Cricket

BY PATRICK GADA NOTTINGHAM – Wednesday 3 May 2023, Trent Bridge Cricket Ground, Nottingham, England. Fantastic to see Colin de Grandhomme as he was practicing with Lancashire County Cricket Club (LCCC) a day before the start of the Division One...

BY SPORTSCAST WRITER HARARE – Zimbabwe has named its ‘A’ side to face touring Pakistan ‘A’ in a four-day match in Kwekwe starting on Wednesday. The squad sees the return of former Zimbabwe Under-19 captain Dion Myers, who is on a...

BY SPORTSCAST WRITER HARARE – Former England batsman Gary Ballance, who recently switched international allegiance to his native Zimbabwe and scored a century on his Test debut for the Southern African side, against the West Indies in Bulawayo in February,...

BY SPORTSCAST WRITER HARARE – Zimbabwe’s new mega T10 cricket tournament will be safe from matching-fixing and illegal bookmakers, organisers have said. On Friday, the African nation became the second full member of the ICC after Sri Lanka to launch a...

CAPE TOWN – He carried the rare distinction of drawing his first and last Tests in charge of the Springboks. Nothing else about Ian McIntosh's coaching career drew such ambiguity. McIntosh, one of Zimbabwe's and this country's most prominent and respected...

BY SPORTSCAST WRITER HARARE – Sportscast can exclusively reveal bowler Nkosilathi Nungu as one of two players suspended on Tuesday for three months by Zimbabwe Cricket (ZC) after being caught using a “recreational drug in an out-of-competition case.” This website has...

BY SPORTSCAST WRITER HARARE – Sean Williams returned to the Zimbabwe side, for the three-match ODI series against Netherlands, after a prolonged absence with injury. Williams even missed the first match of the series, won 2-1 by Zimbabwe after a thumping...

BY SPORTSCAST WRITER BULAWAYO – Dumisani Mankunzini, the controversial former fringe cricketer, has been thrown out of Zanu-PF’s primary elections that took place on Saturday ahead of national polls expected in August. Mankunzini, who spent over three months in incarceration over...

In a match that ebbed and flowed right till the final ball, Zimbabwe held their nerve to beat Netherlands by one run in the second ODI in Harare. The win helped them level the three-match series 1-1. Batting first, fifties...

Teja Nidamanuru's unbeaten 96-ball 110 from No. 7 did the job for Netherlands as they pulled off a come-from-behind three-wicket win over Zimbabwe. Chasing 250 for victory in the first of three ODIs, Netherlands were staring down the barrel at...