De Souza relishes beating ex-Springbok coach Allister Coetzee
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HARARE – Zimbabwe Under-20 rugby coach Shaun De Souza says his team’s victory over a Namibian side coached by former South Africa senior team boss Allister Coetzee was “special” and tested his bench’s coaching skills.
Hosts Zimbabwe, who...
Zimbabwe lose thriller to host Sri Lanka to go 1-0 down
Sri Lanka's ninth-wicket partnership snuck their team home in the Colombo rain, battling off a spirited Zimbabwe bowling and fielding performance led by Richard Ngarava. Defending only 209, Nagara took early wickets, and finished with 5 for 32 from...
22 years on, Tatenda Taibu still proves he was no ordinary player but, in...
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HARARE – Take a look at these names: Yuvraj Singh, Shikhar Dhawan, Cheteshwar Pujara, Shubman Gill, Yashasvi Jaiswal.
Of course, they are all Indian cricket players who have made a mark on the game playing for one of...
Jonno Campbell closes in on family milestone, earns maiden Zimbabwe call-up
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HARARE – Johnathan Campbell will become the fourth son of a former Zimbabwean player to also feature for the country in international cricket after the batsman was included in the African country’s squad for the forthcoming T20I...
Namibia beat Zimbabwe to take one-nil series lead
WINDHOEK – In the opening match of Zimbabwe’s five-match T20I tour of Namibia, the hosts won the contest by seven wickets at the Wanderers Cricket Ground on Tuesday.
The visitors, Zimbabwe, won the toss and elected to bat first, setting...
‘It’s time!’: Mtongwiza outlines ambitious vision for Zimrugby
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HARARE – Losson Mtongwiza has always had a romantic connection to the Rugby World Cup since he keenly followed Zimbabwe’s progress at the 1991 edition as a star-struck 17-year-old Prince Edward schoolboy.
That early experience for the famed...
Hasaranga takes 7 for 19 as Sri Lanka win series against Zimbabwe
Wanindu Hasaranga wrecked the Zimbabwe batting order with 7 for 19 in his first international in seven months, his googly causing devastation on a major scale, his slider and legbreak not far behind. Through the course of an innings...
‘He scored lots of goals because he was real, and that’s how he also...
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HARARE – Norman Maroto – the last player to reach the 20-goal mark in a season in Zimbabwe’s top-flight football league – achieved this scoring feat because he stayed true to himself, according to ex-teammate Leonard Fiyado.
Maroto...
Raza-less Zimbabwe lose as trio take Ireland to series-levelling win
Zimbabwe and Ireland produced another close contest, but this time it was Ireland who came out on top to level the T20I series at 1-1 with one to play. A stand of 66 runs off 43 balls between Harry...
ZC accepts Houghton’s resignation as Zimbabwe head coach
The Zimbabwe Cricket (ZC) Board has accepted Dave Houghton’s resignation from his position as Head Coach of the Zimbabwe Senior Men’s National Team with immediate effect.
He will, however, remain with ZC as the Board looks to re-assign him to...