Greatest ever Zimbabwean XI

[vvvrulz]

I think he made a century during Zimbabwe's tour.

[Paoli]

Definetely not in tests. The only one to make a test century was Stuey Carlisle, but i think Streak, Vermuelen, Ebrahim, Gripper, Wishart made half centuries. Don't quote me on this however. He may have made a tour match century but i was on a school camp whilst the tour matches were proceeding

[vvvrulz]

Yeah i could be wrong too, I do remember him getting a fair bit of credit for some of those innings tho.

[imaginarydiva]

Well Ok heres my list:
Stuart Carlisle
Trevor Gripper
Andy Flower
Grant Flower
Heath Streak
Andy Blignaut
Sean Ervine
Ray price
Douglas Hondo
Henry Olanga
Travis Friend

I have any changes ill let ya know in a day or two.

[Paoli]

Originally Posted by imaginarydiva

Stuart Carlisle
Trevor Gripper
Andy Flower
Grant Flower
Heath Streak
Andy Blignaut
Sean Ervine
Ray price
Douglas Hondo
Henry Olanga
Travis Friend

Carlisle: Respectable choice. Uve been keen on him since the start
Gripper: Nup. Had little talent and although he made two half centuries against Australia and a century against Bangladesh, doesn't warrant a spot in the Best XI.
A. Flower: No-brainer
G. Flower: A bit like A. Flower, not as good though.
Streak: No brainer.
Blignaut: Yeah...contentious...Started to come thru but not in the Best XI in my mind.
Ervine: Agreed. Reckon he would've averaged 40 with the bat and sub 30 with the ball in 10 years.
Price: Dunno. I'm still tossing up between him and Strang. Respectable.
Hondo: Nup. Three ODI 4-fers early on are not good enough
Olonga: Respectable once more. Genuine match-winner.
Friend: In 5 years u coodve sed yeah, but not yet.

I may as well post mine now.

G. Flower
M. Goodwin
A. Flower (wk)
D. Houghton (c)
N. Johnson
G. Whittall
K. Curran
S. Ervine
H. Streak
R. Price/ P. Strang
E. Brandes

[imaginarydiva]

Damn!I forgot Guy whittal.Umm..well lemme see who i can remove from my side.Probably Hondo/Olanga/Trevor Gripper.What do think?

[imaginarydiva]

Originally Posted by Paoli69

Carlisle: Respectable choice. Uve been keen on him since the start
Price: Dunno. I'm still tossing up between him and Strang. Respectable.

I really think Carlisle was one of the most talented batsmen of Zimbabwe that I'd ever seen.I can never forget his century against India.
I do think Strang's good but i chose Price for emotional reasons.Told ya he was an inspiration for me.

[Paoli]

Originally Posted by imaginarydiva

Damn!I forgot Guy whittal.Umm..well lemme see who i can remove from my side.Probably Hondo/Olanga/Trevor Gripper.What do think?

Hondo, Gripper and friend definetely

Olonga maybe.

Bdw, whats Pricey's story...Is it that he is half deaf in one ear?

[imaginarydiva]

I guess i'll remove Hondo.there r enough allrounders to bowl.Anyways,yeah its that story.he was completely deaf at one point and then he partially recovered,he was a slow learner and stuff like that.And i really love the fact that hes a pretty lively character on the field.

[Paoli]

I never knew that. Thanks for the enlightenment Diva...Bdw could u send me a private message with your Andy Blignaut sites adress