Cricket

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 – The great former South Africa all-rounder Mike Procter, who went on to become his country’ first coach in the post-isolation era, died Saturday afternoon in Durban at the age of 77 following a cardiac arrest...

BULAWAYO – The national associations of cricket and hockey in Zimbabwe have paid tribute to Porge Williams, who starred in both sporting codes, more so in the latter where he captained the national team and later coached it. He lost...

BY SPORTSCAST WRITER BULAWAYO – Dumisani Mankunzini, the controversial former club cricketer, has been released from jail for “lack of evidence” after spending three months in prison on charges of fraud. He was let go on 31 January after a Bulawayo...

BY NICK CHOUHAN HARARE – The life of Dave Ellman-Brown, who was president of the Zimbabwean cricket board at the time of attainment of Test status in 1992, has been celebrated at a well-attended Memorial Service in Harare on Saturday...

BY SPORTSCAST WRITER BULAWAYO – Former cricket player Dumisani Mankunzini has been denied bail after his arrest earlier this month on a litany of fraud-related charges. He has been remanded in custody by a Bulawayo Magistrate until 2 December. Mankunzini was not...

BY SPORTSCAST WRITER HARARE – Zimbabwe have unveiled a new kit ahead of cricket’s T20 World Cup in Australia, with the unfamiliar but fashionable yellow shirt proving an instant hit with fans. Although gold is part of Zimbabwe’s national colours, the...

BY SPORTSCAST WRITER HARARE – Regis Chakabva, Zimbabwe’s vice-captain, will stay in Australia to play club cricket following the completion of the T20 World Cup, casting doubt on the wicketkeeper’s international career after a poor personal show Down Under. Zimbabwe lost...

HARARE – Some very close relatives have played international cricket together for Zimbabwe in the professional era of the game. More prominent have been brothers: the Flowers, the Rennies, the Strangs, the Masakakadzas. Then the cousins, Guy and Andy Whittall. An uncle...

BY SPORTSCAST WRITER HARARE – Shepherd Makunura, so highly regarded he was touted by admirers as a future coach of Zimbabwe’s national cricket team – and deemed by as many to be one of the best black cricketers never to...