Zimbabwean Career

[CrazyCaptain101]

After accidentally deleting my Ireland Career save, I have decided to begin a new career, this one with Zimbabwe.

Schedule for the 2022/23 Season

3 ODI's and 3 T20I's v Afghanistan (Home)
3 ODI's v Australia
T20 World Cup in Australia
2 Tests, 3 ODI's and 1 T20I v Pakistan

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Season 1 Goals

Make the Super 12 stage of the World Cup
Win a test match
Win a series

Long-term Goals

Qualify for the ODI World Cup (next year)
Begin to climb the world rankings
Win some World Cups

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Series 1 - Afghanistan in Zimbabwe

1st ODI

Lineup - W. Madhevere, R. Chakabva, C. Ervine, S. Williams, S. Raza, R. Burl, C. Madande (WK), T. Chatara, D. Melton, R. Ngarava, B. Muzarabani
Unused - T. Kaitano, M. Shumba, T. Chivanga, D. Tiripano

What a performance first game! Every batsman made at least a start and every bowler apart from Muzarabani and Burl was able to take a wicket! We were in a little hole at 36-2 but Ervine, Williams and Raza all showed their class helping us reach 291. We took consistent wickets with the ball and despite some good lower order hitting from Omarzai and Ahmad, we won quite comfortably

2nd ODI

Lineup - W. Madhevere, R. Chakabva, C. Ervine, S. Williams, S. Raza, R. Burl, C. Madande (WK), T. Chatara, D. Melton, R. Ngarava, B. Muzarabani
Unused - T. Kaitano, M. Shumba, T. Chivanga, D. Tiripano

This was the Hussan and Gurbaz show! Everything I tried seemed to make it easier for them to hit more and more boundaries. Madhevere picked up our solitary wicket, which was in the last over of the game.

3rd ODI

Lineup - W. Madhevere, T. Kaitano, C. Ervine, S. Williams, S. Raza, R. Burl, C. Madande (WK), T. Chatara, D. Tiripano, R. Ngarava, B. Muzarabani
Unused - R. Chakabva, M. Shumba, D. Melton, T. Chivanga

Even though we ended up falling short, we are very, very lucky this wasn't a hundred run defeat. At one point we were 98-6 but a 106 run stand between Burl and Chatara got us within touching distance. Burl was run out and Chatara trapped LBW within 5 deliveries, pretty much sealing the game for Afghanistan

Series Stats

Runs/Strike-Rate
C. Ervine 158 @ 88.7
R. Burl 154 @ 104.1
S. Raza 110 @ 74.8
S. Williams 69 @ 76.7
T. Chatara 60 @ 63.8

Wickets/Average
W. Madhevere 6 @ 20.67
T. Chatara 4 @ 22
B. Muzarabani 4 @ 29.25
S. Raza 3 @ 34

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Series 1 - Afghanistan in Zimbabwe (continued)

1st T20I


Lineup – W. Madhevere, R. Chakabva (WK), C. Ervine, S. Williams, T. Musakanda, S. Raza, R. Burl, B. Evans, V. Nyauchi, T. Chatara, B. Muzarabani
Unused – T. Marumani, C. Madande, M. Shumba, D. Tiripano



This was a very poor performance. Going into this series I knew Afghanistan were a good team, but they were all over us in this game. Their spinners were just too good, and we were never going to defend 109.

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Series 1 - Afghanistan in Zimbabwe (continued)

2^nd T20I v Afghanistan

Lineup – W. Madhevere, T. Marumani, C. Ervine, S. Williams, S. Raza, R. Burl, C. Madande (WK) D. Tiripano, V. Nyauchi, T. Chatara, B. Muzarabani
Unused – T. Musakanda, R. Chakabva, M. Shumba, B. Evans




Another game we were just outplayed by a better opposition! Our top order gave our lower order a good launching platform, but we capitulated. Too many players scored at a 50-strike rate for around 10 deliveries then got out! We also dropped 4 catches which didn’t help our cause.

[CrazyCaptain101]

Apologies for the long waits between games, lost lots of files on my PC so it took a long time to recover them all. Hoping to get the series back into full swing now!

I may also start an English Domestic career, as it is something I haven't done for a few years, but this story will be my main focus for the moment.

Also, the completionist challenge will sadly not be continuing, as I have lost the file and am unable to recover it.

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Series 1 - Afghanistan in Zimbabwe (continued)

3^rd T20I v Afghanistan

Lineup – W. Madhevere, T. Marumani, C. Ervine, S. Williams, S. Raza, R. Burl, M. Shumba, C. Madande (WK), D. Tiripano, T. Chatara, B. Muzarabani
Unused – T. Musakanda, R. Chakabva, B. Evans, V. Nyauchi



Another game, another loss. We actually bowled relatively well, Muzarabani lead the attack very nicely. We leaked a few too many runs in the last 5 overs, and our batsman were just not up to the task!