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Flower is happy with the proceedings of his career
Posted by: | CommentsIt was a great surprise as Grant Flower came back to Zimbabwe after a long while. He came back for the national duty after a fruitful final season for Essex as they hold their own in the limited-overs competition.
However, they had to concede crash out in the semi-finals of both the Friends Provident t20 and the Clydesdale Bank 40 last season as he then came back to his home country for national duty once again.
Coventry was magnificent as he handed the Tuskers a convincing nine-wicket win
Posted by: | CommentsMatabeleland Tuskers 158/1 defeated Southern Rocks 154/8 by 9 wickets
Charles Coventry was brilliant in the day as he managed to secure an honourable end to Matabeleland Tuskers’ Twenty20 campaign of this season. His boundary-laden half-century gave them a nine-wicket victory against Southern Rocks at Harare Sports Club.
He came after Neil Carter as they were following the solid total of Rocks as they scored 154 for 8.
Tuskers made their top spot more strong with a great win
Posted by: | CommentsIt was a great day for Matabeleland Tuskers as they bagged their third successive victory in the MetBank Pro40 Championship. Terry Duffin was brilliant as he scored 88 for them. And with that they managed to win the match by four wickets against Mashonaland Eagles at the Country Club ground in Harare.
Eagles started to struggle from the very beginning against the seam and spin almost in the same way.
Zimbabwe has penned a huge $1 million sponsor contract with Reebok
Posted by: | CommentsIt was reported earlier that Zimbabwe Cricket signed a huge US$1 million-plus kit sponsorship contract with sports goods manufacturing company Reebok.
They disclosed that Zimbabwe cricket has reached an agreement with Reebok as the company is going to sponsor their national team along with domestic league for three years.
Zimbabwe Cricket managing director Ozias Bvute disclosed that the deal is worth around US$400,000 per year for them.
New Zealand A in the leading position in Harare
Posted by: | CommentsZimbabwe A 104/4 is trailing against New Zealand A 526/8 (dec.) by 422 runs
New Zealand A didn’t walk in the path of their senior team as they were the more motivated and determined team on the second day of the second unofficial Test against Zimbabwe A.
While their national team brought shame for them from Bangladesh the A team are currently in a very powerful position against Zimbabwe A at Harare.
New Zealand A dominates on flat track
Posted by: | CommentsScore: New Zealand A 329 for 4 (Franklin 44*, Young 33*, Ncube 2-42) vs Zimbabwe A
New Zealand A side has been able to start in a dominating fashion against Zimbabwe A on a flat track in Harare in the second unofficial test.
New Zealand are batting first and the openers gave them a pretty good start as openers Jamie How and Tim McIntosh put up 160 runs in the first wicket.
How picked up his 13th first-class ton in the process before he was caught behind.
But Franklin and Young are keeping the tempo up for New Zealand A.
New Zimbabwe going to have hard time
Posted by: | CommentsThe match was scheduled for Friday, October 8 at Bloemfontein as the start time was 6:00pm (1600 GMT).
This was a battle of next-door neighbours as South Africa tussled against Zimbabwe on Friday at Bloemfontein. Currently Zimbabwe is the regular opponent for South Africa as in the early stages of this season they fought for several times.
Last 20 of their previous 36 battle were between late August and early November. In paper work this short series is going to be just another struggle for Zimbabwe as they have managed to win only two encounters against their regional giant opponents. And none of these wins were in the past decade.
However, this series is interesting as some of the old fellows from previous strong Zimbabwe have returned into the team. And another thing is that the two teams are going to meet for the first time in a Twenty20 international.
Reebok signs deal with Zimbabwe as Kit suppliers
Posted by: | CommentsZimbabwe Cricket has gone another step ahead to their healing as they have penned a profitable pact with Reebok, who will be the team’s belongings sponsor. Reebok is a renowned sports producer.
The pact is supposed to be covering all national sides and franchises, and also it will bring the reliability on the local producers, Faith Wear, over which the Zimbabwe Cricket have been dependable for a long while.
Grant Flower’s return delayed by paperwork
Posted by: | CommentsIt was shocking for some one as Grant Flower has decided to return to the international cricket after more than six years at the age of 39.
But his return has encountered a temporary problem as he was not given the permission to go for South Africa from Harare airport on Monday. It was due to his invalid travel documents.
Elton Chigumbura said that they are going to play aggressive cricket
Posted by: | CommentsZimbabwe skipper Elton Chigumbura has disclosed that aggression is going to their prime weapon for the tour of South Africa. The tour is going to be started from October 8. In this tour they are going to play two Twenty20 internationals and three ODIs.
However, he said that they are poised for the action in the field and as the underdogs they have nothing to lose.
