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After the loss of the second day, the warm-up match between Zimbabwe A and the Indians petered out into the expected draw, although India did turn down a chance of an outright win when they decided against enforcing the follow-on

Unexpected and unseasonal overnight rain on an inadequately covered pitch, together with a brief drizzle at lunchtime and a very light Scotch mist at times during the day, caused the second day's play in the match between the touring Indians and

Travis Friend, Zimbabwe's new pace-bowling all-rounder, is on his way back to big cricket after suffering stress fractures on tour with the national side in India and Australia

Who will pay for washing the Indian cricketers' linen

Unexpected and unseasonal overnight rain on an inadequately covered pitch, together with a brief drizzle at lunchtime and very light Scottish mist at times during the day, caused the second day's play at Mutare Sports Club to be abandoned without a

To the cash-strapped Zimbabwe cricket administrators, the current tour by the Indian team is expected to be a windfall

The series I'm referring to is neither between Pakistan and England nor is it the famous Ashes, but it is to be played on Zimbabwean soil and the team pitted against them will be India

As India began their tour of Zimbabwe, the highlight of the first day of their match against Zimbabwe A was a brilliant century by Rahul Dravid, which enabled them to declare at 336 for nine and take one wicket for 33 runs in 16 overs by the close.

Under a sky half-covered in light cloud and against a backdrop of the Bvumba Mountains at the beautiful Mutare Sports Club ground, India began their six-week tour of Zimbabwe on Monday

The Indian touring team, almost immediately after their arrival in Zimbabwe, commuted to the small city of Mutare in the country's Eastern Highlands for the first of their two first-class warm-up matches prior to the First Test

India's cricket team arrived in Harare on Friday afternoon confident of winning only their third Test series away from home after 1971

With confidence gained from a spirited series win against Australia, a determined Indian team embarked on a 46-day tour of Zimbabwe early on Friday, raring to break a 15-year jinx of not winning a Test series outside the subcontinent

In deciding to maintain the existing balance between umpiring and technology, the ICC's cricket-playing committee has predictably adopted a "wait and see" policy on lbw decisions

The West Indies selectors have named a 22-man squad to attend a pre-tour training camp

Monday 28th May sees the start of the Zimbabwe Cricket Union's great winter experiment when India play Zimbabwe A at Mutare Sports Club

The following will represent Zimbabwe A in a 3-day warm-up match against the touring Indian team, which arrives here on 25 May 2001

Darren Gough has climbed to fourth place in the PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) Ratings for bowlers

For a change there was no acrimony, no contentious decisions and no fireworks in an Indian selection committee meeting

India's Test record against Zimbabwe is very much in keeping with their overall record of doing well at home but performing badly abroad

In October 1952, India were Pakistan's first Test opponents