Zimbabwe

9:12 PM IST Zimbabwe Cricket have voided the 2019-20 domestic season and will not declare winners in either the first-class competition or the 50-over tournament. Cricket in Zimbabwe has been suspended since March 18 and the country has been on lockdown since March 30. The stay-at-home order was due to end on May 3, but

5:08 AM GMT ESPNcricinfo staff They don’t play anywhere near as frequently as most of their Full Member counterparts do, but 2020 was supposed to be different for Zimbabwe. They began the year with a home Test series against Sri Lanka, followed that with a full tour of Bangladesh, and were set for a lot

Mar 8, 2020 Big picture Bangladesh’s good batting form could be their way out of the rut in T20Is. Tamim Iqbal and Liton Das blew away Zimbabwe with two centuries each in the ODIs, also registering a record opening stand for Bangladesh – 292 in the third ODI. In the same match, Liton broke Tamim’s

12:07 PM GMT Toss Bangladesh opt to bowl v Zimbabwe Bangladesh won the toss in the second T20I at the Shere Bangla National Stadium, and for the first time during the white-ball leg of their tour, Zimbabwe will bat first and set a total. Having swept Zimbabwe 3-0 in the ODIs, and cruised to a

9:21 AM GMT Big picture As Bangladesh look to complete a 100% win record against Zimbabwe in this home season, their performance in this series seems to have re-energised some of their players, ahead of a pretty busy year in which they have a lot to prove without Shakib Al Hasan in action for most

12:09 PM GMT Zimbabwe won the toss and opted to bowl in the first of two T20 Internationals against Bangladesh at the Shere Bangla Stadium. Mushfiqur Rahim, who missed Mashrafe Mortaza’s send-off in the third ODI, as well as Bangladesh’s last T20I series against Pakistan in January, returns to bring ballast to the middle order

10:08 AM GMT Big Picture The ODI series began as a possible Mashrafe Mortaza farewell series, and after a thrilling finish in the second game and Bangladesh taking the series 2-0, the dead rubber on Friday is now going to be Mortaza’s last as captain. Zimbabwe suddenly found their mojo through some big-hitting from the

5:27 PM GMT Much of the surprise around the Sylhet International Stadium upon seeing Donald Tiripano hammer five sixes and two fours was also felt in the Zimbabwe dressing room. Tiripano always had a reputation for being an able batsman down the order, but even Sean Williams, the stand-in captain for the day, did not

12:29 PM GMT Mohammad Isam in Mirpur Zimbabwe captain Craig Ervine has said that his batsmen should have taken advantage of the drizzle to stay in the one-off Test against Bangladesh for longer. The visitors were bowled out for 189, eventually losing by an innings and 106 runs. They lasted just 52.3 overs on a