Getting wrecked again and again against top teams is a matter of pride? Really? Smh! Anyone thinking that teams like Zimbabwe will gain experience and progress to the next level through these matchups are deluding themselves.
The biggest pro of these kinds of matches is that the higher ranked teams get some much needed training against weaker teams period.
Test statistics are getting distorted because of Zimbabwe. If things go like this, Matt Henry will have a better bowling average when compared to Jasprit Bumrah and Devon Conway will have a better batting average compared to Don Bradman. No one is gaining anything, except corrupt crooks within the Zimbabwe Cricket, who are stealing all the funds that the ICC is sending them. Fortunately the torture ends now (at least temporarily). No more matches are scheduled for the Zimbabwe cricket team this month.