By Sports Reporter ZIMBABWE Cricket (ZC) has heaped praise on cricket legend Andy Flower describing him as “one of the world’s greatest cricket players ever” after he became the country’s first cricketer to be inducted into the International Cricket Council (ICC) Hall of Fame on Sunday. The ICC announced a special edition intake of 10
By Sports Reporter ZIMBABWE national cricket team fast bowler Blessing Muzarabani will have an opportunity to rub shoulders with some of the world’s leading cricketers after being signed by the Pakistan Super League (PSL) side Multan Sultans. Muzarabani was announced as the latest addition in the Multan Sultans squad, replacing West Indies left arm bowler
By Sports Reporter ZIMBABWE’S national fifteens rugby team, the Sables have received a major shot in the arm ahead of their Rugby Africa Cup campaign in July after Nedbank Zimbabwe unveiled a one-year sponsorship package worth US$120 000 for the team. The package will ensure the Sables squad, which is currently in camp ahead of
By Sports Reporter ZIMBABWE’S national cricket team is set to continue its busy home schedule this year when they host Bangladesh for a July full series involving all three formats of the game. The Bangladesh cricket team is scheduled to tour Zimbabwe in July to play one Test, three one-day internationals (ODIs) and three Twenty20
By Sports Reporter FORMER national cricket team batsman Stuart Matsikenyeri has been named the head coach of the Zimbabwe development team which will face their South African counterparts in four – two four-day matches and 50-over matches starting later this month. Matsikenyeri, who is also the national senior team batting coach, will lead the coaching
By Sports Reporter ZIMBABWE’S national women’s cricket team will have an opportunity to get some valuable competitive game time ahead of the World Cup qualifiers later this year when they host the South Africa Emerging Women’s side starting on March 17. The Lady Chevrons, as the Zimbabwe national women’s cricket team is affectionately known, is
By Sports Reporter ZIMBABWEAN Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) fighter Sylvester ‘Gladiator’ Chipfumbu emerged victorious in the main event of the Extreme Fighting Championship (EFC) 85 event in South Africa Saturday. He becomes the new EFC bantamweight champion. The Gweru-born star dominated the incumbent, Faeez Jacobs for the majority of their five-round fight which ended in a
By Sports Reporter THE Zimbabwe national cricket team is facing an uphill task in their bid to level the two-match Test series against the visiting Pakistan side due to the absence of several experienced players ahead of the season Test which gets underway at Harare Sports Club on Friday. Zimbabwe Cricket revealed on Thursday that
By Sports Reporter ZIMBABWE stand-in captain Brendan Taylor believes the Chevrons will need to put on a better batting display in the second Test which begins Friday at the Harare Sports Club in order to have any chance of salvaging the series. The Chevrons lost the opening by an innings and 116 runs inside three
By Sports Reporter FORMER Zimbabwe national cricket team captain Heath Streak has finally broken his silence and issued a public apology after recently receiving an eight-year ban from the International Cricket Council (ICC) for breaching the anti-corruption code. In a Thursday statement he released a fortnight after the ICC announced his lengthy ban, the 47-year-old
By Sports Reporter ALL-ROUNDER Luke Jongwe has been rewarded for his good form during the three-match Twenty20 International (T20I) series against Pakistan and has been included in the Test squad ahead of the two-match series which begins this Wednesday. The series is at Harare Sports Club. Jongwe was one of the star performers for the
Dawn LAHORE: Former Test captain Intikhab Alam has expressed his surprise over the shocking 19-run defeat of Pakistan at the hands of a much weaker Zimbabwe in the second T20I in Harare and has urged the players to show consistency and the coaches to put together the best possible combination in view of upcoming T20
AFP TINASHE Kamunhukamwe was the only Zimbabwe batsman to post a respectable score in the second Twenty20 international against Pakistan in Harare Friday, scoring 34 as the hosts made 118-9 in 20 overs. The opener cracked four fours as he faced 40 deliveries in a 60-minute stand at Harare Sports Club. His inning ended when
By Sports Reporter ZIMBABWE Cricket has beefed up its squad ahead of the visit by Pakistan following the inclusion of the experienced pair of former captain Brendan Taylor and top order batsman Craig Ervine ahead of the Twenty20 international (T20I) series which gets underway in Harare on Wednesday. The two veteran batsmen missed Zimbabwe’s last
By Sports Reporter BLACK-LISTED former Zimbabwe Cricket captain and coach Heath Streak could face further sanctions after government, through the sports ministry, has made a request to the National Prosecuting Authority to determine if the disgraced cricket legend committed any criminal offence under the country’s laws. This comes after Streak was Wednesday handed an eight-year
By Sports Reporter ZIMBABWE cricket legend Heath Streak has been banned for eight years after being charged with multiple breaches of the International Cricket Council (ICC)’s anti-corruption code, the world cricket governing body has revealed. According to the ICC, the former national captain and coach who is widely acknowledged as one of Zimbabwe’s greatest fast
By Sports Reporter ZIMBABWE national cricket team captain Sean Williams has been recognised for his outstanding performances against Afghanistan last month after being nominated for the International Cricket Council (ICC) Men’s Player of the Month Award for March. The other nominees for the accolade are Rashid Khan of Afghanistan and Bhuvneshwar Kumar of India. This
By Sports Reporter ZIMBABWE tennis star Benjamin Lock continues to lift the country’s flag high on the professional tennis circuit after winning his first title of the year on the International Tennis Federation (ITF) World Tour in Tunisia at the weekend. The 28-year-old player who is a key member of Zimbabwe’s Davis Cup team, had
By Sports Reporter ZIMBABWE-BORN British heavyweight boxer Dereck Chisora has confirmed linking up with Buddy McGirt, the 2002 Boxing Writers Association of America trainer of the year, ahead of his May 1 clash with New Zealander Joseph Parker in which a win could earn him a second crack at a world title. Chisora’s career has
By Sports Reporter WOMEN’S cricket in Zimbabwe is set for a major boost after the International Cricket Council (ICC) Cricket Committee granted One Day International (ODI) and Test status to all full-member women’s cricket teams including the national side, affectionately known as the Lady Chevrons. According to a media release, the ICC Cricket Committee, led
