‘We had to believe in the system’: Triumphant Sogo Rangers delight in young guns’...
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HARARE – Sogo Rangers, who have won Zimbabwe’s National Premier League (NPL) title in their debut season after beating a very experienced Takashinga 1 side in the final, had toyed with the idea of fielding three national...
Musakanda breaks 40-year club record in UK: ‘I’ve found my feet again’
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HARARE – Tarisai Musakanda has become the first Barton Cricket Club player in 40 years to score more than 1 000 runs in a season, a feat that helped the Torquay side gain promotion to the Devon...
‘He hits the ball sweetly’: Coach Maron hypes up Zimbabwean batting sensation Schadendorf
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HARARE – Sogo Rangers have won six out of six pool matches in Zimbabwe’s National Premier League ahead of beginning of the play-offs on Tuesday – with the club’s in-form batsman Jayden Schadendorf emerging as a standout...
From keeping scores at the cricket ground, to keeping nature clean through beauty
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HARARE – At cricket grounds around her hometown Harare, Panashe Magadu not only is a familiar face, but a pretty one.
Panashe is a cricket lover and she’s is lucky that she gets to work for the game...
‘Zim is a hidden treasure’: World-renowned SA coach Maron happy to work at club...
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HARARE – South African Ryan Maron, who has been fielding coach for West Indies and Afghanistan’s national teams, doesn’t consider his new and brief role on the club cricket scene in Zimbabwe as less important.
49-year-old Maron was...
‘So proud of them, really proud’: Mangongo lauds players as Zim Emerging snatch face-saving...
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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
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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...