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Zimbabwe 'A' v Australia 'A' v South Africa 'A'

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This Waller bloke took my pro sloppy seconds in Holland itbt.

Could've been me representing the pride of Zimbabwe...
 

Nigel Benjamin

U19 12th Man
Nightwatchman I imagine.
Meth is in the team as an all-rounder so couldn't have been asked to go out and be nightwatchman. If they wanted to use a nightwatchman i think Vitori would've been a suitable choice. I think it was just some experiment which didn't work out.
 

Prince EWS

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Meth is in the team as an all-rounder so couldn't have been asked to go out and be nightwatchman. If they wanted to use a nightwatchman i think Vitori would've been a suitable choice. I think it was just some experiment which didn't work out.
He was going to bat eight in the normal order so I think it's perfectly conceivable that he was used as a nightwatchman. Mark Boucher, afterall, has been used in the roll.
 

pup11

International Coach
This is all just so meaningless, I mean the Zimbabwean batsmen obviously have decided that they would just shut shop against the Aussie quicks and try their hand against the spinners and as a result Krezja and Beer have been getting some cheap wickets.

I sincerely hope this tour would have no bearing over which bowlers get selected for the Lankan test tour.
 

SamSawnoff

U19 Vice-Captain
This is all just so meaningless, I mean the Zimbabwean batsmen obviously have decided that they would just shut shop against the Aussie quicks and try their hand against the spinners and as a result Krezja and Beer have been getting some cheap wickets.

I sincerely hope this tour would have no bearing over which bowlers get selected for the Lankan test tour.
Ben Hilfenhaus and Peter Siddle have a fair bit of experience now. How do you know they are just not making the batsmen play?

And Sids gets a wicket.:laugh:
 
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pup11

International Coach
Again the Hughes-Warner combination showed some sparks of brilliance, just a shame that Warner couldn't score some big runs. I have a feeling that this season if the first-class wickets in Australia aren't atrocious like they have been for a while then Warner might have a huge breakthrough season, his recent interviews clearly suggest that he is desperate to get rid of his T20 specialist tag.
 

aussie tragic

International Captain
Interesting to see the live stats of Hughes and Ferguson batting together...Hughes is 5 years younger but has 2 FC matches more and 1600 more runs and an average 16 runs higher...
 

pup11

International Coach
Another failure for Khawaja... Ferguson would strengthen his case if he can score some more runs on this tour.
 

aussie tragic

International Captain
Another failure for Khawaja... Ferguson would strengthen his case if he can score some more runs on this tour.
He scored a steady 37 & 21 in his only Test and then his last FC match before this one he scored 135 & 36 (Derbyshire vs Kent 24-May).....where is the "another failure" coming from?
 

pup11

International Coach
He scored a steady 37 & 21 in his only Test and then his last FC match before this one he scored 135 & 36 (Derbyshire vs Kent 24-May).....where is the "another failure" coming from?
First thing first.. don't think the Australian selectors take county performances into account, Khawaja more or less failed to perform in the later half of the shield season when the Ashes were in progress which lead to Smith getting a chance ahead of him.

Also without sounding too harsh I don't think a steady 37 and 21 should be good enough to nail a place for yourself in the test side, that is of course if we are serious at all about rebuilding a strong side.

With the Sri Lankan tour coming up strong performances here by Ferguson could tilt scales in his favour if Khawaja doesn't put up any runs on this tour.
 
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First thing first.. don't think the Australian selectors take county performances into account, Khawaja more or less failed to perform in the later half of the shield season when the Ashes were in progress which lead to Smith getting a chance ahead of him.

Also without sounding too harsh I don't think a steady 37 and 21 should be good enough to nail a place for yourself in the test side, that is of course if we are serious at all about rebuilding a strong side.

With the Sri Lankan tour coming up strong performances here by Ferguson could tilt scales in his favour if Khawaja doesn't put up any runs on this tour.
 

aussie tragic

International Captain
First thing first.. don't think the Australian selectors take county performances into account, Khawaja more or less failed to perform in the later half of the shield season when the Ashes were in progress which lead to Smith getting a chance ahead of him.

Also without sounding too harsh I don't think a steady 37 and 21 should be good enough to nail a place for yourself in the test side, that is of course if we are serious at all about rebuilding a strong side.

With the Sri Lankan tour coming up strong performances here by Ferguson could tilt scales in his favour if Khawaja doesn't put up any runs on this tour.
37 and 21 certainly doesn't nail a Test slot but it was his debut batting at # 3 which is arguably where the best batsman should normally bat....Ponting himself had to drop to #6 for awhile before locking in the # 3 position.

Ferguson is 26 with 53 FC matches for an average of 35 (6 centuries), while Khawaja is 24 with 33 FC matches with an average of 47.30 (7 centuries).... surely that has to mean something...

...as for Smith, no way should he have ever jumped ahead of Khawaja or Ferguson
 

NUFAN

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Interesting to see the live stats of Hughes and Ferguson batting together...Hughes is 5 years younger but has 2 FC matches more and 1600 more runs and an average 16 runs higher...
Yeah Ferguson really needs a year or two playing some county cricket where he can improve his game and get some more first class matches under his belt. Injuries and Australia ODI selection has of course limited his matches, but yeah it does look odd seeing Hughes as the more experienced partner.

First thing first.. don't think the Australian selectors take county performances into account, Khawaja more or less failed to perform in the later half of the shield season when the Ashes were in progress which lead to Smith getting a chance ahead of him.

Also without sounding too harsh I don't think a steady 37 and 21 should be good enough to nail a place for yourself in the test side, that is of course if we are serious at all about rebuilding a strong side.

With the Sri Lankan tour coming up strong performances here by Ferguson could tilt scales in his favour if Khawaja doesn't put up any runs on this tour.
Do you really think success against this bowling attack should be worth more than county Cricket?

If the innings was against Mpofu, Rainsford, Price etc it would be a lot more noteworthy.

I don't really get how you think - County Cricket not meaning much, Test Cricket not meaning much for Smith and White but for Khawaja his contribution in his only Test should count against him if he doesn't score much against some Zim bowlers now. :blink:
 

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