Cricket

BULAWAYO – Hosts Zimbabwe smashed Singapore by a record 111 runs in their opening match at the T20 World Cup Global Qualifier B at Queens Club here on Monday while the USA recorded a convincing eight wickets win over...

Zimbabwe took on Namibia in the third match of the five-match series. The match took place at the Wanderers Cricket Ground in Windhoek and saw the Zimbabwean side emerge victorious in the contest by six wickets. With the win...

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 HARARE – Sikandar Raza, Zimbabwe’s talismanic all-rounder, has been short-listed for three major International Cricket Council (ICC) awards following a splendid year in the two white-ball formats. The 36-year-old star was in majestic form with the bat for...

HARARE – Zimbabwe cricketer Wessly Madhevere has blamed peer pressure and naïvety for assuming using recreational drugs was just a way of having “fun”. “The first thing that led me to taking drugs, specifically marijuana, I think it was just...

BY SPORTSCAST WRITER HARARE – The much anticipated international career of Nick Welch will finally begin after the 25-year-old batsman was included in Zimbabwe’s squad for the end of month tour of Namibia. Welch spent three seasons with English county side...

HARARE – Brendan Taylor, former Zimbabwe cricket captain, was handed a three-year ban earlier this year for failing to report a match-fixing approach from a trip to India. He made the trip in October 2019 where he received $15,000 which...

BY JOSEPH MADYEMBWA LONDON – The stage is set for a thrilling showdown between Zimbabwe and the Netherlands as the ICC World Cup Qualifier proceeds at the iconic Harare Sports Club on Tuesday. Both teams are vying for a spot in...

BY SPORTSCAST WRITER HARARE – A Barbados cricket team will tour South Africa towards the end of next year on the invitation of PowerPlay Sports Academy, a sports school which works with Zimbabwean cricket development stalwart Steve Mangongo. Barbadian-born Winston Weekes,...

BY SPORTSCAST WRITER HARARE – Ireland star batsman Paul Stirling wants to see his team finally play Test cricket against Zimbabwe after bad weather forced an one all ODI-series draw on Monday, the latest of the two rivals’ closely-fought shorter...