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Specials – Zimbabwe’s best ODI performances in Australia

  As 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 […]

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Famous Test Matches – West Indies v Zimbabwe, Port of Spain, 1999-00

  This was the first Test match to be played between the two teams. The West Indies had endured a tough time in their previous Test series in New Zealand, which had resulted in a 2-0 whitewash, and were looking to make amends on home soil. Brian Lara not only resigned from the captaincy in […]

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Who Would Have Thought It – Kenya defend 134 in an ODI

  It is well known that Kenya defended a modest total of 166 in their famous 1996 World Cup victory against the West Indies at Pune’s Nehru Stadium. The historic match, played on Leap Year Day, saw the unheralded Associate side bowl the two-time champions out for a paltry 93, with the wreckers-in-chief being Rajab […]

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Record Book – Zimbabwe’s first away ODI series win

  The late 1990s and early 2000s were arguably the best years for Zimbabwe’s ODI fortunes. In September 2000, they beat New Zealand in a series for the first time, by 2-1 at home. Three months later, they toured New Zealand for a return three-match series. In the interim, the Kiwis had won the Champions Trophy […]

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Specials – Best of the 1999 World Cup, Part 4

  Having looked back at the best from the group stage of the 1999 World Cup in the first three parts of this five-part series, we move on to some of the memorable matches seen in the second round of the tournament, i.e. the Super Six stage, in which each of the six teams played […]

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Specials – Best of the 1999 World Cup, Part 3

  In this third of a five-part series on the matches that shaped the 1999 edition of the World Cup, we look back at the best that the final phase of the tournament’s group stage had to offer. Johnson’s superb all-round show – South Africa v Zimbabwe, Group A, Chelmsford   Zimbabwe qualified for the […]

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Specials – Associate nations at the World Cup, Part 2

  Having revisited the fortunes of Associate nations at the first two World Cups in 1975 and 1979 in Part 1 of this five-part series, we move ahead to the next three editions – held in England in 1983, in India and Pakistan in 1987-88, and in Australia and New Zealand in 1991-92. The decade […]

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Specials – Best of the 1999 World Cup, Part 1

  With the 2019 World Cup almost upon us, it is great time to rewind to two decades back, when England last hosted the showpiece event. Besides featuring some riveting contests and quality performances, the 1999 World Cup, played primarily in England with a few fixtures in Ireland, Scotland, Wales and the Netherlands, was also […]

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Specials – Australia’s one-match ODI grounds

  The arrival of Perth’s Optus Stadium on the international scene in January 2018 increased the total number of men’s ODI grounds in Australia to 19. Of these, as many as seven grounds have ended up hosting just a solitary ODI each. Here is a look back at these forgotten venues’ trysts with the international […]

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Specials – ODI cricket in Singapore, Part 2

  The second triangular ODI tournament in Singapore took place three and a half years after the first, at a new venue. The Kallang Ground played host to India, the West Indies and Zimbabwe in the Coca-Cola Singapore Challenge from September 2-8, 1999, and like the Padang, it was characterised by short boundaries, which contributed towards […]

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