All-Time Zimbabwe XIs - A re-run

[Northerner]

Taylor
Blignaut
Williams

 

[capt_Luffy]

Neil Johnson (Flower keeps)
Rawson (seems madness to me that Mallie Jarvis can be picked but Rawson can't!)
Neil Johnson

You voted for Johnson twice. Vote for another player as well.

 

[HeathDavisSpeed]

You voted for Johnson twice. Vote for another player as well.

Ugh. Well, I was assuming no one else would vote for Johnson in the top slot on the list and then Johnson for the all rounder as backup. But…

Taylor, B
Rawson
Johnson, N

 

[capt_Luffy]

Ugh. Well, I was assuming no one else would vote for Johnson in the top slot on the list and then Johnson for the all rounder as backup. But…

That's fine. I will count his vote where he has the most votes, so voting for another player should be fine.

 

[HeathDavisSpeed]

That's fine. I will count his vote where he has the most votes, so voting for another player should be fine.

I’ve adjusted my vote to make it less of a pain.

 

[capt_Luffy]

Brendan Taylor - 5
Tatenda Taibu - 2

(Re keeping, a few suggested Taylor as keep while a few Flower. We will vote for that.)

Sean Williams - 5
Sikander Raza - 1
Neil Johnson - 1

Kyle Jarvis - 5
Andy Blignaught - 1

 

[capt_Luffy]

Zimbabwe XI
1. GW Flower
2. H Masakadza
3. MW Goodwin
4. DL Houghton
5. A Flower
6. BRM Taylor
7. SC Williams
8. PA Strang
9. HH Streak
10. B Muzarabani
11. KM Jarvis

 

[capt_Luffy]

Now please vote for:
A) The one to keep wickets among Andy Flower and Brendan Taylor.
B) The captain of Zimbabwe XI
C) Two openers for Zimbabwe A
D) Two middle order batsmen

 

[capt_Luffy]

Andy Flower (Taylor kept in 2 of his 34 Tests, Andy in 55 of his 63)

David Houghton

Alistair Campbell
Guy Whittal

Craig Ervine
Sikander Raza

 

[Teuton]

Flower

Guy Whittall
Kevin Arnott

Craig Ervine
Sikandar Raza

 

[Thala_0710]

Andy Flower (Taylor kept in 2 of his 34 Tests, Andy in 55 of his 63)

David Houghton

Alistair Campbell
Guy Whittal

Craig Ervine
Sikander Raza

+1

 

[Chubb]

Taylor to keep. Houghton to captain.

2nd XI Openers: Kevin Arnott and Tino Mawoyo.

Mawoyo may be a left field selection for some but I have a lot of time for him. His record is better than Gripper and Ebrahim and while Johnson and Whittall both opened they were more suited to the middle order. Mawoyo's ton was possibly the best innings by a black Zimbabwean.

2nd XI Middle order selections: Sean Ervine and Neil Johnson. Sean would have been at least as good as Williams and Taylor if he had played more international games.

 

[HeathDavisSpeed]

Ambivalent on the keeping. Probably Taylor.

Houghton to skipper.

Campbell & Arnott
Johnson, N & Ervine, C

 

[Chubb]

I should add, Mawoyo has a better record that Campbell who continues to do a lot for cricket in Zim but never fulfilled his potential as a batsman.

 

[Bitmap]

Andy Flower (Taylor kept in 2 of his 34 Tests, Andy in 55 of his 63)

David Houghton

Alistair Campbell
Guy Whittal

Craig Ervine
Sikander Raza

Same

 

[HeathDavisSpeed]

I should add, Mawoyo has a better record that Campbell who continues to do a lot for cricket in Zim but never fulfilled his potential as a batsman.

Mawoyo categorically does not have a better record than Campbell. Nearly 50% of Campbell's Tests were away. Mawoyo only 3/11. Campbell's conversion rate was terrible but his record in India, for example, is in itself pretty much superior to Mawoyo's output. Campbell's record in the top order is noticeably better than his middle order record. Mawoyo may be let down by not getting to play enough, but them's the breaks when it comes to Zimbabwean cricket.

Whittall is an interesting call as opener. He didn't do it much and most of his runs there came in a home series against early Bangladesh with a terrible bowling attack (all bowlers averaged over 50!). Shouldn't be in the mix for opening IMO.

 

[Fuller Pilch]

Now please vote for:
A) The one to keep wickets among Andy Flower and Brendan Taylor.

Houghton kept too, but only in ODIs. Dunno if he kept in 1st class before Zim got test status.


Anyway:

Taylor keeping

Houghton as captain

Campbell & Arnott

Craig Ervine & Gary Ballance

 

[capt_Luffy]

Houghton kept too, but only in ODIs. Dunno if he kept in 1st class before Zim got test status.

Yeah I know, he was the keeper in 83 WC. Don't think he should keep with Flower and Taylor present though, might take in partially at times in rotation?

 

[Fuller Pilch]

Yeah I know, he was the keeper in 83 WC. Don't think he should keep with Flower and Taylor present though, might take in partially at times in rotation?

Also the keeper in the 87 World Cup when he played one of the greatest ODI innings of all time when Zim almost beat NZ

 

[Northerner]

Flower
Houghton

Campbell
Arnott

Ballance
Johnson