it. Nor will I forget following the 2007 T20 v Australia and almost crying when he got Zim over the line. He has made mistakes but he was the author of some of the greatest moments in Zim cricket history.
AndyZaltzHair
Hall of Fame Member
ashley bach
Cricketer Of The Year
If it's not Raza now it will be one day. The sooner the better for Zimbabwe fans.
Kenneth Viljoen
International Regular
Only 70 ODI wickets, a cult hero for sure but Zim have had players with better pedigree
CricAddict
Cricketer Of The Year
Sean Williams, Sikander Raza and Brendan Taylor are all among my top 15 favourite players ever. Tough to vote between them. Have gone for Sean who is under-rated a lot. Has saved Zimbabwe many times on his own with bat or ball, just like Raza does now and Brendan did earlier.
Fuller Pilch
Hall of Fame Member
Hard choice but Heath Streak imo. I also think Ray Price should be on the list (he got as high as no 2 in the bowling rankings).
An all time Zim ODI XI would pretty useful thanks to several quality allrounders, power finishers with Raza, Streak, and Blignaut and a very good spin attack. It would also be a good fielding side.
An all time Zim ODI XI would pretty useful thanks to several quality allrounders, power finishers with Raza, Streak, and Blignaut and a very good spin attack. It would also be a good fielding side.
Migara
International Coach
Ray Price was a test spinner. Not particularly good ODI spinner. Paul Strang was probably the best spinner they had.
An ATG XI for Zim in ODI would go as
N. Johnson, G. Flower, S. Williams, A. Flower, B. Taylor, C. Erwine, S. Raza, H. Streak, P. Strang, E. Brandes, H. Olonga
Nice to see some of the former names replaced by current lot. That shows there is an improvement. The worrying part is there has no one to replace the pace bowlers. Streak probably will stay there, probably Brandes too. But no good spinner since Strang is worrying.
Chubb
International Regular
Muzarabani will be better than Brandes. You can make a case Ngarava is almost as good as Eddo.
Ray Price played after Strang, and if you have Raza and Williams you don't really need another spinner.
GoodAreasShane
Cricketer Of The Year
I would have thought that Brandes would have been slightly ahead of Olonga as far as a best ever Zim ODI XI, although it is certainly a close run thing. Willing to defer to somebody who clearly knows more about Zimbabwe cricket history than myself here thouhj
Definitely think Muzarabani will likely surpass both though if he continues along the lines he is
Definitely think Muzarabani will likely surpass both though if he continues along the lines he is
Migara
International Coach
Strang was the only quality spinner I saw in ZIM side. Only one historically better than him was probably Traicos. Strang had some Indian batsmen flummoxed during his playing days, which even Warne did not manage. He was a quality bowler, lacked support from pitches as well as from captain. Zimbos rarely knew how to use an attacking spinner.
For pacemen, I would wait till their careers are over.
Fuller Pilch
Hall of Fame Member
Ray Price was a quality ODI spinner. He was extremely economical like Vettori.
Cremer was also decent as is Raza.
Price played in a much better batting era than Paul Strang yet had a significantly better economy rate (3.99 vs 4.37). Strang was a handy bat and a very good fielder though.
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Fuller Pilch
Hall of Fame Member
ATG ODI side for Zimbabwe
N. Johnson
G. Flower
A. Flower (wk)
A. Campbell (c)
B. Taylor
S. Williams
S. Raza
H. Streak
A. Blignaut
R. Price
B. Strang
The likes of Blignaut and Streak could be promoted to boost the run rate if required.
N. Johnson
G. Flower
A. Flower (wk)
A. Campbell (c)
B. Taylor
S. Williams
S. Raza
H. Streak
A. Blignaut
R. Price
B. Strang
The likes of Blignaut and Streak could be promoted to boost the run rate if required.
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Fuller Pilch
Hall of Fame Member
Agree, but Bryan Strang was better than all of them (a left-arm Gavin Larsen).
CricAddict
Cricketer Of The Year
Grant Flower can support too, with Johnson being another pace all-rounder.
CricAddict
Cricketer Of The Year
Yes, Paul Strang was very good. I will probably have Murray Goodwin ahead of Craig Ervine and bat him at 3 for more solidity.
Johnson, G.Flower, Goodwin, Taylor, A.Flower, Sean Williams, Raza, Streak, Brandes/Blignaut, P.Strang, Muzarabani will be my team.
That team bats to 10 and has loads of all-rounders.
