Zimbabwe

News ZC has now set August 19 as the new departure date, subject to government clearance Zimbabwe’s white-ball tour of Ireland has been postponed and could take place in August-September as Zimbabwe Cricket (ZC) awaits clearance from the government to travel to Ireland. The tour, comprising three ODIs and five T20Is, was originally scheduled to

News The 30-year old seamer last played for Zimbabwe in November 2020 but has been an active participant in domestic cricket this year Tendai Chatara, the Zimbabwe fast bowler who has been absent from the Test arena for nearly three years, has found his way back into the team for the one-off match against Bangladesh

Zimbabwe and Bangladesh last met at international level in March 2020 © BCB Zimbabwe’s Sports and Recreation Commission (SRC) has given Zimbabwe Cricket (ZC) permission to host Bangladesh in July despite a government directive to suspend all sporting activity in the country as part of measures aimed at containing Covid-19. The tour will consist of

News Jarvis, who last played a Test in January 2020, battled a trio of illnesses earlier this year Zimbabwe fast bowler Kyle Jarvis has announced his retirement from all cricket, after a year of illness and injury. Having made his international debut in 2009, he has played 13 Tests, 49 ODIs and 22 T20Is, picking

Stumps Pakistan 103 for 0 (Abid 56*, Butt 43*) trail Zimbabwe 176 (Kaia 48, Afridi 4-43, Hasan 4-53) by 73 runs Zimbabwe may have controlled whether or not to bat after Brendan Taylor called correctly at the toss, but little else was in their control all day. A collapse of the top order left them

Stumps Pakistan 268 for 4 (Azhar 126, Abid 118*, Muzarabani 3-41) vs Zimbabwe Centuries from Abid Ali and Azhar Ali put Pakistan in firm command of the second Test at stumps in Harare. The pair combined for a 236-run second wicket partnership – a record at this venue – which spanned nearly the entirety of

News Former Zimbabwe captain and coach may face a separate investigation by his country’s prosecuting authority Heath Streak, the former Zimbabwe captain and coach who received an eight-year ban from the ICC for breaching the anti-corruption code, has “apologised” and taken “full responsibility” for his actions but asserts he was not involved in any attempts

Luke Jongwe picked up nine wickets in the three T20Is against Pakistan © AFP/Getty Images Zimbabwe have named five uncapped players – Luke Jongwe, Richard Ngarava, Roy Kaia, Milton Shumba and Tanaka Chivanga – in their 16-man squad for the series of two Tests against Pakistan, the first of which starts in Harare on April

News Full Members outside the WTC have been pushing for a more formalised “second division” for the WTC An enhanced structure for more multi-day cricket for Full Members outside the World Test Championship (WTC) and Associates could be a possibility in the next cricket calendar. Though the discussions, which took place last week at the

News Allrounder feared he had cancer until tests came back negative, but his recovery is still expected to take several weeks Sikandar Raza will be out of action for an indefinite period after suffering an infection on his bone marrow, which was suspected to be cancerous at one stage. Following surgery on April 2 to

Big picture Pakistan’s southern Africa adventure has moved to Zimbabwe, where they will play three T20Is and two Tests, seemingly under less pressure than they were across the border. Zimbabwe have not qualified for the T20 World Cup, neither are they part of the World Test Championship. They are, as Pakistan’s head coach Misbah-ul-Haq put

News Brendan Taylor and Craig Ervine return, but Sikandar Raza misses out because of injury Sean Williams will continue to lead Zimbabwe’s T20I side in their upcoming three-match series at home in Harare against Pakistan in the continued absence of their regular white-ball captain Chamu Chibhabha, who has been sidelined with a thigh injury since

News Agarwal was also the corruptor who had contacted Shakib Al Hasan ‘Mr X’, who gave Heath Streak two bitcoins while also presenting the former Zimbabwe captain with an expensive phone for his wife, is understood to be Indian businessman Deepak Agarwal, who was banned last year until 2022 by the ICC for breaching various

Heath Streak and Deepak Agarwal started chatting on the pretext of organising a T20 league in Zimbabwe, in September 2017. Streak, the iconic former Zimbabwe captain, was the head coach of the national team at the time, and Agarwal, simply a Delhi-based businessman. Agarwal wasn’t yet banned (for two years) by the ICC’s anti-corruption unit

News Streak is understood to have facilitated approaches by a corruptor to people within teams he was coach at Former Zimbabwe captain Heath Streak has been banned for eight years after being charged with – and admitting to – five breaches of the ICC’s anti-corruption code, including accepting a payment in bitcoins from a potential

Report Zimbabwe make three changes: Madhevere, Tiripano and Mavuta out; Masakadza, Shumba and Akram in Toss Afghanistan opt to bat vs Zimbabwe Afghanistan have won the toss and elected for first strike – batting first for the third game in a row, though they had been inserted in the first game – in the final

Report Zimbabwe have also fielded the same XI that lost the first game by 48 runs Afghanistan have named an unchanged playing XI and opted for first strike after winning the toss in the second T20I against Zimbabwe – who also fielded the same XI as in the first game – in Abu Dhabi on

Big Picture Cricket is a confidence game. Afghanistan, searching for a spark in the first Test in which they were ambushed in less than two days, found it a week later in the second Test. And they’ve carried that forward into their favourite format, the T20s, breaking little sweat in seeing off Zimbabwe in the

Report Five of the Afghanistan players, including Mujeeb Ur Rahman and Gulbadin Naib, landed late in the UAE Toss Zimbabwe won the toss and chose to bowl vs Afghanistan Zimbabwe captain Sean Williams called correctly at the toss and decided to put Afghanistan in to bat in the first T20I in Abu Dhabi. Tarisai Musakanda

Preview Sean Williams’ side will also want to prove a point, given they won’t feature in this year’s T20 World Cup Big picture After a hard-fought Test series where the honours were shared, the focus in Abu Dhabi shifts to the three T20Is that Afghanistan and Zimbabwe will play within the span of four days.

Report He bagged his 10th wicket of the match to send back Tiripano five short of a maiden Test hundred Lunch Zimbabwe 287 and 329 for 8 (Williams 137*, Tiripano 95, Rashid 6-127) lead Afghanistan 545 for 4 dec by 72 runs For 70.4 overs, Sean Williams and Donald Tiripano had made Zimbabwe dream. Exactly

News Zimbabwe captain praises the fight his team showed even though they lost the second Test to Afghanistan Zimbabwe captain Sean Williams lauded the way his side fought back in their second innings of the second Test against Afghanistan even though they lost the match on the fifth evening, thus missing out on a series

Report Zimbabwe are 168 runs behind and have already lost both opening batsmen, on a surface that is now taking significant turn Lunch Zimbabwe 287 (Raza 85*, Rashid 4-138) & 90 for 2 (Musakanda 9*, Williams 35*) trail Afghanistan 545 for 4 (Hashmatullah 200*, Jamal 55*) by 168 runs Afghanistan are eight wickets away from

Report Prince Masvaure’s career-best 65 ushered Zimbabwe through most of the morning session Lunch Zimbabwe 145/2 (Musakanda 23*, Williams 8*) trail Afghanistan 545 for 4 (Shahidi 200*, Jamal 55*) by 400 runs Prince Masvaure‘s career-best 65 ushered Zimbabwe through most of the morning session but his dismissal in the third over before lunch gave Afghanistan

Report With nothing in the pitch for seam or spin, the duo continued to grind Zimbabwe’s attack down Afghanistan 388 for 3 (Afghan 137*, Shahidi 127*) v Zimbabwe Afghanistan racked up their highest Test score, amassing more than the 342 they scored against Bangladesh in September 2019, on the second day of the second Test

Report Zimbabwe, who won the first Test by ten wickets, have named an unchanged playing XI Afghanistan won the toss and chose to bat vs Zimbabwe Afghanistan welcomed back legspinner Rashid Khan to their Test XI, after he recovered from a finger injury sustained during the PSL, in a bid to square the series against

Big picture Afghanistan and Zimbabwe have had nearly five days to plan for the second Test after the opener in Abu Dhabi ended inside two days. Zimbabwe are on the brink of a series win, and not just a one-off triumph, for the first time since beating Bangladesh in 2004. For Afghanistan, who’ve only so

Report Afghanistan strike twice on the second morning, but they have now fallen over 100 runs behind Lunch Zimbabwe 237 for 8 (Williams 97*, Chakabva 44, Muzarabani 8*) lead Afghanistan 131 (Zazai 37, Muzarabani 4-48) by 106 runs Zimbabwe took their lead past 100 runs on a productive second morning in Abu Dhabi. The advantage

News “I have started to understand more about my own game and leadership skills,” says Zimbabwe’s captain Zimbabwe’s captain Sean Williams hailed his side’s ten-wicket win over Afghanistan in the first Test in Abu Dhabi as a coming-of-age performance from a young group of players, and particularly important for his fledgling captaincy. Three Tests into

Toss Afghanistan chose to bat vs Zimbabwe An Afghanistan side with three debutants opted to bat first against Zimbabwe in Abu Dhabi. Afghanistan went into the match with a new opening batsman Abdul Malik, middle-order batsman Munir Ahmad and legspinner Abdul Wasi, who was chosen in place of the injured Rashid Khan. Zimbabwe also had