Cricket

BY SPORTSCAST WRITER BULAWAYO – Notorious former small-time cricketer Dumisani Mankunzini, who has been behind bars for nearly three months now, has once again been denied bail and hauled back to cells on three charges of fraud. He appeared before the...

BY SPORTSCAST WRITER HARARE – Ireland won by 46 runs despite former England batter Gary Ballance’s half century for Zimbabwe as the touring side levelled the three-match one-day international series one all on Saturday. Put to bat, Ireland totalled 294-7 after...

HARARE – Clive Madande struck a four off the final ball of a rain-interrupted one-day international thriller in Harare on Wednesday to give Zimbabwe a three-wicket victory over Ireland. The home side needed 13 runs from their last over under...

BY SPORTSCAST WRITER HARARE – Talisman Sikandar Raza has returned to the Zimbabwe team for the three-match ODI series against Ireland while veteran batter Chamu Chibhabha is re-called for the first time in two years. Raza missed the T20I contest, won...

BY SPORTSCAST WRITER HARARE – All-rounder Ryan Burl bagged his second man-of-the-match award as Zimbabwe beat Ireland by four wickets to seal the T20I series 2-1 on Sunday. Leg-spinner Burl first took 2-28 after Zimbabwe won toss and elected to field...

BY SPORTSCAST WRITER HARARE – Ross Adair made the move from professional rugby to cricket few years back, but the switch was just for “fun”, he didn’t expect to achieve anything meaningful in his new sport, let alone play internationally...

BY SPORTSCAST WRITER HARARE – Zimbabwe held nerves to pull off an exciting five wicket win over Ireland in the first T20I  on Thursday to take a one nil lead in the three-match series. Man-of-the-match Ryan Burl helped the hosts bowl...

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...

BY SPORTSCAST WRITER HARARE – Zimbabwe senior player Sean Williams has welcomed former England batter Gary Ballance’s switch of allegiance to the African team, saying the move will lift a perpetually struggling batting line-up. Batting all-rounder Williams was Zimbabwe’s captain at...

BY SPORTSCAST WRITER HARARE – Sinikiwe Mpofu, the former Zimbabwe Women cricket player, has died suddenly on Saturday morning less than a month after the death of her husband Shepherd Makunura, also an ex-cricketer. Mpofu, who was a key player in...