Zimbabwean National Cricket Team

REVIEW OF GOLF BOOK "Golf Is Not A Game Of Perfect" - Bob Rotella ~ ~ How many of you were watching last weekend when Tiger Woods won the US Masters Golf Championship to move him onto a grand total of nine Major Championships, and halfway towards equalling the all-time record set by the amazing Jack Nicklaus? I know that I sat enthralled, as Tiger first won the title with that incredible (and practically impossible!) chip in from off the 16th green, and then somehow conspired to almost lose it again by bogeying (one over par) the last two holes to allow his nearest challenger to take him into a sudden death playoff. (Which he won, of ...  Read the complete review

David Graveny the head of the playing side of English cricket said that threw would be no more meaningless one-day series in the light of the recent match fixing controversy. So what do they go and do, why organize a meaningless one-day series in chaotic Zimbabwe. A series that the cricketers didn’t want after a hard five month championship slog. Most of the guys going haven’t got a sniff of test cricket, let alone the world cup in South Africa in two years. The political situation in Zimbabwe is pretty straightforward and is repeating the cycle of twenty-five years ago. Mugabe was given a similar had out all those years ago so he could ...  Read the complete review

In the knowledge that Zimbabwe have already qualified for the final of the Nat West Triangular tournament, it may seem strange that I am criticising them. However, I find them to be the most boring side in international cricket. Besides Heath Streak, their bowling attack is useless. Johson, Whittal, Strang, Strang, Olonga and Viljeon would struggle to fit into most county sides. Their aim is not to bowl you out; they only get wickets by the batsman getting himself out. Similar to the equally mundane Glousteshire, they aim to bowl as slow as possible so you can't get the ball of the square, and then rush through their overs as possible, hoping that their batsmen ...  Read the complete review

Zimbabwe are in an unfortunate position. If they win a match, they are branded as lucky, or the opposing team is deemed to have lost the match. On paper the team is ordinary, but on the field, working as a unit, it is clear to see that the whole is greater than the sum of all the parts. I wonder how good they could be now with a focused Graeme Hick playing for his own country, given a long run in the side. Perhaps it is the fact that Zimbabwe has to cope with so few test players at its disposal, competing with the same 15 or so players season after season. Perhaps England could learn from this and limit selection to around 16 players in a year. ...  Read the complete review

But AWFUL at Test level! Why? Everytime I've seen the Zimbabwean's at One day mathces, they've been awesome! With both the Strang and Flower brothers anchoring the side they battered the West Indies in a recent one-day'er. And I don't just mean they beat them, they thrashed them! Admittedly the Windies missed chances and were without some of their better players, but the Zimbabweans were missing Henry Olonga, undoubtedly one of their best bowlers. With Flower Snr. captaining the side and Flower Jnr. behind the stumps they have solid foundations, but why is it they fail so woefully at Test level? Even England can beat them, ...  Read the complete review