England tour of Zimbabwe, 2004/05 news from Cricinfo.com

Morgan backs himself into a corner

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

The last 48 hours have turned into a nightmare for the England & WalesCricket Board

Maynard hoping to be coaching success

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Matthew Maynard hopes to be a success as he takes up the role of England`s assistant coach

Disillusioned Zimbabwe rebels end the standoff

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

A line has finally been drawn under the long-standing dispute between Zimbabwe's rebel players and their cricket board

England arrive in Namibia

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

The phoney war is almost over

Thorpe accuses ECB of breaking promise

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Graham Thorpe has expressed disenchantment with theECB which, he claims, told players they would not have to travel to Zimbabwe against their wishes

Vaughan not looking forward to Zimbabwe

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

England's captain Michael Vaughan has admitted that he is not looking forward to the forthcoming tour of Zimbabwe

Sony to broadcast Zimbabwe series

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

England supporters will be able to follow the five-match series in Zimbabwe after Sony TV announced that they have bought the rights to show the games

England all set to tour Zimbabwe

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

England's cricketers have finally been given the green light to tour Zimbabwe this November.

Protesters target England matches

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Further protests by previous offender more than likely during one day series

England to get Zimbabwe green light

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

ECB happy with security arrangements in Harare and Bulawayo

Strauss voices doubts about Zimbabwe

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

As England's selectors prepare to name their squad for the controversial five-match tour of Zimbabwe, which takes place in November, Andrew Strauss has become the latest player to voice serious doubts about the morality of playing sport in such a

Full-strength side will tour Zimbabwe, says Graveney

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

David Graveney, England's chairman of selectors, today insisted that England will take a full-strength squad to Zimbabwe for five one-dayers in November and December, although players carrying slight injuries may be left out to give them a chance to

ICC decision means tour almost certain to proceed

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Delegation from the ECB arrives in Harare to assess the security arrangements for the tour

Zimbabwe to return to Test cricket

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Zimbabwe's Test status will be restored after their tour of Bangladesh next year

No evidence of racism in Zimbabwe cricket

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Ehsan Mani satisfied with findings of report

Morgan defends his role in selection decisions

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

David Morgan, the chairman of the England and Wales Cricket Board, spent much of the last 48 hours mounting a rearguard action against a wave of criticism following the naming of the England squad to tour Zimbabwe in November

England players voice doubts about tour

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

If the England & Wales Cricket Board thought it had put the Zimbabwe issue on the backburner for the time being, it has another thing coming

Opposition fury as England confirm tour

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

The controversy surrounding England's tour of Zimbabwe has heightened, following yesterday's announcement of a weakened squad for the series of five one-day internationals, which will take place at the end of November

Flintoff and Trescothick stay at home

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

The England selectors today announced their one-day squads to tour Zimbabwe and South Africa this winter

England to announce weakened touring squad

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

England's squad for the controversial tour of Zimbabwe in November will be revealed this afternoon, and it is likely that the names of several senior players will be absent, some for political reasons, other because they need their batteries

Taibu laments England pull-outs

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Tatenda Taibu has spoken of his disappointment that England will be missing several big-name players during next month's one-day series

Zimbabwe's chief selector blames batsmen

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Zimbabwe's batsmen are to blame for the recent 4-0 one-day series defeat by England, according to Macsood Ebrahim, the head of the selection committee

'Calm, strong and in control'

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Now it's over, Fleet Street's finest look for anyone who has come out well from England's tour of Zimbabwe

England cruise to the clean sweep

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

England completed a whitewash with an ultimately simple 74-run demolition of Zimbabwe at Bulawayo

Bulawayo's big day out

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Roving Reporter by Steven Price at Bulawayo

Solanki and Bell's fireworks set up England's victory

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

A blistering opening assault from Vikram Solanki and Ian Bell hurtled England towards a convincing eight-wicket victory in the third match of this four-match series at Bulawayo

England refuse compensation demands

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

England are refusing to pay Zimbabwe Cricket any compensation as a result of decision not to reschedule the first one-dayer which was due to have been played in Harare

Streak hints at a possible return to Zimbabwe team

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Heath Streak has indicated that he might play again for Zimbabwe if conditions in the country improve

'Suspension was never on the radar'

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Ehsan Mani, the president of the ICC, has said that suspending England from international cricket was never really considered

'Suspension was never on the radar'

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Ehsan Mani, the president of the ICC, has said that suspending England from international cricket was never really considered

Zimbabwe's unwavering supporter

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Roving Reporter in Harare

England fume at politicisation of interview

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

'We told you so,' was the message from the many critics who warned that England's visit to Zimbabwe would be used by the Mugabe regime for political capital after an interview with Ian Bell was used by the pro-government Daily Herald to show

Pietersen and Jones set up a crushing victory

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

England strolled to an ultimately simple 161-run victory in the second one-day international at Harare

Test captains unite in the fight against HIV/AIDS

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

The captains of nine Test-playing nations have jointly released a statement in support of the fight against HIV/AIDS to coincide with World Aids today on December 1

England 'playing into Mugabe's hands'

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Morgan Tsvangirai, Zimbabwe's opposition leader, said that the England trip played right into the hands of Robert Mugabe

Derek Pringle faces deportation

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

England's tour of Zimbabwe has been plunged into further doubt after the journalist Derek Pringle refused to restrict his coverage to cricket only

Getting shirty

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Tendai Hungwe reports on why a journalist was threatened for wearing the wrong kind of shirt

An uneasy calm

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Steve Price reports on how not all is as it seems as Harare Sports Club prepares for the first one-dayer

Rusty England dust off the cobwebs

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

England eased to a five-wicket win in the opening match of the series at Harare Sport Club, but it was a more straightforward victory than the margin suggests

Vaughan threatens to pull out of Zimbabwe

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Michael Vaughan says England will pull out of Zimbabwe if they are used as political pawns

Weary Morgan looks for 'closure'

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

After 48 hours in which he was locked in meetings with officials from Zimbabwe Cricket in a bid to save England's tour, David Morgan, the ECB's chairman, has expressed him hope that taking the field against Zimbabwe will bring 'closure' of the whole

England touch down in Harare

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

The England side finally arrived in Harare on Friday along with many of the journalists whose ban had originally threatened the future of the tour

'Leadership has failed them once more'

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Few reporters had good words for either the ICC or the ECB as they repacked their bags and prepared to head for Zimbabwe

The unlucky 13

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

We highlight which organisations been granted permission to enter Zimbabwe and which ones haven't

Tour resumes as Zimbabwe lift ban

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

The Zimbabwe government has lifted the ban on foreign journalists, clearing the way for England's tour to go ahead

England cancel flight to Zimbabwe

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

England's cricketers have cancelled their scheduled flight to Zimbabwe on the orders of the ECB, and are meeting in a hotel in Johannesburg to assess the situation, following the Zimbabwe government's decision to refuse visas to 13 members of the

'This is a game of cricket, not politics'

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Robert Mugabe's regime has banned 13 cricket correspondents from entering Zimbabwe ahead of England's five one-day matches in the country which start on Friday (Nov 26)

The surprise is that anyone was surprised

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

The news that a batch of British journalists have been refused permission to enter Zimbabwe to cover England's five one-day internationals should not have come as a surprise to anyone

Tour to go ahead, says ECB

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

England's tour of Zimbabwe will go ahead as scheduled despite the media ban imposed on several British journalists

Several journalists refused entry to Zimbabwe

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

The ECB are holding urgent talks with the authorities in Zimbabwe after a number of journalists were denied entry to Zimbabwe to cover England's forthcoming five-match one-day series, which is scheduled to start later this week

Solanki shines as England coast to victory

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

A spirited 82 from Vikram Solanki carried the England XI to a seven-wicket victory against Namibia at Windhoek in their last warm-up match before the one-day series against Zimbabwe starts on Friday (Nov 26)

Vaughan's 89 sets up victory at Windhoek

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Michael Vaughan led from the front as his England XI recorded a comfortable 67-run victory in the first match of their southern African tour against Namibia at the Wanderers ground in Windhoek

Masakadza called up by Zimbabwe

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Hamilton Masakadza was surprisingly included in Zimbabwe's 16-man squad for the first two one-day internationals against England at Harare Sports Club on November 26 and 28

England request for beer match declined

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

England's hopes of giving all their squad a decent practice against Namibia have been thwarted after local officials refused a request to allow 14 players to take part in the two warm-up matches at Windhoek

Ebrahim and Samunderu shine in warm-up match

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

In a warm-up match in preparation for the forthcoming England tour, a Zimbabwe Cricket Board XI beat Zimbabwe by 67 runs at Alexandra Sports Club in Harare

Flower: England right to tour Zimbabwe

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Andy Flower, the man whose black-armband protest during last year's World Cup attracted so much attention, has said that England are right to tour Zimbabwe

Little has changed since report claims Streak

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

In his first interview since Zimbabwe's rebels announced that they were ending their protest against the board, Heath Streak has said that little has changed inside Zimbabwe despite the ICC's recommendations

Little has changed since report claims Streak

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Zimbabwe need Taibu to find form

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

On Friday, the Zimbabwe selectors will name the team to take on England in five one-day internationals

England battle weather and lack of interest

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

England's decision to spend a few days in Namibia before starting the real work in Zimbabwe has been dampened by some unseasonally bad weather in Windhoek

Morgan confirms England will play Tests in Zimbabwe

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

David Morgan, the ECB's chairman, yesterday said that there was every chance that England would return to ZImbabwe soon to play Tests

Threat of penalties forced players' hand - Gough

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Giving a clearer indication of the mood within the team before England left for Zimbabwe, Darren Gough has said that if it were up to the players, none would tour Zimbabwe

Pietersen hits out at non-selection

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Kevin Pietersen, England's newly qualified South African-born batsman, has hit out at his non-selection for this winter's tour of South Africa, hinting that politics may have played a part in his omission

Olonga praises Harmison's decision

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Henry Olonga, the former Zimbabwean fast bowler, praised Steve Harmison for his decision to skip England's upcoming tour of Zimbabwe

A laudable decision

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Commentary on Steve Harmison's withdrawal from the Zimbabwe tour

Harmison opts out of Zimbabwe tour

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Steve Harmison has ruled himself out of England's controversial tour of Zimbabwe, which is to take place in November, citing political and sporting reasons

No reservations about Zimbabwe tour, says Vaughan

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Michael Vaughan has insisted that no member of his side has reservations about the decision to tour Zimbabwe for five one-day internationals later this year

England agree to five-match series in Zimbabwe

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

England's cricketers will play five one-day internationals in Zimbabwe later this year, after the England & Wales Cricket Board concluded that there was no threat to the players' security

Red Lions tour kicks off

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Henry Olonga, who staged a black armband protest mourning the "death of democracy" in Zimbabwe at the World Cup last year, is surprisingly unenthusiastic about the current tour of the Zimbabwean rebel players, who have reformed as a team called the

Zimbabwe board agrees to arbitration

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

The agreement to arbitration by the Zimbabwe Cricket Union has given the rebel players some hope of playing international cricket again

ECB denies 'gagging' players on Zimbabwe issue

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

The ECB has denied reports that some of the England players have already pulled out of their one-day tour of Zimbabwe, which is due to take place in November

Pietersen will not be available for Champions Trophy

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Kevin Pietersen will have to wait longer than expected to be eligible to play for England

Tour must be kept low-key - ECB

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Mike Soper, the deputy chairman of the ECB, has said that the announcement by the ICC on Thursday that England had agreed to play Zimbabwe in a series of four or five one-day internationals had come "totally out of the blue", and has warned that the

Streak calls for total ban on Zimbabwe

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Heath Streak has fired a parting shot at the Zimbabwe Cricket Union, calling in today's Daily Telegraph for Zimbabwe to be banned from all international cricket pending an investigation by the ICC

Hogg confident Zimbabwe won't lose Test status

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Vince Hogg, the chief executive of the Zimbabwe Cricket Union, insisted that Zimbabwe's Test status will not be revoked at this month's ICC meeting in London, although he admitted that it might be suspended for a few months while its fledgling side

Hussain lambasts ICC for handling of Zimbabwe crisis

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Freed from the constraints of his ECB contract, Nasser Hussain has launched his career as a Sky TV commentator with a stinging attack on the ICC for their handling of the Zimbabwe crisis

Streak urges England to stay away

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Heath Streak, who was sacked as captain of Zimbabwe earlier this month, has urged England and all other Test-playing nations to boycott Zimbabwe until the current impasse over player selection is resolved

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

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

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

Straw: 'British sport is not state-run'

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

After talks today between the government and the ECB on the thorny issue of England's proposed tour of Zimbabwe, the outcome was predictably indecisive

Rebels prepare to tear up contracts

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Zimbabwe's 15 rebel Test players have said that if they are not granted arbitration by Friday then they will tear up their contracts

England shouldn't tour Zimbabwe, says Tony Blair

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Tony Blair, the British prime minister, has said that he does not want England's scheduled tour of Zimbabwe to go ahead

'Zimbabwe tour morally wrong' - Stewart

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Alec Stewart, who represented England for over a decade before retiring at the age of 40 last year, has said that the proposed tour of Zimbabwe in October is both unsafe and morally wrong

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

Rebels to boycott Test

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Rebels to boycott Test

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

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

Lamb to the slaughter?

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

As the ECB lurches ever deeper into the Zimbabwe crisis, their chief executive for the past eight years, Tim Lamb, is facing a vote of no-confidence from the chairmen of the 18 first-class counties

Thorpe undecided on Zimbabwe tour

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Graham Thorpe has criticised the England board and the government for failing to make a firm decision on whether England will tour Zimbabwe this autumn

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

Angry Wilson quits ECB with attack on ICC

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Des Wilson has resigned from the management board of the England and Wales Cricket Board after failing in his attempts to persuade them to take a strong moral stand over this November's proposed tour of Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe face ICC suspension

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Zimbabwe's capitulation in Sunday's third one-day international against Sri Lanka, in which they were bowled out for a new record-low of 35, could have far-reaching consequences in the corridors of the ICC, according to Mihir Bose, the Daily

Desmond Tutu calls for Zimbabwe boycott

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT
Archbishop Desmond Tutu, the veteran anti-apartheid campaigner, has given his backing to England's cricketers as they ponder whether or not to tour Zimbabwe

Financial worries leave England ready to tour

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT
One the day that a leading British journalist was deported from Harare, and another barred from reporting at Bulawayo, the England and Wales Cricket Board all but confirmed that November's planned tour of Zimbabwe would go ahead

Leading journalist expelled from Zimbabwe

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT
Mihir Bose, the awardwinning sports journalist, has been thrown out of Zimbabwe by immigration officials

ECB can afford to play the waiting game

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT
Officials from the England & Wales Cricket Board will meet with their Zimbabwean counterparts at Lord's on Tuesday to discuss the prospects of this November's tour of Zimbabwe by England going ahead

Zimbabwe rebels vow to expose corruption

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT
Thirteen of the white Zimbabwean cricketers who were last week "sacked" by the Zimbabwe Cricket Union have vowed to expose the culture of corruption and malpractice within their governing body, in a last-ditch bid to get themselves reinstated