*Official* Australia in Zimbabwe Thread

[age_master]

Clealry the ZCU or Mugabe dont want their team to do well at cricket.

tome for the ZCU to have a break????

 

[luckyeddie]

tome for the ZCU to have a break????

Yes

I would have left the reply at that but the new forum format requires at least 10 characters, so just ignore this line.

 

[Langeveldt]

To be honest, its sad that banning the ZCU will make no difference to the situation of Zim...

I used to support the ZCU, but lately things have just been getting so stupid, and now like most people I am calling for a team i really like to be banned :angry:

In an ideal world, ZCU would get banned, and the players would be able to forge a living overseas playing cricket or whatever, then post Mugabe, hopefully some sort of normality would be restored... And hopefully the Olonga's and Flowers of this world will be back in Zim maybe coaching or something....

However, we dont exactly live in an ideal world...

 

[Craig]

To be honest, its sad that banning the ZCU will make no difference to the situation of Zim...

I used to support the ZCU, but lately things have just been getting so stupid, and now like most people I am calling for a team i really like to be banned :angry:

In an ideal world, ZCU would get banned, and the players would be able to forge a living overseas playing cricket or whatever, then post Mugabe, hopefully some sort of normality would be restored... And hopefully the Olonga's and Flowers of this world will be back in Zim maybe coaching or something....

However, we dont exactly live in an ideal world...

Yeah and what has happened to people like Brian Murphey (who has quit cricket?), Andy Flower and Henry Olonga (who has more guts then Andy) etc. I hope they dont lose somebody like Stuart Carlise or Mark Vermulean (he has talent and potential) as I think they are good cricketers.

You just have to feel sorry for Heath Streak he carries his team and gets treated like that. Any young white cricketers growing up in Zimbabwe (if they havent fled to South Africa or England) could think "why bother?".

I remember reading when South Africa got banned, people like Barry Richards and co. protested their nation's racist government policies. Will the black cricketers of Zimbabwe do the same if they get banned? I hope so, but South Africa didnt have a racist dicator in charge.

 

[luckyeddie]

Yeah and what has happened to people like Brian Murphey (who has quit cricket?), Andy Flower and Henry Olonga (who has more guts then Andy) etc. I hope they dont lose somebody like Stuart Carlise or Mark Vermulean (he has talent and potential) as I think they are good cricketers.

You just have to feel sorry for Heath Streak he carries his team and gets treated like that. Any young white cricketers growing up in Zimbabwe (if they havent fled to South Africa or England) could think "why bother?".

I remember reading when South Africa got banned, people like Barry Richards and co. protested their nation's racist government policies. Will the black cricketers of Zimbabwe do the same if they get banned? I hope so, but South Africa didnt have a racist dicator in charge.

I think that they will lose the lot. The talk is that 15 senior players are going to sever their links with the side.

You are quite correct that the young white cricketers will end up thinking 'why bother?' but the young black players will think the same thing too if they have any sense.

It's true that South Africa did not have a racist dictator - they had an entirely racist government, and for shame so many countries maintained sporting contacts with them for so long (yours and mine were the worst offenders). The same should not happen with Zimbabwe.

Stop the tours.

 

[Craig]

I think that they will lose the lot. The talk is that 15 senior players are going to sever their links with the side.

You are quite correct that the young white cricketers will end up thinking 'why bother?' but the young black players will think the same thing too if they have any sense.

It's true that South Africa did not have a racist dictator - they had an entirely racist government, and for shame so many countries maintained sporting contacts with them for so long (yours and mine were the worst offenders). The same should not happen with Zimbabwe.

Stop the tours.

Yeah you are 100% correct.

With the black cricketers, they know they dont have to work hard and get fast tracked into the Test side and then get eaten up and chewed up and spat out.

I guess tennis and rugby being the worst offenders in sport?

 

[age_master]

if they lose thier top 15 or so players is there any point to an Australian or Sri Lankan tour.... world records would be absolutley smashed almost certainly... after their top 15 they really have noone.... thats completley apart from any political influences - which i would consider more prevalent.


but can we do anything about it?

 

[Gaijin-san]

At the risk of sounding like whatever, I personally think Australia has to tell Zimbabwe to get stuffed if they lose 15 players. Obviously they can see that the players are trying to affect a change, and it would not be productive to either the ZCU or the people trying to revolutionize Zimbabwe cricket to go there.

I haven't had much to say on the subject before, but now it's farcical.

 

[Langeveldt]

Well, lets try and make an eleven.. And its truly shocking....
The ICC cant sit back and let all this go ahead, can they?? Has it ever been seen before?

1. Vusi Sibanda
2. Stu Matsikenyeri
3. Hamilton Masakadza (when he gets back from uni)
4. Tatenda Taibu
5. ?
6. ?
7. ?
8. ?
9. ?
10. B Mahwire
11. D Hondo

Im stuck!! I hope the ZCU and Mugabe sit their proudly while their excuse for a cricket team get mauled by everyone...

 

[Langeveldt]

Guess I could shove Mluleki Nkala in...

And for the first time, his name looks good on the teamsheet!

 

[age_master]

yeah not much of a team, they wouldn't even stand a chance against a few non test playing nations

 

[Craig]

Guess I could shove Mluleki Nkala in...

And for the first time, his name looks good on the teamsheet!

Bring back Brighton Watamba (sp).

 

[luckyeddie]

yeah not much of a team, they wouldn't even stand a chance against a few non test playing nations

Stand up, Norway. Your time has come.

 

[Neil Pickup]

Possible Zimbabwe 14 (blacks and whites who played in the Logan last round)

V Sibanda
S Matsikenyeri
H Masakadza
*+T Taibu
NB Mahwire
DT Hondo
JS Nicolle
GM Strydom
A Maregwede
DT Mutendra
EC Rainsford
E Chigumbura
T Panyangara
W Mwayenga

There are several white lads in the 'A' squad - what'll happen to them, I don't know.

 

[Langeveldt]

There are several white lads in the 'A' squad - what'll happen to them, I don't know.

If they keep their mouths shut and keep playing in the Logan cup, nothing will happen to them... Its not a black white issue.. Look what they threatened Henry Olonga with??! Its a case of putting up and shutting up, or getting out, and it doesnt matter about the colour of the skin...

 

[Craig]

Possible Zimbabwe 14 (blacks and whites who played in the Logan last round)

V Sibanda
S Matsikenyeri
H Masakadza
*+T Taibu
NB Mahwire
DT Hondo
JS Nicolle
GM Strydom
A Maregwede
DT Mutendra
EC Rainsford
E Chigumbura
T Panyangara
W Mwayenga

There are several white lads in the 'A' squad - what'll happen to them, I don't know.

I would have Strydom above Taibu.

Mahwire at 5?

 

[luckyeddie]

I would have Strydom above Taibu.

Mahwire at 5?

That's a squad.
Good idea, though. Get Zimbabwe to play with 14.

 

[age_master]

That's a squad.
Good idea, though. Get Zimbabwe to play with 14.

give them 30 and they would still lose by more than an innings with players like that... remember the Zimbabwe series is i\the likley return the the McGrath and Warne combo

 

[SquidAU]

it's terrible what is happening with the Zimbabwean players. Even Bangladesh will give them a sound thrashing with the team they may pick......imagine what the Aussie's will do to them?

 

[badgerhair]

it's terrible what is happening with the Zimbabwean players. Even Bangladesh will give them a sound thrashing with the team they may pick......imagine what the Aussie's will do to them?

Imagine how much better it would be if Cricket Australia had any moral backbone and were calling for Zimbabwe to be boycottted or suspended from ICC.