‘Football has no race, no religion, and no ethnic background’: Zimbabwe hopeful Summerfield
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HARARE – Many sporty young white Zimbabweans endeavour to be the next Andy Flower on the cricket field, the next Nick Price on the golf course, the next Kirsty Coventry in the swimming pool.
20-year-old Sebastien Summerfield has...
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...
Dynamos appoints Herbert Maruwa as new head coach
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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...
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...
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Munetsi says he’s back ‘home’ in Orlando as Zimbabwe host Lesotho...
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HARARE – Stadium-less Zimbabwe are forced to host Lesotho in South Africa this Friday as World Cup qualifiers return this week, but...
