Cricket

BY SPORTSCAST WRITER HARARE – Contrary to earlier reports, Dave Houghton has continued to take charge of Zimbabwe’s cricket team, and the board hast not met to deal with the crisis of failing to qualify for the T20 World Cup. Reports...

BY SPORTSCAST WRITER HARARE – It has emerged that the sacking of Dave Houghton as Zimbabwe’s cricket coach came after a recent contract renewal that gave him full control of the team, SportsCast has established. 66-year-old Houghton, a legendary former national...

Zimbabwe have been knocked out of contention, while Uganda joined Namibia in qualifying for the 2024 men's T20 World Cup after they beat Rwanda in the last round of matches in the Africa leg of the qualifiers. Though Zimbabwe...

BY SPORTSCAST WRITER HARARE – Pat Buckle, an Olympic Games gold medalist and mother of star Zimbabwe cricketer Sean Williams, has leapt to the defence of her son in the wake of criticism of some players after Sunday’s shock defeat...

BY SPORTSCAST WRITER HARARE – Defeat to Uganda in a T20 World Cup qualifier may well sound the death knell for a Zimbabwe cricket team that has dropped all pretence to be an international outfit worth anybody’s time. Now following the...

BY SPORTSCAST WRITER HARARE – Five players from Pakistan are now in Zimbabwe for the domestic season in an arrangement designed to expose the African country’s batsmen to quality bowling. Four are fast bowlers while veteran Jalat Khan bowls left-arm orthodox...

BY SPORTSCAST WRITER WINDHOEK – The slide continues for Zimbabwe’s cricket team after the Namibia handed them a seven wicket defeat in the opening match of the T20 World Cup qualifiers for Africa in Windhoek on Wednesday. Zimbabwe, an ICC full...

Zimbabwe have announced their 15-man squad for the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup Qualifier Africa 2023 to be staged in Namibia starting next week. This will be all-rounder Sikandar Raza’s first assignment since his appointment as team captain for the...

Ireland will be touring Zimbabwe to play a bilateral series for the second time in 2023 as Zimbabwe cricket confirmed the itinerary for the white-ball series in December. The two teams will first square off in a three-match T20I series,...

BY SPORTSCAST WRITER HARARE – All-rounder Sikandar Raza has been appointed Zimbabwe’s new T20 captain, replacing fellow veteran Craig Ervine. Ervine, who was skipper in both white-ball formats at international level, will now lead the side in ODIs and Test cricket. It...