Zimbabwe news

Streak appointed Zimbabwe head coach

Oct 11, 2016: Former Zimbabwe captain Heath Streak has been appointed the country's head coach, succeeding Dav Whatmore, and has been tasked with ensuring qualification for the 2019 World Cup

'My issue is that cricket is inherently not a black man's game in South Africa'

Aug 27, 2016: Daryll Cullinan talks about the influence of football in the country, the complexities of transformation, and his feelings about Hansie Cronje

South Africa A in Zimbabwe 2016

A reunion and a potential audition

Jul 4, 2016: Malibongwe Maketa and Makhaya Ntini went to the same school, played for the same provincial team, and will now go head-to-head during South Africa A's tour of Zimbabwe

ZImbabwe v India, 2nd ODI, Harare

Ntini lambasts Zimbabwe batsmen's approach

Jun 14, 2016: Makhaya Ntini, Zimbabwe's interim head coach during the home series against India, has lambasted the approach of his batsmen after they collapsed in the second ODI to lose by eight wickets

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Shortage of SA-Zim fixtures is due to lack of binding FTP - SACA head

Jun 13, 2016: South Africa's shortage of fixtures against Zimbabwe stems from the absence of an enforceable FTP, rather than a reluctance to play so-called smaller teams, according to Tony Irish, CEO of the South African Cricketers' Association

ZImbabwe v India, 1st ODI, Harare

Ntini hits out at second-string teams going on Zimbabwe tours

Jun 10, 2016: Zimbabwe coach Makhaya Ntini has said that his side would like to see teams send their strongest XI to the country, instead of using Zimbabwe as a trial series for younger players

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Zimbabwe sack Masakadza, Whatmore

May 31, 2016: Zimbabwe have sacked captain Hamilton Masakadza and head coach Dav Whatmore, following the board's review of the team's performance at the World T20 in March

South Africa v England, 4th Test, Centurion, 5th day

Hope regained as South Africa fall on their feet

Jan 26, 2016: South Africa's Test victory at Centurion cannot disguise the team's problems but it gives them a basis from which to start the rebuilding process

South Africa v England, 4th Test, Centurion, 3rd day

Rabada shows he can be a new leader

Jan 24, 2016: As England's middle order was shredded by a new pace star in world cricket, watching from the stands Makhaya Ntini - a man who knows well the burden Rabada will carry - could not hide his excitement

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Ntini excited to begin 'dream' of coaching

Jan 24, 2016: Five years after completing a very successful career as an international cricketer for South Africa, he has a chance to nurture young talent and bring them to the big stage having signed on as Zimbabwe's bowling coach

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Zimbabwe rope in Ntini, Atapattu as coaches

Jan 12, 2016: A news report on the Zimbabwe Cricket website says they have recruited Makhaya Ntini and Marvan Atapattu to be assistant coach and batting consultant respectively

South Africa v England, 2nd Test, Cape Town, 4th day

Africa applauds a son of transformation

Jan 5, 2016: In becoming the first black South African to score a Test century, Temba Bavuma has provided his generation with a long-awaited role model

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South Africa to host first Africa T20 Cup

Apr 21, 2015: South Africa will host the first Africa T20 Cup as a curtain raiser to the domestic season

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World record match on 'roof of Africa'

Sep 27, 2014: It was unlike anywhere else they will have taken guard, played a cover drive or bowled a ball.

A tale of two SSC Tests

Jul 9, 2014: In 1993 and 2006, South Africa's bowlers had vastly different results in Colombo. Brett Schultz and Makhaya Ntini look back

Nelson Mandela, 1918-2013

It was Madiba who made it happen

Apr 21, 2014: Makhaya Ntini credits Nelson Mandela for giving him a chance to dream and live his dream

New Zealand in South Africa 2012-13

Steyn thankful for team-mate support

Jan 5, 2013: After collecting his 300th Test wicket Dale Steyn was a content man but is more delighted with the team success than his own landmarks

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CSA to appoint black African selector

Dec 10, 2012: Cricket South Africa will soon - possibly as early as next year - appoint a black African selector in accordance with their transformation policy

Momentum One Day Cup 2012-13

Van der Wath, McLaren crush Warriors in low-scorer

Nov 23, 2012: Warriors needed just 106 to beat Knights in the Momentum Cup fixture in Port Elizabeth, but a dramatic collapse meant they fell embarrassingly short, being bundled out for 46

South Africa in Australia 2012-13

Tsolekile plays down race comment

Nov 18, 2012: South Africa's Thami Tsolekile has talked down his non-selection in the Test team, following Makhaya Ntini's comment about race playing a role in him being consistently overlooked for the wicketkeepers' role