‘So proud of them, really proud’: Mangongo lauds players as Zim Emerging snatch face-saving...
BY SPORTSCAST WRITER
BULAWAYO – Zimbabwe Emerging coach Stephen Mangongo was a relieved man on Saturday after his side snatched a three-run victory to avoid a series whitewash against a very young South African side at Queens Sports Club.
Mangongo felt...
‘I’m not sure they’re under-performing’: two-time World Cup-winning coach attributes Zim’s decline to resources
BY ENOCK MUCHINJO
HARARE – Australian coach John Buchanan – who guided his country to two straight World Cup titles in 2003 and 2007 – reckons Zimbabwe’s spectacular fall from being a dangerous underdog of global cricket to no-hopers is...
‘It’s frustrating’: Mangongo reacts after defeat to a ‘truly SA Emerging squad’
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BULAWAYO – Stephen Mangongo, coach of a Zimbabwe Emerging cricket team currently hosting their South African counterparts, says the heavy defeat to the neighbours in the first four-day match is of a greater concern to him because...
Tucker and McBrine lead Ireland’s recovery in four-wicket win over Zimbabwe
BELFAST – Lorcan Tucker and Andy McBrine led the way as Ireland staged an impressive recovery to beat Zimbabwe by four wickets in their one-off cricket test at Stormont Cricket Ground on Sunday.
Tucker made 56 and McBrine scored 55...
Irish gain lead over Zimbabwe at rain-hit Stormont
BELFAST – A last-wicket partnership of 47 helped Ireland to a 28-run first-innings advantage against Zimbabwe after day two of the Test at Stormont.
Andy McBrine (28) and Matthew Humphreys (27 not out) plundered late runs as the Irish made...
Ireland limit Zimbabwe to 210 on rain-shortened first day of Belfast Test
BELFAST — Fast bowler Barry McCarthy took 3-42 to help Ireland dismiss Zimbabwe for 210 on a rain-shortened first day Thursday of their historic one-off cricket Test.
Zimbabwe was 97 without loss after lunch but collapsed and lost its last...
Ireland v Zimbabwe: White excited for ‘historic’ first Test match in NI
It does not quite trip off the tongue but the little Belfast venue is set to create a big slice of cricket history by hosting the first Test match in Northern Ireland.
It will become the 123rd ground to stage...
Nick Welch, Antum Naqvi named in Zim Emerging squad to host South Africans
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HARARE – Nick Welch will aim to resurrect his career through a Zimbabwe Emerging side set to host their South African counterparts at the end of the month.
South Africa Emerging XI will arrive in Bulawayo on 30...
Chigumbura coaches Zimbabwe A on ‘mysterious’ UK tour…15-man squad already in England
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HARARE – The mystery over a second-string Zimbabwean cricket team's tour of the United Kingdom has been kind of solved by SportsCast, who can reveal that former national team captain Elton Chigumbura is coaching the side, with...
‘The level of skills is slackening off’: Zim coach reacts after ruthless India clinch...
BY SPORTSCAST WRITER
HARARE – Justin Sammons, Zimbabwe’s new cricket coach, has conceded that his team needs to “up the skills” after India completed a thumping series-clinching 10-wicket win to give the South African tactician a proper baptism of fire.
India...
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Mourinho: New Highlanders coach is ‘fantastic’
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BULAWAYO – Jose Mourinho five years ago described the new coach of Zimbabwean top-flight football club Highlanders as “fantastic” in a short...
