ZC intensify series preps

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The home team has been in camp for the past month focusing on fitness building and perfecting the basic Twenty20 drills.
But the squad has been split into two teams that are engaging in practice matches at the Harare Sports Club where the selectors are monitoring the performances.
The opposing teams are being captained by Vusi Sibanda and Hamilton Masakadza, in the absence of Brendan Taylor, who picked up an ankle injury last week.
Convenor of selectors Givemore Makoni yesterday said the matches will be used to come up with the final squad for the series.
“The 25 players in camp will play practice games between themselves and how they    perform will have a bearing on the final selection.
“We want to give everyone a chance to prove his worth. Everyone is really pushing for his place.
“Otherwise the preparations are in good order. The good news is that there are no big injuries to talk about although niggles can be found here and there, which is common in any camp.
“For example we have captain Brendan Taylor who has a minor injury but he should be fit well before the series begin,” said Makoni.
Assistant team coach, Stephen Mangongo, said the prospects to come up with a strong team look good because of the competition for places.
Top order batsman Stuart Matsikenyeri was the highest scorer yesterday with 59 runs to his credit while rookie Kevin Kasuza also stood with his ground with 23 off 30 balls.
Masakadza has scored 44 and 32 in the two matches while Sibanda yielded 35 runs from his bat in one of the matches.
“It’s good to see our senior players getting scores but we want to see players staying on the crease for longer periods.
“There’s also great competition on the bowling front where Kyle Jarvis, Keegan Meth and Shingi Masakadza are doing good.
“Meth took four wickets from his four overs on Friday and it’s also encouraging to have Chris Mpofu back from injury.”