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Sean Ervine begins a new life

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

17-May-2004•Wisden Cricinfo staff

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

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

16-May-2004•Wisden Cricinfo staff

Sri Lanka show no mercy

It was a day of records at Queens Sports Club, but it wasn't a contest

16-May-2004•Wisden Cricinfo staff

ICC works to find Zimbabwe solution

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

16-May-2004•Wisden Cricinfo staff

Geoff Marsh to quit as Zimbabwe coach

Geoff Marsh, Zimbabwe's coach, will not be seeking a renewal of his contract when it expires in September

16-May-2004•Wisden Cricinfo staff

Ebrahim lands one-match ban

Someone in the Zimbabwe Cricket Union must have broken quite a few mirrors in recent months, so wretched is its luck

16-May-2004•Wisden Cricinfo staff

Atapattu and Sangakkara pile on a record stand

Marvan Atapattu and Kumar Sangakkara completely dominated the second day of the second Test at Bulawayo

15-May-2004•Wisden Cricinfo staff

Keeping to the party line

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

15-May-2004•Wisden Cricinfo staff

ZCU gives rebels a further 21 days to return

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

14-May-2004•Wisden Cricinfo staff

Ebrahim's 70 lifts Zimbabwe to 228

Dion Ebrahim made a fighting 70 to help Zimbabwe to a respectable 228 on the opening day of the second Test at Bulawayo

14-May-2004•Wisden Cricinfo staff

Greg Chappell favours exiling Zimbabwe

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

14-May-2004•Christian Ryan

Zimbabwe v Sri Lanka, 2nd Test, Bulawayo

Day 4 Bulletin - Sri Lanka complete victory by a massive margin

14-May-2004

Sean Ervine announces retirement

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

14-May-2004•Wisden Cricinfo staff

Defiant Murali to bowl his doosra

Muttiah Muralitharan has vowed to defy the International Cricket Council and Sri Lanka's cricket board by continuing to bowl his controversial doosra during the second Test against Zimbabwe, starting on Friday

14-May-2004•Charlie Austin

Zimbabwe face another uphill struggle

While Muttiah Muralitharan's record-breaking achievement in the first Test overshadowed the enormity of Zimbabwe's defeat, there will no hiding place for them this time in what promises to be another one-sided whopping, starting at Bulawayo tomorrow

13-May-2004•Wisden Cricinfo staff

ICC being dragged to the table

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

13-May-2004•Wisden Cricinfo staff

Board begins to feel the heat

It seems that it's not only Zimbabwe's sacked cricketers who have trouble in getting through to the Zimbabwe Cricket Union

12-May-2004•Wisden Cricinfo staff

Aussies going to Zimbabwe because they're scared not to

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

12-May-2004•Christian Ryan

May makes last-ditch appeal to ICC

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

11-May-2004•Wisden Cricinfo staff

Mahwire left out of second Test

Blessing Mahwire has been left out of Zimbabwe's side for the second Test against Sri Lanka

11-May-2004•Wisden Cricinfo staff

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