No Test cricket cap, but academic cap for MBA graduate Stephen Nyamuzinga
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HARARE – Growing up in Zimbabwe, sporty Stephen Nyamuzinga yearned for a Test cap for his country in the pinnacle format of world cricket.
But he will now don a different kind of a cap after graduating with...
Job offer ‘too good to ignore’ for Zimbabwe’s new English bowling coach
Somerset bowling coach, Steve Kirby, will be leaving the Club at the end of the season to take up the position of lead bowling coach for Zimbabwe.
The former fast bowler played for Somerset between 2011 and 2014, claiming over...
A happy Zimbabwean story, at least, from Down Under
HARARE – Tinashe Panyangara travels four hours combined every week from state capital Melbourne to small town Traralgon, down the south-western part of Victoria, to play for one of the top cricket clubs over there.
It’s a distance of roughly...
Zimbabwe stun Australia in historic ODI win
TOWNSVILLE, Australia – Zimbabwe stunned a nearly full-strength Australia by three wickets yesterday to claim a historic victory in the third one-day international in Townsville.
After leg-spinner Ryan Burl (5-10) played a starring role in dismissing the hosts for a...
Australia records eight-wicket win over Zimbabwe to claim ODI series in Townsville
TOWNSVILLE, Australia – Steve Smith and Alex Carey have delivered a winning partnership as Australia claimed its ODI series against Zimbabwe with a comfortable eight-wicket win with 212 balls to spare in Townsville.
Chasing a paltry 97 runs, openers David...
No Ervine yet but Muzarabani back as Zimbabwe leave for tough Australia tour
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HARARE – Wicketkeeper Regis Chakabva will continue to lead Zimbabwe in the absence of injured regular captain Craig Ervine while premier pace bowler Blessing Muzarabani has returned to the side for the daunting three-match ODI tour of...
India complete whitewash of Zimbabwe despite Raza heroics
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HARARE – A magnificent century from Sikandar Raza (pictured) wasn’t sufficient to get Zimbabwe to the 290 runs they needed for victory to avoid a whitewash by India in the final ODI of a three-match series at...
India hammer Zimbabwe in first ODI to take lead
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HARARE – Pacer Deepak Chahar was man-of-the-match with 3-27 as India hammered Zimbabwe by 10 wickets on Thursday to take a 1-0 lead in the three match one-day series as the host side was handed a reality...
India, Zimbabwe and the possibility of cricket’s version of a solar eclipse
There's nothing like staring into a sky full of stars, and feeling as though you're falling headfirst into the endless deep of the cosmos, to make you feel small and insignificant. India's visits to Zimbabwe are, like a solar...
Bigger St George’s T20 tournament returns
IT’S back, and promises to be fresher and more exciting!
The CABS-sponsored St George’s College Smashing T20, one of the most entertaining schoolboy T20 tournaments in Africa, makes a welcome comeback following the pandemic-forced absence over the last couple of...