Steve Mangongo leads thriving private SA Academy on landmark tour of India
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HARARE – Former Zimbabwe national team cricket coach Steve Mangongo landed in India this week in charge of the Under-19 side of South Africa’s PowerPlay Sports Academy, a very exciting and thriving project he is a co-director of.
The...
Zimbabwe ace Sikandar Raza signed by IPL team Punjab Kings
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HARARE – Zimbabwe talisman Sikandar Raza has been rewarded for his scintillating form in white-ball cricket after he was signed by Indian Premier League (IPL) franchise Punjab Kings on Friday ahead of the 2023 season.
The 36-year-old Pakistani-born...
West Indies appoints interim coach for Zimbabwe, South Africa tour
ST JOHN’S, Antigua – Andre Coley has been named as the Interim Head Coach of the West Indies Men’s team for the upcoming tour of southern Africa.
Following a meeting of the Cricket West Indies’ (CWI) Board of Directors on...
England hopeful Ben Compton smashes first-class double century in Zimbabwe’s Logan Cup
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HARARE – Ben Compton, cousin of former England batter Nick Compton who once showed interest in playing for Zimbabwe, has scored the first first-class double century of his career after recording a magnificent innings for the Manicaland...
‘The best township cricketer never to play for his country’: Tributes paid to highly...
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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...
Ireland name squads for January’s white-ball tour of Zimbabwe
DUBLIN – Uncapped batter Stephen Doheny has been named in both ODI and T20I squads for Ireland's tour of Zimbabwe, which begins next month.
Doheny was a part of Ireland's T20 World Cup 2022 squad but did not get a...
Winston Weekes handed historical role in cricketing ties between South Africa and Barbados
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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,...
Ex-Zimbabwe cricket boss ‘Ellers’ remembered in a moving Memorial Service in Harare
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...
Gary Ballance signs Zimbabwe deal having left Yorkshire amid Azeem Rafiq racism scandal
LONDON – Former England batter Gary Ballance is poised to revive his international career with his native Zimbabwe, having signed a two-year contract after Yorkshire agreed to release him from his county deal two years early.
Ballance had not played...
Schedule released for Ireland’s January tour of Zimbabwe
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HARARE – Zimbabwe has released the programme for Ireland’s New Year white-ball tour of the country, with three ODIs and three T20Is confirmed.
It will be the first time that Zimbabwe will return to action since the T20...
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Zimbabwe appoints Michael Nees as new national football coach
HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — Zimbabwe has appointed Germany’s Michael Nees as its new football coach on Tuesday following a winless start to World Cup...
