It has been 12 years since Charles Coventry equalled the then record for the highest individual score in men’s ODIs, with an unbeaten 194 (his only ODI century) against Bangladesh at the Queens Sports Club in Bulawayo. This innings remains the highest score in an ODI defeat as well as the highest for Zimbabwe. On […]
Read More Record Book – Highest ODI scores for ZimbabweTwenty years ago, on 29th July 2001, Zimbabwe’s Hamilton Masakazda created history by becoming the youngest batsman to score a hundred on Test debut. Masakadza was only 17 years and 352 days old when he achieved the feat against the West Indies at Harare (just over a month later, Mohammad Ashraful of Bangladesh became the […]
Read More Record Book – Highest scores on Test debut for ZimbabweAs things stand, there is no certainty yet on whether Zimbabwe’s ODI tour of Australia in August will take place as scheduled. However, that is not going to stop us from revisiting the Chevrons’ most spirited displays on Australian soil. Since their first appearance at the 1992 World Cup, Zimbabwe have played 28 […]
Read More Specials – Zimbabwe’s best ODI performances in AustraliaEngland’s 5-0 demolition of Australia was only their second instance of winning every game in a five-match ODI series, the first having come in Zimbabwe back in October 2001. A beleaguered England entered this series on the back of 11 consecutive ODI defeats, including six in the 2001 NatWest triangular series at home, which […]
Read More Specials – England’s only other 5-0 triumph in ODIs
