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[Cheema02]

South Africa Emerging Players vs Zimbabwe Emerging Players

The first day of Zim EM player and SA EM player test match.  Zim EM team all team out by making only 216 runs . Seven players of Zim EM team could not enter in double figures . Alistair Frost made half century for the team and two other players made half centuries for the team but no player made century for the team and that is big reason of low score match . SA EM team is playing well and they have 51 runs on board and they lose on Wicket . Both openers are available on the crease and  they will chase that target easily and SA EM team will win this match easily because they are Looking in going form and the body language of players is excellent and they are giving their hundred percent.

South Africa Emerging is very strong team as compared to Zimbabwe Emerging. in first unofficial test match South Africa Emerging scored 432 runs just loss of 3 wickets so far and lead by 216 runs against Zimbabwe Emerging. South Africa Emerging batting well especially Dian Forrester batting performance is outstanding in this match scored a outclassed century and out after scoring 122 runs. Modiri Litheko batting well scored 98 runs, unfortunately missed his well deserved century by 2 runs short. Now Captain of South Africa Emerging Mihlali Mpongwana is at crease and scored 93 runs not out and very close to his century.

[noormcs5]

South Africa Emerging is very strong team as compared to Zimbabwe Emerging. in first unofficial test match South Africa Emerging scored 432 runs just loss of 3 wickets so far and lead by 216 runs against Zimbabwe Emerging. South Africa Emerging batting well especially Dian Forrester batting performance is outstanding in this match scored a outclassed century and out after scoring 122 runs. Modiri Litheko batting well scored 98 runs, unfortunately missed his well deserved century by 2 runs short. Now Captain of South Africa Emerging Mihlali Mpongwana is at crease and scored 93 runs not out and very close to his century.

Wow, South Africa is looking too strong here. South Africa Emerging Players have made 432 runs and lost only 3 wickets. I really feel sorry for Modiri Litheko as he was LBW by Masuku and denied his century. However, I hope to see their captain Mihlali Mpongwana to complete his century tomorrow as he is not put at 93. He needs only 7 more runs and hope he does not become a victim of nervous 90s. 

By the way, another batsman who is playing so well and has already completed his century is Dian Forrester. He is not out at 122. i wonder at which score the South Africa Emerging XI will declare this inning? The focus should be to win the match.

[lixer]

Aiden Markram managed to hit 82 before he was forced to retire, but Tony de Zorzi and Tristan Stubbs disappointed this time. Temba Bavuma and David Bedingham are at the crease now, with the latter looking quite confident. BTW, does anyone know what happened to Neil Brand, who captained South Africa against New Zealand a few months back? They had a few good player in their squad back then. Apart from Brand, they had quality players such as Ruan de Swardt, Dane Piedt, Keegan Petersen and Shaun von Berg.

Start of the tour is good for the South Africa as things are going well under control, but they need to be more realistic into their approach if they want to have good results in international cricket because their quota system and having coloured based problems bringing many quality players under threat, and they can face problems after problems as they are facing in last few years because they fail to keep things on merit and their players and game is having no positive results.

Neil Brand is 28 years old, and he was captain for the team which toured New Zealand, but his performance was not good, but now he is leading South Africa A against Sri Lanka A which will play few games at home but still despite having many problems they are forcing black players to be lead which is really problematic for the game.

[Compromise me]

The South African cricket team is visiting the West Indies for their first series against a country after the T20 World Cup. In this series they will play two Test matches and three T20 matches against West Indies.

The South African team is already playing a four-day warm-up match against the WICXI team. In this match WICXI team scored 397 runs by batting first. A batsman has completed a century for their team. West Indies' performance looks like they might be trying to learn from the test series failure against England and try to improve themselves even show that they are ready to play well in the series against South Africa. The first Test match between the visiting South Africa and the host West Indies will start from August 7.

West Indies International cricket team always play well against SA team and lose against England, Australia and  Australia. We watched last series of West Indies againt SA team from which SA team could not win any match and series was white wash. West Indies team have to play with mind because test cricket is game of patience and West Indies players are not patient and always try to hit and they out . Also West Indies players do not play good against spinners . West Indies have to change their attitude to win test match series because SA team is favorite for test matches. They always play well in test matches and they are patient players and they will give their husband percent to win next match and this series.

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The first day of Zim EM player and SA EM player test match.  Zim EM team all team out by making only 216 runs . Seven players of Zim EM team could not enter in double figures . Alistair Frost made half century for the team and two other players made half centuries for the team but no player made century for the team and that is big reason of low score match . SA EM team is playing well and they have 51 runs on board and they lose on Wicket . Both openers are available on the crease and  they will chase that target easily and SA EM team will win this match easily because they are Looking in going form and the body language of players is excellent and they are giving their hundred percent.

South Africa Emerging is very strong team as compared to Zimbabwe Emerging. in first unofficial test match South Africa Emerging scored 432 runs just loss of 3 wickets so far and lead by 216 runs against Zimbabwe Emerging. South Africa Emerging batting well especially Dian Forrester batting performance is outstanding in this match scored a outclassed century and out after scoring 122 runs. Modiri Litheko batting well scored 98 runs, unfortunately missed his well deserved century by 2 runs short. Now Captain of South Africa Emerging Mihlali Mpongwana is at crease and scored 93 runs not out and very close to his century.

Your point of view about this test match was totally right and I also feel that South Africa Emerging Players is very very stronger sqaud against Zimbabwe Emerging Players sqaud. Because In first inning of Zimbabwe Emerging Players finished very bad and I expected very tough competition and very high scores end of this Inning but their sqaud members disappointed me. In my previous post, you can see that I predict 300 plus scores just middle order batter batter impressively but not too much and these Ernest Masuku, Brandon Mavuta and Alistair Frost achieved fifty in their innings but resting members played bad. Other side, South Africa Emerging Players sqaud achieved all scores of Zimbabwe squad of their first innings and also lead this match with 216 scores and still their batters remain for play and only 3 wickets lost Valentine Kitime (65), Lesego Senokwane (35) and Modiri Litheko (98). both these batters Mihlali Mpongwana and Dian Forrester are on crease and both displaying significant performance in match surely South Africa sqaud will emerge victory simply.

[Publictalk792]

South Africa Emerging is very strong team as compared to Zimbabwe Emerging. in first unofficial test match South Africa Emerging scored 432 runs just loss of 3 wickets so far and lead by 216 runs against Zimbabwe Emerging. South Africa Emerging batting well especially Dian Forrester batting performance is outstanding in this match scored a outclassed century and out after scoring 122 runs. Modiri Litheko batting well scored 98 runs, unfortunately missed his well deserved century by 2 runs short. Now Captain of South Africa Emerging Mihlali Mpongwana is at crease and scored 93 runs not out and very close to his century.

Exactly they are very strong team. And they have proved that. Because we can see how Zimbabwe team performed in their first inning. They only made 216 runs. But South Africa team is still playing and they have made 432 runs and they lost only 3 wickets. First Modiri Litheko helped the team and he made 98 runs. After him Valentine Kitime played a little well. And now Mihlali Mpongwana and Dian Forrester are playing and Dian Forrester has made 122 runs and Mihlali Mpongwana has made 93 runs.
I think they will declared soon and they will give turn to Zimbabwe to play their second inning. Because they are leading with 216 runs so there are much chances that South Africa will win this test match easily.

[Sithara007]

South Africa has got a good start to their tour. First, Kagiso Rabada, Keshav Maharaj and Dane Piedt continued with their good form with ball, while most of the batsmen scored runs while coming out to bat. And the West Indies Championship XI comprised of a few West Indian regular players, such as Kemar Roach, Anderson Phillip and Justin Greaves. From what we have seen so far in this practice match, it looks like West Indies is looking for a washout against South Africa during the test series.

[Rustam Meraj]

South Africa has got a good start to their tour. First, Kagiso Rabada, Keshav Maharaj and Dane Piedt continued with their good form with ball, while most of the batsmen scored runs while coming out to bat. And the West Indies Championship XI comprised of a few West Indian regular players, such as Kemar Roach, Anderson Phillip and Justin Greaves. From what we have seen so far in this practice match, it looks like West Indies is looking for a washout against South Africa during the test series.

Both teams has started nicely. In batting line both are good. In West Indies we will see two players with good batting line and they are Jeremy Solozano and Shamar Springer. Both made 242 runs in total one has made 131 and second one made 111 runs.
And in South Africa team no one has made century but there are some names which are shining like David Bedingham, Aiden Markram and Ryan Rickelton. Means I am looking a very tough series in both teams. And mostly chances will be draw matches. It is too early to say but I think this will happen.

[GigaBit]

South Africa has got a good start to their tour. First, Kagiso Rabada, Keshav Maharaj and Dane Piedt continued with their good form with ball, while most of the batsmen scored runs while coming out to bat. And the West Indies Championship XI comprised of a few West Indian regular players, such as Kemar Roach, Anderson Phillip and Justin Greaves. From what we have seen so far in this practice match, it looks like West Indies is looking for a washout against South Africa during the test series.

Both teams has started nicely. In batting line both are good. In West Indies we will see two players with good batting line and they are Jeremy Solozano and Shamar Springer. Both made 242 runs in total one has made 131 and second one made 111 runs.
And in South Africa team no one has made century but there are some names which are shining like David Bedingham, Aiden Markram and Ryan Rickelton. Means I am looking a very tough series in both teams. And mostly chances will be draw matches. It is too early to say but I think this will happen.

When it comes to South Africa's matches, their loss in the recent T20 World Cup comes to mind. Despite having a message of victory in the match, they unfortunately lost the match. But their performance against India was certainly commendable. They will definitely be a better contender than any other team. South Africa is also a good team in Test cricket but West Indies are not good compared to them but they have showed good performance in the warm up matches. In this match, both teams are competing. The difference between the two team is not much. According to the performance, the match seems more likely to be a draw.

[fullhdpixel]

South Africa has got a good start to their tour. First, Kagiso Rabada, Keshav Maharaj and Dane Piedt continued with their good form with ball, while most of the batsmen scored runs while coming out to bat. And the West Indies Championship XI comprised of a few West Indian regular players, such as Kemar Roach, Anderson Phillip and Justin Greaves. From what we have seen so far in this practice match, it looks like West Indies is looking for a washout against South Africa during the test series.

As we already talked about few issues related to West Indies with their management is having no mind to bring changes which can bring good improvement into their system and game just because of this I have feeling most chances things will be no ideal for West Indies in this test series because their moral is already down after having 0–3 result in England, and they are doing things which will give them another lost like this.

Still time is with them for having changes into their system and having good skilled players for all formats because talent is available just need to polish them for all formats and having improved technique as well because without this we can't expect results from them, or they have to be settled down for just 2 or 1 format which can bring good revenue and success for them because without this now they are having no chance of survival in cricket.

[noormcs5]

When it comes to South Africa's matches, their loss in the recent T20 World Cup comes to mind. Despite having a message of victory in the match, they unfortunately lost the match. But their performance against India was certainly commendable. They will definitely be a better contender than any other team. South Africa is also a good team in Test cricket but West Indies are not good compared to them but they have showed good performance in the warm up matches. In this match, both teams are competing. The difference between the two team is not much. According to the performance, the match seems more likely to be a draw.

Even the South African future looks bright too. If you are following the Emerging Team South Africa, they have score 586 runs and then declared the innings against the ZIM Emerging team. Scoring 147 (by Dian Forrester) and 133 (by Mihlali Mpongwana) is not an easy task against any bowling and they did a wonderful job.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6cLTFijZI_I

By the way, if you want to see these superb innings, you can watch the all days of this test match recordings at the Zimbabwe Cricket YouTube channel. The 3rd day full match link is shared above.

[Nalain420]

South Africa Emerging is very strong team as compared to Zimbabwe Emerging. in first unofficial test match South Africa Emerging scored 432 runs just loss of 3 wickets so far and lead by 216 runs against Zimbabwe Emerging. South Africa Emerging batting well especially Dian Forrester batting performance is outstanding in this match scored a outclassed century and out after scoring 122 runs. Modiri Litheko batting well scored 98 runs, unfortunately missed his well deserved century by 2 runs short. Now Captain of South Africa Emerging Mihlali Mpongwana is at crease and scored 93 runs not out and very close to his century.

Exactly they are very strong team. And they have proved that. Because we can see how Zimbabwe team performed in their first inning. They only made 216 runs. But South Africa team is still playing and they have made 432 runs and they lost only 3 wickets. First Modiri Litheko helped the team and he made 98 runs. After him Valentine Kitime played a little well. And now Mihlali Mpongwana and Dian Forrester are playing and Dian Forrester has made 122 runs and Mihlali Mpongwana has made 93 runs.
I think they will declared soon and they will give turn to Zimbabwe to play their second inning. Because they are leading with 216 runs so there are much chances that South Africa will win this test match easily.

The kind of innings play by the Zimbabwe team really prove that they are not in good form.  Nor has he been able to improve himself.  In the first innings the target of 216 is somewhat understandable but in the second innings their perform is getting worse.  On the other hand South Africa are play well.  And if they keep playing like this they will win the match very easily.  Their bowlers are also applying good pressure and trying to get minimum targets.  The South African batsmen scored a massive 568 in their first innings which is a testament to their hard work and good perform.  If they can prove themselves in the second innings too and win the match.  If I were to predict this time, I see South Africa winning in both teams.  Because they see themselves doing better than ever.

[Bitcoin Smith]

South Africa Emerging is very strong team as compared to Zimbabwe Emerging. in first unofficial test match South Africa Emerging scored 432 runs just loss of 3 wickets so far and lead by 216 runs against Zimbabwe Emerging. South Africa Emerging batting well especially Dian Forrester batting performance is outstanding in this match scored a outclassed century and out after scoring 122 runs. Modiri Litheko batting well scored 98 runs, unfortunately missed his well deserved century by 2 runs short. Now Captain of South Africa Emerging Mihlali Mpongwana is at crease and scored 93 runs not out and very close to his century.

Exactly they are very strong team. And they have proved that. Because we can see how Zimbabwe team performed in their first inning. They only made 216 runs. But South Africa team is still playing and they have made 432 runs and they lost only 3 wickets. First Modiri Litheko helped the team and he made 98 runs. After him Valentine Kitime played a little well. And now Mihlali Mpongwana and Dian Forrester are playing and Dian Forrester has made 122 runs and Mihlali Mpongwana has made 93 runs.
I think they will declared soon and they will give turn to Zimbabwe to play their second inning. Because they are leading with 216 runs so there are much chances that South Africa will win this test match easily.

The kind of innings play by the Zimbabwe team really prove that they are not in good form.  Nor has he been able to improve himself.  In the first innings the target of 216 is somewhat understandable but in the second innings their perform is getting worse.  On the other hand South Africa are play well.  And if they keep playing like this they will win the match very easily.  Their bowlers are also applying good pressure and trying to get minimum targets.  The South African batsmen scored a massive 568 in their first innings which is a testament to their hard work and good perform.  If they can prove themselves in the second innings too and win the match.  If I were to predict this time, I see South Africa winning in both teams.  Because they see themselves doing better than ever.

SA cricket board has better infrastructure to nurture the talents than ZIM which is the primary reason why they can't compete with bigger teams in the long format and this shows nothing at all to be honest cause only very few of them emerges from this place to play for their national team.

I don't even see these games in the cricbuzz app which almost cover cricket from anywhere so this explains the importance of the game.

[Farhan99]

Even the South African future looks bright too. If you are following the Emerging Team South Africa, they have score 586 runs and then declared the innings against the ZIM Emerging team. Scoring 147 (by Dian Forrester) and 133 (by Mihlali Mpongwana) is not an easy task against any bowling and they did a wonderful job.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6cLTFijZI_I

By the way, if you want to see these superb innings, you can watch the all days of this test match recordings at the Zimbabwe Cricket YouTube channel. The 3rd day full match link is shared above.

Yeah, I have watched the live 3rd-day game of Zimbabwe emerging batting nicely and making 123/4 runs in the second inning. No players from Zimbabwe team made fifties So far while Alistair Frost contributed 34 runs for team if they score little bit more then Zimbabwe team could score 200 above today.  Zimbabwe's emerging openers players failed to play long innings. Their middle order took some responsibility and played brilliantly. From the other end, south Africa's emerging bowlers showed excellent bowling. Jade de Klerk sent two Zimbabwe batsmen to the pavilion while Tristan Luus and Codi Yusuf took one wicket. All credit goes to South Africa's emerging bowlers who created pressure on Zimbabwe emerging. Zimbabwe emerging trail by big 247 runs at the end of 3rd-day stumps.

[fuguebtc]

South Africa has got a good start to their tour. First, Kagiso Rabada, Keshav Maharaj and Dane Piedt continued with their good form with ball, while most of the batsmen scored runs while coming out to bat. And the West Indies Championship XI comprised of a few West Indian regular players, such as Kemar Roach, Anderson Phillip and Justin Greaves. From what we have seen so far in this practice match, it looks like West Indies is looking for a washout against South Africa during the test series.

West Indies is generally not that good when it comes to test cricket. West Indies generally plays really well in T20 cricket. But in the other two formats of cricket, they are not that good. But recently they have shown a decent performance against England, especially in the second test match. But we can still say that England was able to win all of those test matches very convincingly. It is going to be hard for them to win against South Africa. There is a chance that the matches are still going to be competitive. But as we all know in test cricket, if one team gets out cheaply once, it becomes a very big problem for them to make a comeback. And we have seen West Indies getting all out cheaply Against England multiple times.

[ThemePen]

West Indies is generally not that good when it comes to test cricket. West Indies generally plays really well in T20 cricket. But in the other two formats of cricket, they are not that good. But recently they have shown a decent performance against England, especially in the second test match. But we can still say that England was able to win all of those test matches very convincingly. It is going to be hard for them to win against South Africa. There is a chance that the matches are still going to be competitive. But as we all know in test cricket, if one team gets out cheaply once, it becomes a very big problem for them to make a comeback. And we have seen West Indies getting all out cheaply Against England multiple times.

Yes that's right. And Basically I think the reason is that West Indies players mostly play fast. And only the T20 format is the one where teams play fast so therefore they are good in T20 format. Well they need to focus on these two formats means test and ODI. In the Test format they are more weaker.
And you mentioned the England West Indies series so we have seen in that series that how the West Indies team performed in that series. England won all the matchen easily. West Indies should focus on the test match formats

[Rustam Meraj]

West Indies is generally not that good when it comes to test cricket. West Indies generally plays really well in T20 cricket. But in the other two formats of cricket, they are not that good. But recently they have shown a decent performance against England, especially in the second test match. But we can still say that England was able to win all of those test matches very convincingly. It is going to be hard for them to win against South Africa. There is a chance that the matches are still going to be competitive. But as we all know in test cricket, if one team gets out cheaply once, it becomes a very big problem for them to make a comeback. And we have seen West Indies getting all out cheaply Against England multiple times.

I also think West Indies is not very good at test cricket but they play well in T20 cricket. They have played a series against England recently and England won that series easily. Now playing against South Africa will be even harder for West Indies. Matches might be close but West Indies has problem with getting out quickly which makes it hard for them to catch up. To win at test cricket West Indies needs to bat more consistently especially against strong teams like South Africa or England.

[AirtelBuzz]

I also think West Indies is not very good at test cricket but they play well in T20 cricket. They have played a series against England recently and England won that series easily. Now playing against South Africa will be even harder for West Indies. Matches might be close but West Indies has problem with getting out quickly which makes it hard for them to catch up. To win at test cricket West Indies needs to bat more consistently especially against strong teams like South Africa or England.

West Indies are not good at Test cricket, maybe we are wrong to say that. It should be said that the performance of the West Indies team in the Test format recently i.e. the current time has not been up to expectations. In the past, West Indians have also played well in the Test format when Brian Lara and other players have played in that team.But currently their performance in Test format is not good against any team and they are failing in series after series. However, before the Test series against England, West Indies toured Australia where they won a Test match against Australia.

The reason West Indies do not have Test specialist players in the team is because they are joining the leagues of different countries in the T20 format to earn their money. As a result, they have become T20 specialists and not Test specialists.

[noormcs5]

West Indies is generally not that good when it comes to test cricket. West Indies generally plays really well in T20 cricket. But in the other two formats of cricket, they are not that good. But recently they have shown a decent performance against England, especially in the second test match. But we can still say that England was able to win all of those test matches very convincingly. It is going to be hard for them to win against South Africa. There is a chance that the matches are still going to be competitive. But as we all know in test cricket, if one team gets out cheaply once, it becomes a very big problem for them to make a comeback. And we have seen West Indies getting all out cheaply Against England multiple times.

The match between West Indies Championship XI and South Africa has finished. Otherwise, if it will be pure match then the West Indies team lose it without a doubt.
As in the second innings, they were losing the wickets back-to-back and lost 4 wickets on 46 score then if the game had not finished (if we had more overs) then might be under 100 the team of West Indies Championship XI could be all out and then South Africa will chase it easily but no problem because it was not the match of World Cup final, in which, they were needy of 30 in 30 balls but then David Miller out by the wonderful catch of Surya Kumar Yadav. History  

[hafiztalha]

Even the South African future looks bright too. If you are following the Emerging Team South Africa, they have score 586 runs and then declared the innings against the ZIM Emerging team. Scoring 147 (by Dian Forrester) and 133 (by Mihlali Mpongwana) is not an easy task against any bowling and they did a wonderful job.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6cLTFijZI_I

By the way, if you want to see these superb innings, you can watch the all days of this test match recordings at the Zimbabwe Cricket YouTube channel. The 3rd day full match link is shared above.

Yeah, I have watched the live 3rd-day game of Zimbabwe emerging batting nicely and making 123/4 runs in the second inning. No players from Zimbabwe team made fifties So far while Alistair Frost contributed 34 runs for team if they score little bit more then Zimbabwe team could score 200 above today.  Zimbabwe's emerging openers players failed to play long innings. Their middle order took some responsibility and played brilliantly. From the other end, south Africa's emerging bowlers showed excellent bowling. Jade de Klerk sent two Zimbabwe batsmen to the pavilion while Tristan Luus and Codi Yusuf took one wicket. All credit goes to South Africa's emerging bowlers who created pressure on Zimbabwe emerging. Zimbabwe emerging trail by big 247 runs at the end of 3rd-day stumps.

This test game was started on 1 st aug and end yesterday 4 th Aug between West Indies and Zimbabwe teams. In 1 st Inning of Zimbabwe team was very poor and their members did not play good and also not grab good runs for opponent team South Africa team. Zimbabwe team made 216 runs in 1 st Inning and entire team was dismissed only few batsman played good but mostly was dismissal for few runs. South Africa team effort in first inning was mind blowing and also their runs were enough for both innings effort of Zimbabwe team. South Africa team made total 586 runs and also chased the Zimbabwe innings runs 216 runs and in 2 nd Inning of Zimbabwe was more poor than first one. Forrester and Mihali both made a brilliant century with good partnership. Forrester made 147 runs and Mihali team made 133 runs. Klerk also showed outstanding effort in bowling innings, in first innings he took done 1 wicket and in 2 nd he dropped down 5 wickets.