Cricket News

Zimbabwe came into day three of this unofficial test match with a plan

On an extremely hot and humid day at welegedara stadium in kurunegala sri lanka's opening batsmen responded to the zimbabwean first innings score of 306 in emphatic fashion, reaching 231for the loss of just one wicket at the close

Contrary to popular opinion it was the Sri Lankan fast bowlers and not the spinners that worried the Zimbabwean batsmen at Welegadera Stadium in Kurunegala today

While this game looks to be destined for a draw, after a fine fight-back with both bat and ball by the BCCSL XI at Saravanamuttu Stadium today, the players of both sides cannot be faulted for the way they have approached this match

Mother nature served us a gentle reminder at P

If the Sri lankan's expected the Zimbabweans to lie down and die on this five week tour, they had better have a rethink

In scorching heat the Zimbabwean captain won the toss and elected to bat on a damp wicket at P

St George's (Grenada), April 15: Pakistan beat Zimbabwe by six wickets in the 5th match of the Triangular One-Day series here at the Queen's Park Stadium on Saturday

It took Mashonaland until just after tea to wrap up the Logan Cup final, winning by 257 runs, after some spirited resistance at times from Manicaland, who played the game in fine spirit throughout, as indeed they have done all season

Mashonaland 345 and 275/5; Manicaland 123

Despite a stunning 185-run knock by Michael Bevan, the Rest of the World XI conceded a one-run defeat to mighty Asia XI in a thrilling limited-over match at the flood-lit Bangabandhu National Stadium Saturday

Mashonaland, the favourites, held an advantage at the end of the first of three days' play in the Logan Cup final against Manicaland, although they should have done better and would have done much worse had the opposition held their catches

Antigua, April 6: Pakistan carried their Sharjah Cup form into Antigua Recreation Ground where they had a five-wicket win over Zimbabwe in the first-ever triangular one-day series being played in the Caribbean (partly reported in Thursday's edition)

Karachi, April 5: Pakistan made a winning start to their tour of West Indies when they defeated Zimbabwe by five wickets in the tri-nation one-day series match at Antigua's Recreation Park

Everton Matambanadzo returned to bowling form in Zimbabwe A's second match of the Emerging Nations tournament, against Kenya, when he took four good wickets in a match left drawn after rain in mid-afternoon

Doug Marillier, a Zimbabwe A player and a member of the Zimbabwe Cricket Academy last year, is currently based in Kwekwe where he coaches and plays

Denmark caused a surprise on the opening day of the Emerging Nations tournament at Alexandra Sports Club in Harare today by trouncing an uninspired Zimbabwe A team by seven wickets

If you weren't, you missed one of the most brutal and belligerent displays by two young Jamaican batsmen amidst unrestrained celebrations from 14 000 of their countrymen

The CFX Academy made a valiant effort to win the match against Matabeleland at the Country Club, Harare, but the rain which had washed out more than half the second day's play proved too much for them, as they were unable to bowl their opponents out

In a shortened second day's play a Country Club, when just under three hours were possible, the CFX Academy took a clear advantage in the match, but found their hopes of reaching next week's final slipping away