{"id":5283,"date":"2026-01-05T15:29:18","date_gmt":"2026-01-05T15:29:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/5283\/"},"modified":"2026-01-05T15:29:18","modified_gmt":"2026-01-05T15:29:18","slug":"taibu-hails-u19-world-cup-as-springboard-for-young-stars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/5283\/","title":{"rendered":"Taibu hails U19 World Cup as springboard for young stars"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>He also spoke on the pressure involved in representing one\u2019s country at such a young age while stressing on the importance of enjoying the game itself.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere is a bit of pressure, you are playing for your country, and you want to do well. Everyone will be trying to use this as a trampoline to jump into professional cricket.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHowever, they must not forget to enjoy the game. You play well when you enjoy cricket. When you put yourself under pressure, it might go a bit south.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s the memories that we remember. Yes, the numbers will always be there, but it is the memories that go a long way. When I look back at my U19 time, it is the memories and the people that I hold onto.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Taibu produced a set of standout performances in 2002, despite Zimbabwe failing to advance beyond the group stage.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"He also spoke on the pressure involved in representing one\u2019s country at such a young age while stressing&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":5284,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[60],"tags":[201,199,335,345,341,344,342,197,343,340,204,349,206,202,195,205,334,203,198,338,339,347,346,348,337,200,336,106],"class_list":{"0":"post-5283","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-zimbabwe","8":"tag-cricket-breaking-news","9":"tag-cricket-headlines-today","10":"tag-cricket-live-score","11":"tag-cricket-match-highlights-today","12":"tag-cricket-match-live-streaming-score","13":"tag-cricket-match-result-today","14":"tag-cricket-match-today-live","15":"tag-cricket-news","16":"tag-cricket-results-today","17":"tag-cricket-scorecard-live","18":"tag-cricket-series-updates","19":"tag-cricket-world-cup-live-score","20":"tag-cricket-world-cup-news","21":"tag-cricket-world-news","22":"tag-icc","23":"tag-icc-cricket-updates","24":"tag-international-cricket-live-score","25":"tag-international-cricket-news","26":"tag-latest-cricket-news","27":"tag-latest-cricket-scores","28":"tag-live-cricket-match-update","29":"tag-odi-cricket-live-score","30":"tag-t20-cricket-live-score","31":"tag-test-cricket-live-score","32":"tag-today-cricket-live-score","33":"tag-today-cricket-news-update","34":"tag-todays-cricket-match-score","35":"tag-zimbabwe"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5283","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5283"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5283\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5284"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5283"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5283"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5283"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}