[crickguru]

Last week, Dav Whatmore had said Bangladesh were firm favourites against Zimbabwe. After the 31-hour flight from Dhaka, he seems less confident. “I have noted that the Zimbabwean team are also keenly looking forward to this visit and they have sent their players to South Africa for three practice matches before Bangladesh come and I get the feeling that they are really keen to even up the score from when they played in Bangladesh last year. So it’ll be a hell of a contest,” he says. Quick turnaround, eh?

 

[Rajas]

However, Zimbabwe have yet to name the team, though the core will obviously come from the side in South Africa. Skipper Terry Duffin will have to fly in from the UK where he is playing club cricket, as well as Brendan Taylor. But others who are in the UK may not return, and Ed Rainsford, the team’s leading strike bowler, has reportedly not made himself available.

 

[tensport]

Bangladesh have played some good cricket and are honestly a little better than Zimbabwe.

 

[bouncer]

But the conditions in Zimbabwe might put us back on a level playing field.