Alistair Campbell: Masakadza proves benefit of meritocracy

West Indies' 1-0 series win in Zimbabwe this week has moved it up to joint fourth place, alongside Sri Lanka, in the ICC Test Championship table

The most damning comment as the West Indies started their second innings in the final Test in the gloom of Monday afternoon came through the television stump microphone from an unidentified voice in the Zimbabwean slips

Unseasonal rain, accompanied by more seasonal cold, brought an end to Zimbabwe's longest season after West Indies, chasing 348 to win, had progressed from 42 for one overnight to 98 for one

Hamilton Masakadza, the youngest batsman to score a century on Test debut, feels that it was wonderful to reach a hundred but was not aware that he was setting an international record

Hamilton Masakadza became second Zimbabwean and 68th batsman in Test cricket history to score a century on Test debut when he notched up a brilliant 115* on the third day of second Test against Zimbabwe at Harare

Zimbabwe continued their fightback on a freezing day in Harare under increasingly overcast skies with a steady Antarctic wind blowing

Zimbabwe batsman Dion Ebrahim has been severely reprimanded by the ICC Match Referee, Denis Lindsay

It was a not-so-small step for a man, but a giant leap forward for black cricket in Zimbabwe

Former West Indies captain, Clive Lloyd, will be honoured by the West Indies and Zimbabwe cricketing authorities with the naming of a trophy after him