Jarvis’ inclusion a surprise

pretty much as expected except for the surprising inclusion of injury-plagued seamer Kyle Jarvis.
It seems like the same mistake has been made again by rushing him back into the side without the fast bowler having proved that he deserves to be playing at the top level once more.
In the three games he has played, leading up to the Test match, he has found the going pretty tough with some wayward bowling that also lacked any form of penetration.
It’s hard to understand what Njabulo Ncube has to do before he gets the recognition from the selectors that he so richly deserves.
Yes, it is true that he was injured in the first four-day match against Australia A, and missed the second four-day day match as well.
However, he gave good accounts of himself in Kwekwe on a flat and unresponsive pitch and bowled with both aggression and control in the recently concluded three-day warm-up match against Bangladesh where he claimed five wickets in the match.
Yet, for all that, he still finds himself watching from the sidelines.
Another inclusion that will leave cricket followers scratching their heads in confusion is that of Keegan Meth who relies purely on the overhead conditions and whatever assistance the pitch has to offer due to his lack of pace and penetration.
So will Zimbabwe play four seamers and one spinner?
Or will they open the bowling with Chris Mpofu and Brian Vitori and play both Raymond Price and Prosper Utseya and use Elton Chigumbura as a third seamer?
Forster Mutizwa will also feel that he has a foot in the door for selection as his match-winning innings of 89 showed a mixture of maturity and class which has left many people wondering if Hamilton Masakadza should maybe pushed to open the batting with Vusi Sibanda to allow Mutizwa to perhaps slot in at number seven after Chigumbura, which would strengthin the middle and lower order. Tinotenda Mawoyo will be hoping that the bad run of injuries that have plagued him will be something of the past as both he and Vusi Sibanda had solid opening starts against Australia A.
It was also encouraging to see that the pitch the warm-up game was played on had a bit of pace and bounce as well as movement for the fast bowlers and even though the batsmen found the going difficult in the first innings, it was clear to see that Bangladesh were found wanting as a combination of very little first class cricket and some persistent and impressive seam bowling eventually got the better of the tourists as they were beaten by four wickets leading up to the Test match.