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West Indies relapse

Bristol-It is far too early to pessimistically proclaim an end to the West Indies revival under Jimmy Adams and the new management team

07-Jul-2000•Tony Cozier

Colour, Music, Light - Southern Hemisphere cricket comes to England

The crowd may have been seventy thousand less for a day-nighter, but the colour, the music and the lights ensured that in atmosphere, the little ground did not lack much behind the imposing MCG, Down Under

07-Jul-2000•Andy Jalil

Lara leads harvest of fifties

On a slowish pitch where quick scoring was never very easy, West Indies achieved what was probably the match-winning total of 232 for seven off an accurate but essentially toothless Zimbabwe attack

06-Jul-2000•John Ward

West Indies accelerate after steady start

Bryan Strang, bowling speed in the lower seventies, opened for Zimbabwe to Adrian Griffith of West Indies in the NatWest Series limited-overs match at Bristol - two singles nudged to third man coming off his first over

06-Jul-2000•John Ward

Zimbabwe up with scoring rate

Some fine batting by Zimbabwe, their innings held together by a restrained Neil Johnson, has kept them on even terms in the NatWest Series match at Bristol with a West Indian team thatprobably did not expect such stern opposition

06-Jul-2000•John Ward

NatWest Series under way - and the sun shines through

The NatWest Series opened in Bristol under rather better weather than during the previous few days, warm and humid, with the sun often shining through the haze

06-Jul-2000•John Ward

Zimbabwe shock win brings NatWest Series to life

Bristol, NatWest Series: West Indies (232 for seven off 50 overs) lost to Zimbabwe (233 for four off 45 overs) by six wickets

06-Jul-2000•John Ward

Rain frustrates Zimbabweans as Goodwin shines

The Zimbabweans were in good batting form in what play there was against New Zealand A at Bristol, but were frustrated by rain from pressing home their advantage

04-Jul-2000•Staff and agencies

Nottinghamshire v Zimbabweans

Nottinghamshire fought gamely in their one-day match against Zimbabwe before going down by 5 wickets as the tourists warmed up for the forthcoming Tri-Nations Series against England and West Indies

29-Jun-2000•Dave Bracegirdle

Somerset v Zimbabweans

In a pleasant match, played from Zimbabwe's viewpoint against the backdrop of the country's crucial elections, the touring team beat Somerset at Taunton by 21 runs with eight balls to spare

25-Jun-2000•John Ward

Zimbabwe draw with British Universities

Thanks to rain, which wiped out all but 11 balls from the pre-lunch session, the match was doomed to be a draw

23-Jun-2000•John Ward

Cambridge, Close: Zimbabweans 196/2 (61.2 overs Carlisle 60, Wishart 58)

Rain ruined the prospect of the match between the Universities and the Zimbabwean tourists reaching a conventional finish

22-Jun-2000•John Ward

Cambridge, Close: British Universities 270/7 (109 overs, Porter 90, Murtagh 6)

It was a good day for the Universities, and especially their 20-year-old left-hander Joe Porter of the Oxford Universities, fresh from three consecutive first-class fifties

21-Jun-2000•John Ward

Gloucestershire v Zimbabweans, Day 4

Zimbabwe emphasised their fast-improving form on their tour of England by inflicting a record defeat on Gloucestershire in the Vodafone Challenge match at Gloucester

19-Jun-2000•Mark Easterbrook

Gloucestershire v Zimbabweans, Day 2

Zimbabwe strengthened their hold on the Vodafone Challenge match with Gloucestershire when they reduced the home side to 146-7 at the close of the second day's play in reply to their 568

17-Jun-2000

Gloucestershire v Zimbabweans, Day 1

Zimbabwe batsman Murray Goodwin took advantage of a weakened Gloucestershire attack to post a career-best 194 on the opening day of the Vodafone Challenge Series match at Gloucester

16-Jun-2000

The measurements of cricket

A brief history of how the games dimensions came about

14-Jun-2000•AR Littlewood

Ireland v Zimbabwe 2nd Match Report by John Ward

It was another cold overcast day at the Clontarf Ground in Dublin, but again fortunately without rain

08-Jun-2000•John Ward

Ireland v Zimbabwe 1st Match

This was the first of the two one-day matches between the teams paled at the Clontarf ground in Dublin where the venerable Clive Lloyd and his team suffered from exposure during the 1999 World Cup

07-Jun-2000•John Ward

England v Zimbabwe, Second Test, Day 5

A major share of the honours had gone the way of Zimbabwe, the minnows of Test cricket when stumps were drawn on their first ever Test series in England

05-Jun-2000•Andy Jalil

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