da pinnacle： The 15-member Zimbabwe squad has arrived Dhaka to take part in two Tests andthree one-days with the hosts in different venues
da esoccer bet： Shahryar Khan05-Nov-2001
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The 15-member Zimbabwe squad has arrived Dhaka to take part in two Tests andthree one-days with the hosts in different venues. After Heath Streak tookhimself off the charge of captaincy, Bryan Murphy has substituted him to leadthe team that are passing some hard time in International arena.
Zimbabwe has opted to give some new kids a break for this tour. The names ofsome renowned players, who dominated the grounds for Zimbabwe for the pastyears, are missing from the list. In its place we can see some new facesprevailing in the squad. Actually Zimbabwe wants to try their juniors and forthat Bangladesh is the best of choices.
The absent of Alistair Campbell is one of the notable omissions. This veteranZimbabwean could not make his grade against Bangladesh in April, in homegrounds.
Paul Strang is the kind of a bowler Zimbabwe would really miss in this tour,especially in such flat tracks of Dhaka where fast bowlers can hardly doanything. We saw Bangladeshi batsmen wobbling against Kaneria’s not-so-harmfulleg-breaks in our Multan disaster. So, Paul could turn out to be the danger manfor the hosts and relief for the Bangladesh top-order but should be mindful ofRaymond Price!! Price took a haul of seven wickets in the second Test to ripaway the Bangladeshi middle order.
His brother Bryan, a very versatile left arm fast medium bowler, is notcoming. So is the case of Andrew Blignaut, a very successful bowler in Apriltour, this year. Blignaut alone made the damage for Bangladesh in Tests &ODI and only a couple of batsmen could make a deal with him (Habibul Bashar& Javed Omar).
Henry Olonga has replaced Matambwa, who pulled off with nine wickets in hisbag in Bangladesh’s tour of Zimbabwe in April. Olonga is certainly a betterbowler who can impart genuine pace with his deliveries. He will be sharing thenew ball with Heath Streak.
The most worrying matter for the hosts could be Andrew Flower, the mostenviable batsman currently. Andy’s track of records in this subcontinentpitches speaks so loud in his favor (Think of his success in India). DoBangladeshi bowlers have any special plan for him? Or this meek gentleman hasfirst-rate chances to bat for three days to break Bryan Lara’s record 375!
