General Cricket Discussion

[Paranoid Kendroid]

Zimbabwe's horror series continues. It is nice to see them playing top nations but all these drubbings don't seem to be helping.

 

[Kamboh]

Zimbabwe's horror series continues. It is nice to see them playing top nations but all these drubbings don't seem to be helping.

It’s tough when the home team hasn’t won a single game.

 

[Kamboh]

Sahibzada Farhan is in his prime.

 

[icyman]

Zimbabwe's horror series continues. It is nice to see them playing top nations but all these drubbings don't seem to be helping.

It’s tough when the home team hasn’t won a single game.

In all fairness, was anyone expecting them to reach the finals? Zimbabwe has been a one-man show for the last few years-propelled largely by Sikander Raza. It is good for them to get some practice under their belts, but to expect that they would be in the finals is a tad foolhardy. Given their run in WT20s, one would have expected them to spring a surprise during the series, but it was not to be.

If they play more games, they may gain some experience of what needs to be done in crunch scenarios/ win over the smaller moments in a game. Yes, they will lose, but what matters is whether they put the learnings from those losses to good use or not. If they don't, then we will have another scenario like Bangladesh 1999-2005/ Kenya 1996-2003.

 

[Viper.]

Sahibzada Farhan is in his prime.View attachment 306525

Looks like there's no need to find "better options"

 

[Kamboh]

Looks like there's no need to find "better options"

Yeah, but not everyone’s pulling their weight... Haris, Ayub — numbers aren’t looking good

 

[Viper.]

Yeah, but not everyone’s pulling their weight... Haris, Ayub — numbers aren’t looking good

Ayub is an amazing talent I'd be angry if they didn't back him, Haris might get dropped if they look at Rizwan again. But I remember he was a good hitter back in 2022 in that T20 WC in Australia.

 

[Kamboh]

Ayub is an amazing talent I'd be angry if they didn't back him,

Yeah, talent alone isn't enough — he needs to be a consistent run-scorer. While he's done reasonably well in ODIs, his T20I performance is disappointing. An average of 19.82 after 31 innings just isn't good enough at the international level.

Haris might get dropped if they look at Rizwan again. But I remember he was a good hitter back in 2022 in that T20 WC in Australia.

Yeah, but don't forget Sahibzada Farhan is also a wicketkeeper, and he's been in good form lately. PCB has a lot of options to choose from — it's a big selection playcard. Still, they keep going with Haris and Saim in the top order.

 

[BasketballHooper]

Ayub and Saim in the top order

They are the same guy tho, right ?

 

[Viper.]

Yeah, talent alone isn't enough — he needs to be a consistent run-scorer. While he's done reasonably well in ODIs, his T20I performance is disappointing. An average of 19.82 after 31 innings just isn't good enough at the international level.

Yeah, but don't forget Sahibzada Farhan is also a wicketkeeper, and he's been in good form lately. PCB has a lot of options to choose from — it's a big selection playcard. Still, they keep going with Ayub and Saim in the top order.

Saim hasn't played an awful lot of T20I after his ODI debut, so Im expecting him to up his game in the format too seeing by his playstyle. It's poor so far, but he's one to back.

Is Farhan a full-time WK though? Rizwan's glovework is still tough to match

 

[Kamboh]

They are the same guy tho, right ?

Haris

Is Farhan a full-time WK though? Rizwan's glovework is still tough to match

"Farhan isn’t known as a full-time wicketkeeper. As for Rizwan, it seems like the PCB is moving away from him in T20s, labeling both him and Babar as not suited for the format — which honestly doesn’t make much sense.

Saim hasn't played an awful lot of T20I after his ODI debut, so Im expecting him to up his game in the format too seeing by his playstyle. It's poor so far, but he's one to back.

True, he has the tools — just needs to translate that into performances. Hopefully he finds that consistency soon.

 

[Paranoid Kendroid]

South Africa choking tradition continues (don't bring WTC here).

how many countless knockouts have they lost to nz?

 

[Kamboh]

South Africa choking tradition continues (don't bring WTC here).

how many countless knockouts have they lost to nz?

Actually, they lost all the matches against New Zealand in this series.
But yeah, losing by three runs really feels like a choke.

 

[Paranoid Kendroid]

But yeah, losing by three runs really feels like a choke.

They needed 8 off 8 with Brevis and Linde on the crease.