Cricket News

Manicaland needed a total of just 30 overs to destroy MacDonald Club of Bulawayo by ten wickets last Sunday at Alexandra Club, Harare

Sri Lanka gained the second Super League berth for Group B of the ICC Under-19 World Cup with some record-breaking performances in their 63-run victory over Zimbabwe today

New Zealand Under-19 targeted the highly-rated Zimbabwean top order with devastating effect in their match at Bert Sutcliffe Oval at Lincoln University today

Zimbabwe Under-19 captain Tatenda Taibu could find no excuses after his side's six-wicket loss to New Zealand in the ICC Under-19 World Cup at Bert Sutcliffe Oval at Lincoln University today

Zimbabwe's strong top order ensured their side a handsome first-up victory when beating Namibia by nine wickets in their ICC Under-19 World Cup match on Bert Sutcliffe Oval at Lincoln University today

FULL NAME: Alester Maregwede BORN: 5 August 1981, at Harare MAJOR TEAMS: Mashonaland A (1997/98), CFX Academy (1999/2000)

Alistair `Two-Ton' Campbell is ready and prepared to join the national team in India - if the selectors choose him

FULL NAME: Richard William Sims BORN: At Chinhoyi, 23 July 1979 MAJOR TEAMS: CFX Academy (1999/2000), Manicaland (2000/01 to date)

FULL NAME: Colin Delport BORN: 4 August 1978, at Kadoma MAJOR TEAMS: Zimbabwe U19, CFX Academy

FULL NAME: Mark Andrew Vermeulen BORN: 2 March 1979, at Harare MAJOR TEAMS: Mashonaland (1997/98); CFX Academy (1998/99), Matabeleland (1999/2000 to date)

FULL NAME: Mpumelelo Mbangwa BORN: 26 June 1976, Plumtree MAJOR TEAMS: Zimbabwe (1996/97- ), Matabeleland (1995/96 to date)

Local league resumed in Bulawayo and to start the new year a few shocks were evident

Last weekend both Manicaland sides had byes, allowing for a resumption of the long-delayed 30-over local-league cricket

Once again, the Zimbabwe national team flattered only to deceive

Sri Lanka's Muttiah Muralitharan played down the pre-match hype but he couldn't hide his delight when became the youngest bowler and was fastest to take Test 400 wickets at Galle on Tuesday morning and he has now set his sights on taking 600

The one-day match between the Zimbabwe Board XI and Gauteng B ended unsatisfactorily with a Duckworth-Lewis calculation, which went the way of the Zimbabweans by a margin of 19 runs

Players competing in the ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup in New Zealand were given a traditional welcome at the formal opening ceremony held in Christchurch today

A brave fight-back by Zimbabwe's adhesive openers on the third day of the final Janashakthi National Test match saved the visitors the ignominy of following on and sent Muttiah Muralitharan to bed still dreaming of his 400th wicket

Muttiah Muralitharan reached 400 wickets in record time and Sri Lanka completed their eighth straight Test win and second successive series whitewash during an extraordinarily dramatic day of Test cricket at Galle International Stadium on Tuesday

A large and expectant crowd braved the stifling heat and humidity on the second day of the final Janashakthi National Test at Galle to watch Muttiah Muralitharan pass the 400 mark