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(c)Cricinfo en-gb ZIMBABWE has at last shown its true potential, judging by the way they overwhelmed their one time nemesis, the West Indies, in three consecutive matches, on their way to yesterday's NatWest triangular series final at Lords https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/89178.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/89178.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-89178 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Mr Arthur Turner Chief Executive Officer of Western Province Cricket Association today confirmed that WP Cricket Ass and Neil Johnson had come to terms for him to play for WP next season https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/89032.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/89032.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-89032 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Most Test playing countries have a year book, annual or almanack - for example English cricket has Wisden and Playfair, Australian cricket has Allan's Australian Cricket Annual and and the new green Wisden, India has Indian Cricket, and there's New https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/zimbabwe/content/story/88940.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/zimbabwe/content/story/88940.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-88940 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT It was the 1607th ODI in cricket history https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/88763.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/88763.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-88763 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT The Zimbabweans were in good batting form in what play there was against New Zealand A at Bristol, but were frustrated by rain from pressing home their advantage https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/england/content/story/88609.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/england/content/story/88609.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-88609 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Nottinghamshire fought gamely in their one-day match against Zimbabwe before going down by 5 wickets as the tourists warmed up for the forthcoming Tri-Nations Series against England and West Indies https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/england/content/story/90006.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/england/content/story/90006.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-90006 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT In a pleasant match, played from Zimbabwe's viewpoint against the backdrop of the country's crucial elections, the touring team beat Somerset at Taunton by 21 runs with eight balls to spare https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/england/content/story/89915.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/england/content/story/89915.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-89915 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Thanks to rain, which wiped out all but 11 balls from the pre-lunch session, the match was doomed to be a draw https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/england/content/story/89881.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/england/content/story/89881.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-89881 Thu, 20 Mar 2025 14:11:02 GMT Rain ruined the prospect of the match between the Universities and the Zimbabwean tourists reaching a conventional finish https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/england/content/story/89869.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/england/content/story/89869.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-89869 Thu, 20 Mar 2025 13:42:16 GMT It was a good day for the Universities, and especially their 20-year-old left-hander Joe Porter of the Oxford Universities, fresh from three consecutive first-class fifties https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/england/content/story/89848.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/england/content/story/89848.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-89848 Thu, 20 Mar 2025 13:42:16 GMT Zimbabwe emphasised their fast-improving form on their tour of England by inflicting a record defeat on Gloucestershire in the Vodafone Challenge match at Gloucester https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/england/content/story/89812.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/england/content/story/89812.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-89812 Thu, 20 Mar 2025 14:11:02 GMT Gloucestershire are facing one of the heaviest defeats in their history after closing the third day of the Vodafone Challenge Series match with Zimbabwe in Gloucester on 98-4 in their second innings https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/england/content/story/89798.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/england/content/story/89798.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-89798 Thu, 20 Mar 2025 13:42:16 GMT ZIMBABWE's busy England tour continues with the ongoing four-day Vodafone Challenge Series match against Gloucestershire at Gloucester https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/89794.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/89794.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-89794 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Zimbabwe strengthened their hold on the Vodafone Challenge match with Gloucestershire when they reduced the home side to 146-7 at the close of the second day's play in reply to their 568 https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/england/content/story/89783.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/england/content/story/89783.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-89783 Thu, 20 Mar 2025 13:42:16 GMT Zimbabwe batsman Murray Goodwin took advantage of a weakened Gloucestershire attack to post a career-best 194 on the opening day of the Vodafone Challenge Series match at Gloucester https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/england/content/story/89758.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/england/content/story/89758.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-89758 Thu, 20 Mar 2025 13:42:16 GMT It was another cold overcast day at the Clontarf Ground in Dublin, but again fortunately without rain https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/89574.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/89574.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-89574 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT It was the 1498th Test match in cricket history https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/89565.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/89565.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-89565 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT This was the first of the two one-day matches between the teams paled at the Clontarf ground in Dublin where the venerable Clive Lloyd and his team suffered from exposure during the 1999 World Cup https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/89550.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/89550.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-89550 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT A major share of the honours had gone the way of Zimbabwe, the minnows of Test cricket when stumps were drawn on their first ever Test series in England https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/england/content/story/89504.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/england/content/story/89504.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-89504 Thu, 20 Mar 2025 14:11:01 GMT Not until the penultimate day of this short series did Zimbabwe's batsmen put up a performance that they were thought to be capable of https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/england/content/story/89487.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/england/content/story/89487.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-89487 Thu, 20 Mar 2025 13:42:15 GMT For the third successive day the weather had its say with the start being delayed until 12.15pm https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/england/content/story/89480.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/england/content/story/89480.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-89480 Thu, 20 Mar 2025 13:42:15 GMT The duration of a Test match is usually determined by the state of play in the first two days https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/england/content/story/89469.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/england/content/story/89469.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-89469 Thu, 20 Mar 2025 13:42:15 GMT With wet conditions continuing to prevail in this series, the playing hours were slightly restricted on the first day https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/england/content/story/89448.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/england/content/story/89448.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-89448 Thu, 20 Mar 2025 13:42:15 GMT HAVING suffered yet another humiliating innings defeat, this time at the hands of England in the first Test at Lord's, Zimbabwe is at a point where if this was premier league soccer, they would be relegated to the lower rungs of world cricket https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/91241.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/91241.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-91241 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT England today named a 12-man squad for next week's 2nd Cornhill Test Match against Zimbabwe at Trent Bridge https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/england/content/story/91231.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/england/content/story/91231.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-91231 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Zimbabwe's morale received a welcome boost just five days before the second Test match when they beat Yorkshire in this Vodaphone Challenge match https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/england/content/story/91227.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/england/content/story/91227.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-91227 Thu, 20 Mar 2025 14:11:02 GMT Zimbabwe Test cricketers have engaged a British lawyer, Tim O'Gorman, to represent them in pressing for a huge pay hike https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/91128.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/91128.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-91128 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT It was the 1495th Test in cricket history https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/91123.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/91123.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-91123 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT This wasn't a Test match, this was cricketing slaughter https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/91104.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/91104.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-91104 Thu, 20 Mar 2025 14:11:01 GMT It took England less than two hours to sweep aside the remaining five wickets and send Zimbabwe to a most ignominious defeat https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/england/content/story/91095.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/england/content/story/91095.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-91095 Thu, 20 Mar 2025 14:11:01 GMT Chelsea-mad Alec Stewart went beyond the call of duty for his country at Lord's yesterday, batting through his beloved Blues' FA Cup final triumph at Wembley https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/91086.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/91086.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-91086 Thu, 20 Mar 2025 14:11:01 GMT Although England have dominated this Test from the outset, they have gone on to firmly establish their overwhelming superiority as the match has progressed https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/england/content/story/91085.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/england/content/story/91085.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-91085 Thu, 20 Mar 2025 13:42:15 GMT Strange isn't it, that so many of the games invented in England are totally unsuited to our soggy island climate https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/91067.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/91067.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-91067 Thu, 20 Mar 2025 13:42:15 GMT Zimbabwe Herald: Zimbabwe's under-achieving cricketers are demanding an immediate 90 percent pay hike and threatened to boycott their maiden Test against England which got under way at Lord's on Thursday https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/91076.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/91076.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-91076 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT News articles and media releases coming out of Zimbabwe indicate that the Lord's Test currently underway was saved from a threatened boycott only by swift action by the Zimbabwe Cricket Union to gain agreement on player's remuneration https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/91075.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/91075.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-91075 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT The Zimbabwe Cricket Union (ZCU) wishes to make the following statement concerning the article which appeared in the Herald today https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/zimbabwe/content/story/91073.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/zimbabwe/content/story/91073.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-91073 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Despite the sullen conditions that persisted at Lord's, for the second day, for England there remains the promise of brighter things to follow https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/england/content/story/91066.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/england/content/story/91066.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-91066 Thu, 20 Mar 2025 13:42:15 GMT RICHIE Benaud was on the telly talking about match fixing at lunch during Zimbabwe's awful Lord's debut yesterday https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/91054.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/91054.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-91054 Thu, 20 Mar 2025 13:42:15 GMT It was a momentous day for Zimbabwe, the minnows of Test cricket, at the Headquarters of the game, as they embarked on their first ever Test series in England https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/england/content/story/91051.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/england/content/story/91051.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-91051 Thu, 20 Mar 2025 13:42:15 GMT Zimbabwe make their historic Test debut at Lord's this morning https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/91053.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/91053.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-91053 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT London - West Indies legend Sir Viv Richards says England's cricket selectors must 'get their act together' in a bid to avoid the 'shambles' of years gone by https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/90983.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/90983.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-90983 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT The Members will clap politely, the Zimbabwean contingent a little more vociferously when Grant Flower and Gavin Rennie walk out onto the hallowed turf of Lord's for the first Test starting Thursday https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/90945.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/90945.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-90945 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Zimbabwe faces England in the first Cornhill Insurance Test match at Lord's this week in what has been, for over a century, a traditional and much coveted northern summer fixture https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/90944.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/90944.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-90944 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT THE BITTER truth of it is this: I'm in deep dwang with the Zimbabwean cricket authorities https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/90939.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/90939.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-90939 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Steve Harmison, famed as the quickest bowler in England, was given a deserved spot in a 13 man England squad ahead of next week's first test against Zimbabwe https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/england/content/story/90928.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/england/content/story/90928.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-90928 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT England today named a 13 man squad for next week's 1st Cornhill Test Match against Zimbabwe at Lord's https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/england/content/story/90927.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/england/content/story/90927.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-90927 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT The Zimbabwe cricket tour of England is in no danger of being abandoned, as has been suggested in some English newspapers, and never has been, insists the tour manager Dan Stannard https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/england/content/story/90827.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/england/content/story/90827.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-90827 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Dean Conway, England Team's physiotherapist, today confirmed that Michael Vaughan has fractured the knuckle on his left hand and that the injury will require the Yorkshire batsman to rest for a minimum of three to four weeks https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/england/content/story/90797.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/england/content/story/90797.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-90797 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT The England Team training camp, originally scheduled to take place at Taunton on 11th - 13th May, has been cancelled https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/england/content/story/90780.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/england/content/story/90780.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-90780 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT After, finally, a full day's play, Hampshire managed to force a draw without undue difficulty against the touring Zimbabwean team, the match finishing 20 minutes early in bright sunshine https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/england/content/story/90686.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/england/content/story/90686.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-90686 Thu, 20 Mar 2025 14:11:06 GMT After a rainy second day when no play was possible, the third day of the match was cool but sunny throughout https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/england/content/story/84650.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/england/content/story/84650.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-84650 Thu, 20 Mar 2025 14:11:06 GMT On a rare dry April day, the Zimbabweans made an encouraging start to their first Test-playing tour of England with a day in the field https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/england/content/story/84631.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/england/content/story/84631.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-84631 Thu, 20 Mar 2025 14:11:06 GMT Andrew Hall: What do you think of the skills you've seen today https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/84595.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/84595.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-84595 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT The Kent and England fast bowler Dean Headley has resumed training following the injury to his lower back which forced him to miss the County's Benson and Hedges Cup zonal matches and the PPP healthcare County Championship fixture against Lancashire https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/england/content/story/84593.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/england/content/story/84593.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-84593 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT We offer our apologies for the late arrival of this the last issue of our Zimbabwe Online magazine for the 1999/2000 season, due to serious technical problems https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/84559.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/84559.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-84559 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT It has been agreed that David Houghton's contract as Coach of the National Cricket team will be concluded at the end of April 2000 https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/zimbabwe/content/story/84504.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/zimbabwe/content/story/84504.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-84504 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Simon Pack, International Teams Director, said: "In the light of the current political situation in Zimbabwe, we have discussed the Zimbabwe cricket team's forthcoming tour to England with the Foreign and Commonwealth Office and the Zimbabwe Cricket https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/england/content/story/84375.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/england/content/story/84375.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-84375 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) today announced that it had reached agreement with the England players on the details of their new England contract https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/england/content/story/84221.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/england/content/story/84221.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-84221 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Karachi, April 4: Former captain Intikhab Alam has been appointed as match referee for the English summer https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/84182.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/84182.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-84182 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT The Foster's Oval report sales of international match tickets at an all time high for the 2000 season https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/england/content/story/84148.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/england/content/story/84148.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-84148 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Another week, another Test match - and another heavy defeat by Zimbabwe https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/90644.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/90644.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-90644 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) today announced a new five-year deal with BBC Radio which secures the future of the long-running Test Match Special programme and will see more cricket covered by the networks than ever before https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/england/content/story/90222.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/england/content/story/90222.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-90222 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT