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Taibu got to bat and make runs. When that happens, it’s usually in a lost cause. If the Zim think tank got thinking, they’d bat Taibu low down. Far from runs, death threats.
The other problem, very early in the game it was known Brendan Taylor was not going to be man of the match. Zim floundered by sending him too early, he should have batted where Utseya batted – away from the bad morning breath of the new ball.
I am serious, this ex-captain of theirs, Utseya, should be rechristened Useless. He is a common noun. Prosper is his first name, and Useless his second. How on earth did that proper noun perch itself on him – I thereby call him Prosper Useless. And if a middle name be needed, call him Little – so from now on, he be PLU – Prosper little Useless; some folks will call him pretty useless no doubt, that’s up to them.
What does Useless do – he bats lower down than the extras, but he’s still not benched. Then he bowls, overbowls and any runs that are scored, are scored of him. When I saw his analysis I nearly dropped my mouse. It’s a good thing it was grounded anyway.
As for Coventry, he just doesn’t look good enough for a 199 again, why play him I ask. As for the 2Cs, here's BoredCricket in a previous game on twitter: Gng by their bowling analysis today, Chigumbura and Chibhabha are not pedigree. Bring on Chihuahua
Over to Lanka. That Dilshan guy is playing like it was 2009 again. What did they feed him, a friggin’ time machine. Clearly he’s plugged his razor into his bat – explains some of his beard like precision that has snuck into his batting.
Ok, that’s enough for a game neither you nor I give a toss for. Not a toss joke that, even though the toss was a joke. Win the toss, win the game. At least the Indian team has got somebody to blame. U2?
PS:
RT @Crownish: BAW Mendis and BMAJ Mendis. Tremendis!
Zimbabwe win hearts then lose toss.
Where were you on 21st May, 1997?
I was in Manali going downhill as was the Indian cricket team. Saeed Anwar scored 194 painful runs. The only point of interest, can we stop him from his double?
You must realise this was when ODIs still held my interest, and Anwar still held us hostage. I had a strong suspicion Anwar only scored his runs against us. For one, I’m not sure whether he even played other teams.
Then there was the world’s ugliest batsman, Ijaz Ahmed; Mr Grace, Inzi and the marauding Moin. And of course, a pre-pubescent Afridi was also there. Afridi is always there.
I was blessed to be on holiday, and not in the confines of a TV lockup. The updates I gathered were from market radios, and that day the markets crashed.
Rahul Dravid scored a hundred that day, and today, some guy called Charles Coventry clocked 194 again. Incidentally, Dravid also returned to the one-day fold. Is 194 lucky for him or what?
Men in glasses see the ball better: Charles Coventry 194 not out.
First Bangladesh beat West Indies then they beat Zimbabwe who went on to beat Bangladesh. Basically they are all losers.
You could say that, but then you haven't watched the Bangla Zim ODI series, neither have I really, expect, the odd over here and there.
That's usally when someone scores a hundred. Today, this bloke called Charles Coventry made 194.
Ten years back he was their youngest first class player. Looks like he's still a first class player.
So what if he plays for a third class team?
