So the champions trophy begins

[butchering lee]

another f-ing run out. these guys are their own worst enemies

[greg]

Good 50 by Taylor.He needs to turn it into a ton though if Zim are to get anywhere near.

Spoke too soon.Clumsy dismissal.

[butchering lee]

yup...and that's it! we'll be seeing BD again next month i believe!

[butchering lee]

Saqibul Hasan to Chigumbura, no run, guess what? yep, it's blocked

wise-ass!

[butchering lee]

a very very disappointing result when you consider this just 2/3 months ago with only one change in either team:

Result Zimbabwe won by 7 wickets (with 50 balls remaining)

the 4th ODI which put us 3-1 up v. BD, turning the 5th into a dead rubber.



on form i expected a loss today - but i expected a little better than this s***e [ or more apt- ]


can't knock the spin bowling though:
Saqibul Hasan (sla) 10- 1- 18- 3- 1.80 (0nb, 0w)

nice!!

[Paoli]

129/8.

Garbage Zimbos!!!

[greg]

I don't take pleasure in being right in my prediction but it gives people who agree with the thinking that Zimbabwe should be dropped from international cricket more ammunition for their argument.I was fully in support of Zimbabwe and sympathised with the players predicament until the 2nd player walkout which meant there was very little left in the locker and therefore brings the whole of cricket down.

On a different note does anyone know if/when the next meeting is to discuss Zimbabwe's return to test cricket?

[butchering lee]

Originally Posted by greg

I don't take pleasure in being right in my prediction but it gives people who agree with the thinking that Zimbabwe should be dropped from international cricket more ammunition for their argument.

your prediction!??

it wasn't really a prediction - it was a toss up (weighted by observing form horses to be sure) - nothing more; given the recent games between the two countries. in fact i'm sure we all guessed at a loss (*see form horses ... and presume we've been following them both for longer than the icc champions trophy) but you are the only one to mention pleasure!

taking the rest of your post into consideration i feel i must remind you again.... in the last three months these very same two teams have played 6 times (one was a dead rubber)... it's three apiece - with BD winning the dead rubber (ie. zim are 1 up on the ones that count).

i also feel that your attitude to zimbabwe is in accordance with your attitude to zim politics (that is a separate issue i always welcome discussion on but on a separate thread so people can CHOOSE to view) - that in itself is fine but doesn't add ammunition to the arguement - it simply adds emotion.

dropping zim and not dropping BD now would be highly questionable considering recent results between the sides.

brings the whole of cricket down?? surely you will expand on this theory while taking the above into account - it'll save exchanges i'm hoping.

as far as the future of the two teams is concerned - i fully expect BD to make the grade while zim will eventually lose its place:

-popularity in each country
-promising youngsters have some sort of support (both on and off the field)
-a future in the game

are at least three reasons why BD should soon leave zim standing still (or worse sliding ever backwards into the abyss)

as far as when they're meeting - absolutely no idea, i'll hear about it afterwards i guess.

[butchering lee]

Originally Posted by Paoli

129/8.

Garbage Zimbos!!!

lol - concise and to the point as usual.

[Paoli]

Well iam well too tired to put an argument to you but i come home now to this!!! we were disappointing but yeh one series don't make a taem.