Australia tour of Zimbabwe, 2004 news from Cricinfo.com

Zimbabwe opt out of Speed confrontation

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

After the ICC finally became involved in the current crisis in Zimbabwe, Malcolm Speed, their chief executive, now must have wished he hadn't have bothered

McGrath at the crossroads

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

It may be deep in the heart of football season, but Australia has a home Test cricket series less than a month away

Ponting stumped for positives

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

In the underwhelming aftermath of Australia's bastardised visit to Zimbabwe, Ricky Ponting was given pause for thought by the obligatory question of what, if anything, his team had gained from the venture

McGrath eyes a third way

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Glenn McGrath, fresh from the rare indignity of being overlooked as Australia's opening bowler, says he is prepared to reinvent himself as a wily old first-change operator.

Clarke and Gilchrist make light work of Zimbabwe

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Five wickets from Jason Gillespie and an unbeaten hundred by Michael Clarke helped Australia to a comfortable eight-wicket win against Zimbabwe in the third one-dayer at Harare

Zimbabwe ignoring cricket's 'core values' - May

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

The international players' association has called for the ICC to consider more than playing form when assessing the Zimbabwe crisis at its meeting next month

Lehmann stars as Zimbabwe collapse

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

It was never expected that any of the matches between Australia and the team supposedly representing Zimbabwe would be competitive: the only questions were how much the Aussies would win by, and whether the Zimbabweans could avoid total humiliation

Williams out of Zimbabwe tour

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

A back injury has cut short Brad Williams's tour of Zimbabwe, and with just two more one-day matches to be played, Cricket Australia have decided against calling up a replacement

I'm a whole new ball player, says Watson

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Shane Watson has warned his admirers to expect a vastly improved specimen from the precocious youngster who last played for Australia 16 months ago.

Ponting: 'We were a bit rusty'

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Ricky Ponting has promised that Australia will turn in a far more clinical performance in the second and third one-dayers against Zimbabwe later this week

Ponting and Martyn lead Australia's stroll to victory

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Although they probably had to work harder than they expected, in the end Australia cantered to victory over Zimbabwe by seven wickets in the first match of this rearranged one-day series at the Harare Sports Club

Horror in Harare

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Among those few fans who give a toss, all eyes will be on the toss when Australia play Zimbabwe in Harare this evening

Give us two years, pleads Taibu

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Tatenda Taibu, Zimbabwe's 21-year-old captain, believes it will be two years before his young, predominantly black team are strong enough to survive in Test cricket and four years before they start winning matches.

It might well be a farce admits Sutherland

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

It might well turn out to be a farce, but it's going ahead anyway

Players' association hits out at Australian board

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

The Federation of International Cricketers (FICA) has hit out at Cricket Australia for agreeing to play a three-match one-day series in Zimbabwe.

Zimbabwe could be stripped of Test status

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

There is every likelihood that Australia will push for Zimbabwe to be stripped of Test status when the International Cricket Council meets next month

Taibu continues to lead depleted side

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Zimbabwe have announced a 14-man squad for the three one-day internationals against Australia, at Harare on May 25, 27 and 29

Happy and inglorious

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

When Stuart MacGill declared himself unavailable to tour Zimbabwe a month ago he was reluctant to elaborate on the reasons why

Test series is cancelled

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Australia's two-Test series in Zimbabwe has been cancelled, after Cricket Australia accepted the Zimbabwe Cricket Union's offer to call it off

Zimbabwe facing Test suspension

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Zimbabwe's impending suspension from the ICC has taken a step closer to reality this afternoon

Time to leave, say Lillee and friends

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Several of Australian cricket's senior elders have given their blessings forthe team, currently fishing and playing golf as they wait for Friday'sannouncement on Zimbabwe's future, to come home

Rebels 'available for one-dayers'

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

According to a report in the Sydney Morning Herald newspaper, the Zimbabwean rebel cricketers have indicated that they would be available to play in one-day internationals against the Australians, whose touring party is currently in Harare

ICC to consider two-tier format

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

The ICC has stated that it is open to the idea of having a two-tier format for Tests

Australians may head home

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Australia's cricketers are likely to clear out of Zimbabwe rather than hang around for an unofficial, meaningless series if the two matches between the countries, scheduled to begin on Saturday, have their Test status revoked

Australians bat all day for 448

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

The future of this tour may be up in the air - it's hard to see the Australians staying in Zimbabwe if their Test series is stripped of full Test status by the ICC on Friday - it was business as usual for the Aussie batsmen on the second and final

ICC act to protect the 'integrity' of Test cricket

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

The International Cricket Council reacted swiftly to the news that Malcolm Speed, its chief executive, had flown to Zimbabwe only to be snubbed by the Zimbabwe Cricket Union

'I don't know what's right or wrong' - Gilchrist

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Australia's Test team appears increasingly uneasy about playing cricket against an understrength, predominantly black Zimbabwe side, Adam Gilchrist revealing he is

It's now or never

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Zimbabwe have been given one day to assemble a credible first XI or Australia's two-Test tour of the country may be shelved

Aussies on top in Harare

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

The Australians cruised through the first day of their two-day warm-up game in Harare, bowling out for Zimbabwe A for 151 then finishing up level, reaching the total for the loss of only one wicket befor bad light brought an early close

Zimbabwe A bat in tour opener

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Blessing Mahwire won the toss and chose to bat in the two-day tour opener against the Australians at the Zimbabwe Cricket Academy

Sean Ervine begins a new life

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

On the day that Australia begins one of the least appetising Test tours everundertaken, Sean Ervine begins the rest of his cricketing life

ICC works to find Zimbabwe solution

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Officially, the ICC is not getting drawn too deeply in the crisis threatening Zimbabwe cricket, but various newspaper reports over the weekend have indicated that it is working hard behind the scenes to try and broker a solution

McGrath sets his sights on 2007 World Cup

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Glenn McGrath is so eager to make up for lost time that he wants to extend his international cricket career by double the period of time he has been out through injury

Zimbabwe tour could be a 'waste of time' - Steve Waugh

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Steve Waugh has said that Australia's tour of Zimbabwe could turn out to be an exercise in futility if the impasse in Zimbabwe cricket, which has led to their fielding a second-string side, is not resolved

Keeping to the party line

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

The Australians' first press conference after arriving in Zimbabwe was an understandably cautious affair on both sides

ZCU gives rebels a further 21 days to return

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

The Zimbabwe Cricket Union has given the 15 rebel players a further 21 days to return to practice and make themselves available for selection, starting from today

Sean Ervine announces retirement

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

In the latest episode of the deepening crisis in Zimbabwe cricket, Sean Ervine, one of the 15-man group which has been sacked by the board, has announced his retirement and left the country to go to Australia

Greg Chappell favours exiling Zimbabwe

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Greg Chappell, the former Australian captain, says cricket authorities should consider exiling Zimbabwe from the international game in the same way that South Africa was boycotted during the 1970s and 80s

ICC being dragged to the table

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

After months, if not years, of steadfastly refusing to be drawn into any involvement with the deteriorating situation surrounding Zimbabwe cricket, the International Cricket Council is finally being forced to climb down off the fence and consider

Aussies going to Zimbabwe because they're scared not to

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Fear for their personal futures appears to be the only thing stopping several Australian players from pulling out of this month's increasingly ridiculous tour of Zimbabwe

May makes last-ditch appeal to ICC

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

As Australia's cricketers prepare to take on Zimbabwe in the most one-sided and farcical Test series in history, the chief executive of the world players' association, Tim May, has flown to Dubai to hold last-minute talks with representatives of the

The show must go on

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Australia's cricketers have been briefed on the latest situation in Zimbabwe and will fly out to the country on Thursday with neither fear nor regret, John Buchanan, their coach, has declared

Rebels agree middle-man to liaise with board

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

A ray of hope has emerged in the ongoing dispute between the Zimbabwe Cricket Union and the 15 disaffected players

Rebels agree middle-man to liaise with board

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

A ray of hope has emerged in the ongoing dispute between the Zimbabwe Cricket Union and the 15 disaffected players

Lehmann concerned about touring Zimbabwe

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Darren Lehmann has admitted that he is concerned about the prospect of travelling to Zimbabwe

Rebels to boycott Test

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

The four 'rebel' Zimbabwean cricketers selected for the first Test against Sri Lanka, which starts at Harare on Thursday, have pulled out of the match after the Zimbabwe Cricket Union refused a request from the 15 disaffected players for independent

Ozais Bvute: the ZCU's loose cannon

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

More stories have emerged over the weekend concerning the bully-boy tactics of Zimbabwe Cricket Union board member Ozais Bvute

Australia confident of tour running smoothly

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Despite the uncertainty in Zimbabwe and reports of a fist-fight between two high-ranking officials, Cricket Australia is confident that their upcoming tour will run smoothly

Rebels issue Tuesday ultimatum to board

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Zimbabwe's rebel players have given the Zimbabwe Cricket Union (ZCU) a deadline of Tuesday to agree to arbitration to try and bring the dispute to a conclusion

Rebels set to resume training

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

The stand-off between the 15 rebel cricketers and the Zimbabwe Cricket Union may be nearing an end, after it was announced by the ZCU that the players would be returning to training on April 30, and that they were back in consideration for selection

Marsh accused of 'abandoning' rebels

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Geoff Marsh has been accused of abandoning Zimbabwe's rebel players during their stand-off with the Zimbabwe Cricket Union

Streak all praise for MacGill

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Heath Streak has lauded Stuart MacGill's decision to withdraw from Australia's tour of Zimbabwe

Cricket Australia: Other players won't join MacGill

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Cricket Australia is confident that more players will not join Stuart MacGill in his decision not to tour Zimbabwe on moral grounds

More Australians may boycott Zimbabwe

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Up to seven Australian cricketers are considering following Stuart MacGill's lead, and may pull out of next month's controversial tour of Zimbabwe on moral grounds

Australian government 'appalled' at Zimbabwe situation

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Alexander Downer, Australia's foreign minister, has ruled out any federal government intervention in Australia's upcoming cricket tour of Zimbabwe

MacGill pulls out of Zimbabwe tour

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Stuart MacGill has pulled out of Australia's tour of Zimbabwe next month citing moral reasons

McGrath included in squad for Zimbabwe

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Australia have announced their Test and one-day squads for the forthcoming tour of Zimbabwe

Ponting: 'It would be disappointing to play a second or third string side'

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Ricky Ponting has admitted that Australia have little interest in playing against a below-strength Zimbabwe

Symonds likely to miss out on Zimbabwe tour

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Andrew Symonds is in danger of being axed from the Australian Test squad for the forthcoming tour of Zimbabwe, according to a report in the Sydney Morning Herald

Australia to go ahead with Zimbabwe tour

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

The ongoing crisis in Zimbabwe will have no impact on Australia's proposed tour to that country in May this year

Board monitors Zimbabwe situation

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Cricket Australia has said that it is monitoring the deteriorating situation in Zimbabwe extremely closely, but added that May's tour was not in doubt

Cricket Australia sanctions Zimbabwe tour

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Cricket Australia has said that Australia's tour of Zimbabwe will go ahead as planned

Zimbabwe opposition call for cancellation

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Zimbabwe's major opposition party, the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC), has called on the Australians to cancel their planned visit to the country.The plea came as Australian cricket officials arrived in Harare to inspect facilities and

Australian delegation in Zimbabwe

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Cricket Australia have sent a three-man delegation to Zimbabwe to inspect facilities, and take a look at security ahead of Australia's tour in May

McGrath 'fresher, keener, and looking forward to playing'

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Glenn McGrath hit back at critics who have been keen to write him off as a player, claiming that he was fitter and stronger than ever after his enforced seven-month lay-off

Zimbabwe opposition calls for tour to be cancelled

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

The Movement for Democratic Change has asked the Australian team to scrap their proposed trip in May

Australian board denies government pressure on Zimbabwe tour

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Cricket Australia has denied that the Australian government has put pressure on it to cancel Australia's forthcoming tour to Zimbabwe

Cricket Australia statement on planned Zimbabwe tour

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Statement by Chief Executive Officer James Sutherland

Streak urges Australia to tour

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Heath Streak, Zimbabwe's captain, is doing his best to argue the case for Australia's tour of Zimbabwe going ahead

Streak urges Australia to tour

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Heath Streak, Zimbabwe's captain, is doing his best to argue the case for Australia's tour of Zimbabwe going ahead

Australia A too strong for Zimbabweans

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

In an ominous premonition of what lies in store in the VB Series later this month, Zimbabwe were overwhelmed by 119 runs at Adelaide, as Marcus North's century guided Australia A to an impregnable total of 327 for 6

Australia tour of Zimbabwe under review

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Australia's tour of Zimbabwe is likely to go ahead only if the team's well-being is assured