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Change in personnel at the top means there's lot to be optimistic about, but the cricketing fraternity at large needs to steps in to prevent Zimbabwe from going Kenya's way

Rangana Herath got to several milestones during the course of his 13-wicket haul in the second Test against Zimbabwe

Rangana Herath took his first five-wicket haul against Zimbabwe, joining Dale Steyn and Muttiah Muralitharan as bowlers to have taken a five-for against every Test-playing nation

Though tours of Zimbabwe are potential banana skins for fringe players, Dhananjaya de Silva and Asela Gunaratne have put in clutch performances and made themselves hard to ignore

Forcing Sri Lanka to strain every sinew on a slow pitch with little help for either seam or spin, Zimbabwe came agonisingly close to a draw in their 100th Test match

He was out of Test cricket for three years before he became Zimbabwe's captain. He had a batting average of 10.75 before he made a century

The longest gaps between Test centuries by a player (since World War 2)

Here's how our ball-by-ball commentary recorded Zimbabwe's slew of fielding lapses in the Harare Test

Stats highlights from Zimbabwe's Test journey as they prepare to play their 100th match, against Sri Lanka on Saturday

Having overcome a lean period in age-group cricket, Peter Moor has worked his way up Zimbabwe's franchise system and is ready to reap the rewards

Though financial and administrative hurdles continue to hinder the team's progress, Zimbabwe inspire a sense of optimism as they approach a landmark Test