Zimbabwe

Big picture There will be an air of expectation and anticipation at Harare Sports Club when Zimbabwe take on Bangladesh in three T20Is starting Saturday. Less than two weeks ago, Zimbabwe topped the T20 World Cup qualification tournament, signing off with a rousing show in the final when they beat Netherlands by 37 runs. Bangladesh

Zimbabwe will miss the services of fast bowlers Blessing Muzarabani and Tendai Chatara for the upcoming three-match T20I series against Bangladesh at home. The rest of the squad, though, is similar to the one that won the 2022 ICC Men’s T20 World Cup Qualifier earlier this month, in Bulawayo. Muzarabani sustained a tear in his

Bangladesh have a bit of a bonanza lined up. The 2023-2027 ICC Future Tours Programme has 34 Tests marked for them, behind only England (42), Australia (41) and India (38). They have the most ODIs listed against their name – 59, with only Sri Lanka (58) above the 50 mark. Overall, too, they are behind

Zimbabwe 132 all out (Williams 28, van Beek 3-18) beat Netherlands 95 all out (Raza 4-8) by 37 runs Zimbabwe denied Netherlands their third straight championship at the T20 World Cup Qualifier as the hosts defended a total of 132 to secure a 37-run win in the final in Bulawayo. Netherlands – who have already

Tournament hosts Zimbabwe and reigning tournament champions Netherlands continued their undefeated runs at the T20 World Cup Qualifier in Bulawayo, both sides winning their respective semifinals on Friday to clinch the final two available berths at the T20 World Cup in Australia this October. It will be Zimbabwe’s sixth trip to the T20 World Cup

Chatara, who bowled only three overs in that game, which Zimbabwe won by 23 runs, sustained the injury when he landed on his right shoulder while fielding. According to a Zimbabwe Cricket release, Chatara is expected to be out of action for at least two months. This means he could also miss Zimbabwe’s home series

Afghanistan 125 for 8 (Nabi 31, Raza 2-18, Burl 2-22) beat Zimbabwe 90 for 9 (Noor 4-10, Ashraf 2-13) by 35 runs A four-wicket haul from Noor Ahmad on debut enabled Afghanistan to complete a 6-0 sweep of their white-ball tour of Zimbabwe, with the visitors winning the third and final T20I by 35 runs

Former Zimbabwe batter Dave Houghton has been appointed the side’s new head coach, ahead of next month’s T20 World Cup qualifier that will be held in the country. The 64-year-old takes over from Lalchand Rajput who will now assume a new role as technical director. Rajput’s coaching contract was extended recently in March by Zimbabwe

Afghanistan 170 for 5 (Najibullah 57, Nabi 43*, Chatara 2-33) beat Zimbabwe 149 for 7 (Kaia 54, Raza 41, Rashid 2-32, Farooqi 1-19) by 21 runs Afghanistan overcame a late dash from Sikandar Raza to successfully defend 170 and sew up the T20I series 2-0, with one game to go, in Harare. Rashid Khan, who

In the absence of Sean Williams, Zimbabwe’s batting continued to look thin, with only two of their batters scoring more than 30. Wessley Madhevere, who was one of those, survived the loss of Innocent Kaia, his opening partner, to share a second-wicket stand of 30 with captain Craig Ervine. The pair was in a good

While Madande is uncapped in international cricket and toured Nepal last month with the Zimbabwe A squad, Ndlovu has played international cricket in all three formats but has not represented Zimbabwe since February 2020. His last T20I was in September 2019 in a tri-series involving Afghanistan and Bangladesh. Muzarabani’s last T20I came in September 2021,

Afghanistan 137 for 6 (Shahidi 38, Nabi 34*, Muzarabani 2-18, Chatara 2-32) beat Zimbabwe 135 all out (Raza 38, Burl 21, Rashid 3-31, Nabi 2-21, Farooqi 2-25) by four wickets A sterling show by the bowlers coupled with an excellent all-round effort from Mohammad Nabi helped Afghanistan win the third ODI by five wickets, sweep

Afghanistan 229 for 2 (Ibrahim 120*, Rahmat 88) beat Zimbabwe 228 (Kaia 63, Burl 51*, Fareed 3-56) by eight wickets Ibrahim Zadran scored his first ODI century and shared the highest second-wicket stand against Zimbabwe in Zimbabwe, of 195 runs with Rahmat Shah, to ensure a successful chase of 229 and a series win for

Afghanistan 276 for 5 (Rahmat 94, Shahidi 88, Rashid 39*, Muzarabani 4-52) beat Zimbabwe 216 (Raza 67, Kaia 39, Nabi 4-34, Rashid 2-39, Farooqi 2-41) by 60 runs Four senior players made defining contributions as Afghanistan began the ODI leg of their Zimbabwe tour with a 60-run victory in Harare. Sent in, Afghanistan overcame a

Blessing Muzarabani has returned to the Zimbabwe squad and will lead the pace attack against Afghanistan in the three-match ODI series starting June 4 in Harare. Left-arm spinner Ainsley Ndlovu also returned to the squad of 15 that will be led by Craig Ervine, after last playing an ODI nearly three years ago. The selectors

Namibia 127 for 8 (Williams 48, Madhevere 2-15, Jongwe 2-16) beat Zimbabwe 95 all out (Munyonga 28, Erasmus 2-9, Frylinck 2-25) by 32 runs Namibia have won their first T20I series against a Full Member after beating Zimbabwe by 32 runs in the deciding fixture of their five-match series, which was locked at 2-2 entering

Chasing 158 for victory, Namibia were 47 for 2 inside the powerplay when Erasmus and opener Michael van Lingen got together, and they propelled the innings forward with a 77-run partnership. Zimbabwe fought back with a couple of wickets – including that of van Lingen for 51 in 48 balls – and a four-run 18th

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