Walking up the down escalator

Dec 27, 2014: Player strikes, defeats against fellow minnows, and mountains of debt for the board marked another grim year

Zimbabwe news

OB van impounded in latest ZC financial snag

Dec 17, 2014: Zimbabwe Cricket's mounting debt problems came to a head on Tuesday afternoon, when the deputy sheriff in Harare impounded its Outside Broadcast van, as well as vehicles used by managing director Wilfred Mukondiwa and selector Givemore Makoni

Australia v South Africa, tri-series final, Harare

Swinging Steyn stings Australia

Sep 6, 2014: Once he had the ball reversing, Dale Steyn showed why he is the world's finest bowler

Australia v South Africa, Tri-series, final, Harare

'It was a 280-300 wicket' - Bailey

Sep 6, 2014: George Bailey rued the inability of his batsmen to weather the Dale Steyn storm after Australia's six-wicket defeat to South Africa in the final of the Zimbabwean tri-series

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Bailey wary of du Plessis threat

Sep 5, 2014: George Bailey, Australia's stand-in captain, believes that the South Africa's in-form batsman Faf du Plessis did not give "many clues as to how to get him out"

Zimbabwe v South Africa, Tri-series, Harare

Du Plessis in the form of his career - de Villiers

Sep 4, 2014: South Africa captain AB de Villiers believes that Faf du Plessis is in the form of his international career, after the batsman struck his third hundred of the series to power South Africa into the final

Zimbabwe v South Africa, Tri-series, Harare

'Could have won if we supported Taylor' - Chigumbura

Sep 4, 2014: Zimbabwe didn't have a realistic chance of qualifying for the final, but they could have beaten South Africa if Brendan Taylor had more support at the other end, Elton Chigumbura has said

Zimbabwe v South Africa, Tri-series, Harare

South Africa not taking it easy

Sep 3, 2014: Russell Domingo suggested that there is unlikely to be any experimentation in the South African line-up in their final group game against Zimbabwe

Australia v South Africa, tri-series, Harare

Marsh works his Mitchcraft on South Africa

Sep 2, 2014: Mitchell Marsh said that he had been working on his bowling "to get it up to a great level", after his all-round display in Harare helped Australia seal a place in the tri-series final with a 62-run win against South Africa

Zimbabwe v Australia, Tri-series, Harare

Utseya's intent played a big part - Chigumbura

Aug 31, 2014: Elton Chigumbura has said that Prosper Utseya's positivity with the bat played a big part in Zimbabwe's historic win against Australia

Zimbabwe v Australia, Tri-series, Harare

Harare electric as Zimbabwe bring it home

Aug 31, 2014: There were nerves in the stands at the Harare Sports Club, there was also dancing and laughter, and for once it ended in a historic win for Zimbabwe, and not in tears

Zimbabwe v South Africa, Tri-series, Harare

Amla pleased with South Africa's intensity

Aug 29, 2014: Hashim Amla said South Africa's victory was especially pleasing because they won after a batting "blowout"

Zimbabwe v South Africa, Tri-series, Harare

Loss deflates Utseya's worthy achievement

Aug 29, 2014: Zimbabwe's hero of the moment was as improbable as the South African scoreline. Almost always economical but hardly ever incisive, Prosper Utseya's career economy rate has always hovered around four, even as his average inflated towards fifty

Zimbabwe v South Africa, Tri-series, Harare

Zimbabwe 'ready to go' as rumours swirl

Aug 28, 2014: Steve Mangongo said there would continue to be changes to the Zimbabwe XI as they seek a winning formula but denied that Steven Trenchard was in line for selection

Australia v South Africa, Tri-series, Harare

Bailey defends Lyon exclusion

Aug 27, 2014: George Bailey, Australia's stand-in captain, defended his team's decision to leave Nathan Lyon out of their playing XI against South Africa, insisting that the offspinner's absence "didn't turn the match"

Australia v South Africa, Tri-series, Harare

'Want to make No. 3 my own' - Du Plessis

Aug 27, 2014: Faf du Plessis, who scored his maiden ODI ton, said he was looking forward to make more hundreds in his new role at No. 3

Australia v South Africa, Tri-series, Harare

No broken windows in run-fest

Aug 27, 2014: Plays of the day from the tri-series match between Australia and South Africa in Harare

Zimbabwe tri-series

Panyangara expelled for indiscipline

Aug 27, 2014: Tinashe Panyangara has been removed from Zimbabwe's squad for their tri-series, for allegedly sharing a video of Mitchell Johnson bowling during the Ashes with team-mates via their group Whatsapp chat

Zimbabwe v Australia, Tri-series, Harare

Marsh looks to build on 'special' knock

Aug 25, 2014: It remains to be seen whether Marsh's top-order promotion will continue in the long term and he can emulate his cricketing hero, Jacques Kallis, but his productive start in the position will not have hurt his efforts.

Zimbabwe v Australia, Tri-series, Harare

Unforgiving Australia expose Zimbabwe's cracks

Aug 25, 2014: Helmed by an overburdened head coach and weighed down by inconsistent selection, Zimbabwe's faults were glaringly obvious in their heaviest-ever defeat to Australia