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Shumba had Jan Nicol Loftie-Eaton stumped four overs later, the delivery after la Cock had brought up an aggressive half-century, off 36 balls, and then claimed the key wicket of la Cock, in the 17th over. With 35 runs required off 21 balls, la Cock dragged a wide delivery from outside off stump to deep

News Lance Klusener rejoins support staff as batting coach; Lalchand Rajput retained as head coach Craig Ervine has been confirmed as Zimbabwe’s full-time white-ball captain while Sean Williams has been retained as Test captain. Ervine had captained Zimbabwe in an interim capacity during their limited-overs series in Ireland and Scotland last year and in Sri

News The tour later this year is due to include three ODIs with ZC hoping for either a Test or three T20Is to be added Zimbabwe’s bold request for a one-off Test to headline their tour of Australia later in the year is set to be knocked back with Cricket Australia preferring the original plan

News The former Zimbabwe batter also faces the charge of failure to report an accident Tarisai Musakanda, the Zimbabwe batter, is reportedly expected to appear in court on charges of culpable homicide and failure to report an accident. Musakanda, who was driving his car in Harare on the night of January 16, was allegedly involved

News Play was not interrupted, although broadcaster’s camera wobbled and the tremors were felt in the commentary box An earthquake off the coast of Port of Spain sent mild tremors through the Queen’s Park Oval on Saturday while Zimbabwe were batting against Ireland at the Under-19 World Cup. It had no impact on play, but

News Afghanistan board says postponement “due to the inability of arranging the required broadcasting services by the host country” The Afghanistan Cricket Board said on Saturday that its team’s tour of Zimbabwe, scheduled for early February, has been postponed. The series cannot take place as scheduled “due to the inability of arranging the required broadcasting

News ICC media release says the former Zimbabwe captain breached the ACU code on four counts Former Zimbabwe captain Brendan Taylor has been banned from all cricket for three-and-a-half years by the ICC’s anti-corruption unit for failing to report an approach from alleged corruptors without delay. In a media release on Friday, the ICC said

News “By then, I’d given up on cricket and where I was going in life” Brendan Taylor failed a drug test after his final international game in September 2021, and thinks he may have “beaten a few” more drugs tests in the two and a half years leading to that point. On Monday, Taylor revealed

News Former Zimbabwe captain says cocaine involved in trap laid by alleged corruptors Former Zimbabwe captain Brendan Taylor has revealed that the ICC is about to “impose a multi-year ban” on his international career after he allegedly delayed reporting a corrupt approach “by an Indian businessman”. Taylor had met with the businessman in October 2019

On January 24, former Zimbabwe captain Brendan Taylor put out a statement on Twitter detailing how he was allegedly pushed into a corner by supposed corruptors in late 2019 and the events which followed that incident. He said in his statement that he will be banned by the ICC for delaying reporting that approach. Here’s

News The rest of the Zimbabwe squad returned negative results Zimbabwe coach Lalchand Rajput will miss at least the first two games of Zimbabwe’s series against Sri Lanka after testing positive for Covid-19. Rajput, 60, is understood to be asymptomatic, though he was placed under observation at a hospital briefly, before being taken to a

News Uncapped opener Kaitano and wicketkeeper Madande are part of the 15-man squad Craig Ervine will captain Zimbabwe for their three-match ODI series in Sri Lanka. The series is part of the World Cup Super League, with these three ODIs Zimbabwe’s first 50-over matches since a three-match series against Ireland in September. Ervine has been

News He has worked with the men’s national teams in Sri Lanka, Pakistan and Zimbabwe Sussex CCC have signed former Zimbabwe cricketer and much-travelled coach Grant Flower to be their batting coach. He replaces Jason Swift, who has stepped down to pursue other opportunities. “It gives me great pleasure to be added to the Sussex

News All four players are asymptomatic, and will self-isolate Four Zimbabwe cricketers at the Under-19 World Cup tested positive for Covid-19 on Monday, and are now self-isolating in the West Indies. Zimbabwe Cricket confirmed the positive results after PCR tests were administered, and said all players who tested positive were “well and asymptomatic”. They will

News Team owner said the former Zimbabwe captain was chosen because of his “professionalism” as a player and coach Former Zimbabwe captain Andy Flower has been appointed the head coach of the yet-to-be-named Lucknow IPL franchise. Flower is the first appointment on the coaching staff by the Lucknow franchise, which was bought by Indian business

News Taylor also occupied fourth place in the allrounder rankings, behind only Marizanne Kapp, Natalie Sciver and Ellyse Perry West Indies captain Stafanie Taylor and opener Hayley Matthews both made gains in the women’s ODI rankings, following their performances in the recently-cancelled Women’s World Cup Qualifiers. Taylor moved up to ninth in the women’s batting

News Netherlands suffer 7 for 12 collapse from winning position Ireland 199 (Delany 75, Siegers 2-24) beat Netherlands 170 (Rijke 56, Prendergast 4-24) by 29 runs Laura Delany and Orla Prendergast were the stars of the show for Ireland as they defended a total of 199 against Netherlands in the Women’s World Cup qualifiers at

News Hosts West Indies to face Australia in U-19 World Cup opener New Zealand have withdrawn from the 2022 men’s Under-19 World Cup, owing to “extensive mandatory quarantine restrictions for minors on their return home”. Scotland, who initially missed qualification in the Europe qualifiers, became the 16th team to participate in New Zealand’s absence. The

Report Harry Tector’s half-century and cameos from George Dockrell and Lorcan Tucker propelled the hosts but rain had other plans No result Ireland 282 for 8 (Porterfield 67, Tector 55, Ngarava 3-52) vs Zimbabwe Heavy rain invaded the ground after the Ireland innings, thus washing the game out with no further cricket possible during the

Report Spinners Andy McBrine and Simi Singh shared five wickets, as Zimbabwe lost 8 for 57 Ireland 118 for 3 (Stirling 43, Balbirnie 34, Masakadza 1-9) beat Zimbabwe 131 (Ervine 57, McBrine 3-26, Little 3-33) by seven wickets (DLS method) Ireland levelled the three-match series against Zimbabwe 1-1 in a rain-interrupted stop-start affair in Brendan

Report Scotland lose four wickets in four balls after coming within touching distance Zimbabwe 136 for 5 (Williams 60*, Ervine 30) beat Scotland 126 (Berrington 42, Cross 42, Leask 25, Ngarava 2-13, Masakadza 2-19) by 10 runs In a see-saw low-scorer that went down to the final over, with Scotland needing 13 to seal the

News A total of 1000 fully vaccinated spectators to be allowed, and it will “serve as a trial run for the safe return of spectators to stadiums” A total of 1000 fully vaccinated spectators will be allowed at Queens Sports Club in Bulawayo for the women’s ODI series between Zimbabwe and Bangladesh in November. This

News The former captain will be in charge of developing and implementing coaching programs across all formats and levels of the game Zimbabwe Cricket (ZC) has appointed Dave Houghton as its coaching manager. Houghton will be in charge of developing and implementing coaching programs across all formats and levels of the game in ZImbabwe, and

Report Visitors chase down 178-run target against Scotland with five deliveries to spare Zimbabwe 180 for 4 (Shumba 66*, Madhevere 43) beat Scotland 177 for 4 (Munsey 54, Berrington 44) by six wickets A rapid half-century from Milton Shumba – the first of his T20I career – powered Zimbabwe to a six-wicket victory against Scotland

Report Zimbabwe fall short despite Williams, Shumba getting them within touching distance Scotland 141 for 6 (Berrington 82, Chatara 2-23) beat Zimbabwe 134 for 9 (Shumba 45, Williams 28, Sharif 4-24) by seven runs Richie Berrington and Safyaan Sharif saved the day for Scotland as they took a 1-0 lead in the three-match T20I series

Report Ireland made one change with Shane Getkate coming in for Craig Young 42-overs per side Ireland opt to bowl v Zimbabwe Ireland asked Zimbabwe to bat first after the final ODI was delayed by two hours and 15 minutes because of morning showers. The match has been reduced to 42 overs a side, and

News He has one more chance to add to his ODI tally, which is 110 runs short of the Zimbabwean record Zimbabwe’s Brendan Taylor has decided to call time on his 17-year career. The 34-year old former captain and one of the most recognisable cricketers from his country will play his final match on Monday,

Report Craig Ervine said overcast conditions the reason behind his decision Toss Zimbabwe chose to bowl vs Ireland Craig Ervine won the toss and inserted Ireland under cloudy skies in the second ODI in Belfast. Zimbabwe made a solitary change to the side that won the first ODI, with Milton Shumba replacing Dion Myers in

Report Zimbabwe have pulled out the big guns for this match, with Brendan Taylor, Sean Williams and Sikandar Raza all included in the team Ireland chose to bowl v Zimbabwe In muggy conditions, Andy Balbirnie put Zimbabwe in to bat as both Ireland and Zimbabwe seek to gain important points in the World Cup Super

Ireland have had the better of Zimbabwe in this T20I series © Sportsfile via Getty Images Toss: Zimbabwe chose to bat vs Ireland Zimbabwe won their fourth toss in a row and elected to bat first against Ireland. Tinashe Kamunhukamwe came in for Tadiwanashe Marumani in what was the only change for the visitors from