adminwith the details yet again.
But the question we need to ask is – Was such a drastic step really the answer? Surely Zimbabwe are not in a position to be leaving out players at will simply because of them not playing in the domestic
Twenty20 competition? And it’s not like Vusi never played any form of Franchise Cricket because he most definitely did.
Although it was disappointing to see this wonderful player lower his standard of cricket by playing for an eastern suburb Aussie club side, there is no doubt whatsoever that Sibanda is a very crucial and important member of the side.
His positive and aggressive style of batting compliments his fellow opener Tino Mawoyo perfectly.
It is very similar to the approach that former Australian openers Mark Taylor and Michael Slater had, with Taylor being the rock and Slater playing an exceptionally positive and highly successful brand of cricket.
But, more importantly than that, Sibanda had a big part to play in Zimbabwe’s 130-run win over Bangladesh with his first innings score of 78 as well as 92 in the 34-run loss to New Zealand in Bulawayo.
So how is it then that a side that doesn’t exactly have the biggest pool of players to choose from can afford the luxury to leave a form player out of what is a massively important tour for Zimbabwe?
Shouldn’t we be desperate to prove that not only can we hold our own in the Test arena but that they will also be able to compete away from home?
And doesn’t doing that require us to have our best players even on the occasions they make the bad decision to play grade cricket?
Online Reporter