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Zimbabwe President's XI fell to a 214-run defeat against the West Indians at Harare - but they did not go down without a fight

Opener Chris Gayle bounced back from his first innings 0 to hit a double century on the second day of the West Indians' game against a Zimbabwe President's XI at the country club Harare

Help is on the way for the injury hit West Indies team, currently on a tour of the African continent

Morning sun was followed by miserable chilly weather at Harare's Country Club, headquarters of the CFX Academy, as the West Indians met a ZCU President's XI in the first of their two first-class warm-up matches before the First Test against Zimbabwe

Mohali, Kanpur and Bangalore will host the Test matches against England during their tour of India in the 2001-2002 season

Mluleki Nkala (capt), Gary Brent, Donald Campbell, Sean Ervine, Douglas Hondo, Hamilton Masakadza, David Mutendra, Gavin Rennie, Paul Strang, Dirk Viljoen, Guy Whittall, Barney Rogers (12th man), Stuart Matsikenyire (13th man)

Zimbabwe cricket did very well indeed at the annual Zimbabwe Sportsmen of the Year awards ceremony held last night

The final of Zimbabwe's first triangular tournament takes place tomorrow, with the home side, demoralised by injuries and controversy off the field, out of it

In a shock announcement from Zimbabwe today, the ZCU (Zimbabwe Cricket Union) announced that West Indies wicketkeeper Ridley Jacobs had been suspended for three one-day internationals following an incident in Wednesday's Coca-Cola Cup match against

In Pakistan's 49 years of Test Cricket history Pakistan has won 79 test matches out of 278 played to date

It was the 1732nd ODI in cricket history

When Zimbabwe beat India in the Harare Test recently it was their sixth victory in 52 test matches

As most of you probably have gathered, our participation in the Coca-Cola triangular tournament is now at an end

The Coca-Cola Cup tournament in Zimbabwe has managed quite comfortably to make a fair number of people reconsider their opinions

Zimbabwe entered their final match in the first round of their inaugural triangular tournament knowing they had to beat West Indies handsomely, and then have India beat West Indies in Wednesday's match, to reach the final

As was the case in Australia late last year, an injury to Antiguan fast bowler Kerry Jeremy has forced him to withdraw from taking any further part in the West Indies' current tour of Zimbabwe

In the wake of Brian Lara's withdrawal from the West Indies cricket team last week, the WICB selectors have named opener Leon Garrick, and middle order batsman Wavell Hinds, as replacements for the Trinidadian left hander

Indian captain Saurav Ganguly, who ended his recent run-drought with a painstaking 85 to lay the foundation for India's four-wicket win against Zimbabwe in Bulawayo on Wednesday, thanked one and all for supporting him through his lean period

Indian captain Sourav Ganguly and coach John Wright felt that there was still scope for improvement in the team's performance which today defeated Zimbabwe for the second straight time to reach the final of the triangular series

It was the 1730th ODI in cricket history