Sports Cast

BY SPORTSCAST WRITER 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...

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...

BY SPORTSCAST WRITER 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...

BY SPORTSCAST WRITER 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...

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...

BY SPORTSCAST WRITER HARARE – Dynamos have appointed Herbert Maruwa as new coach after the Zimbabwean football giants relieved Tonderai Ndiraya of his duties when they decided against renewing his contract at the end of the just ended season. Ndiraya was...

BY SPORTSCAST WRITER 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,...

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...

HARARE – Two MultiChoice Zimbabwe staffers enjoyed a brief but exciting trip to Qatar for a 2023 FIFA World Cup experience in the past fortnight, after winning an internal competition. Blessing Masina and Gerald Hlabiso have returned home after the...

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...