Bangladesh’s nightmarish 335-run defeat to Zimbabwe under four days at Harare might just be their worst ever during their 13-year struggle in Test cricket. I was among the many who expected the Tigers to win the series in Zimbabwe, following recent improved performances. However after just four days, I am forced to eat my […]
Read More REVIEW – Listless Bangladesh, ruthless ZimbabweThe 2013 season begins with a short series between the perennial bottom two of Test cricket, Zimbabwe and Bangladesh. Zimbabwe will be hosting a two-Test series after nearly eight years, and Bangladesh will travel there for the first time since 2003-04. The Matches Both the Tests (17-21 April and 25-29 April) in the series will […]
Read More IN FOCUS – Bangladesh in Zimbabwe Test series 2013 : PreviewZimbabwe’s upcoming two-Test series in the West Indies will be their first consisting of at least two Tests since 2005-06, after which they returned to the Test fold only in the 2011-12 season, playing four one-off Tests. Moreover, this will be Zimbabwe’s only second visit to the Caribbean, the first being in 1999-00. The […]
Read More IN FOCUS – Zimbabwe in West Indies Test series 2012-13 : PreviewOn December 8, 2001, Sri Lanka ensured that Zimbabwe became the new holders of the most dubious ODI team record – that of the lowest total ever. In the opening match of a tri-nation series (also involving the West Indies) at the Sinhalese Sports Club in Colombo, left-arm seamer Chaminda Vaas returned a scarcely believable analysis of 8-3-19-8, […]
Read More RECORD BOOK – From Zimbabwe to Canada, to Zimbabwe againThe best time to play cricket in the Caribbean is when the sun is shining and the weather is sweet. Probably that explains why the West Indies did not host a one-day international under lights until 2006 whereas day-night matches were being held since 1979-80, when Australia took on the West Indies in […]
Read More Record Book – The first day/night ODI in the CaribbeanThis match was momentous for resulting in Zimbabwe’s first overseas Test victory, which ultimately led to their first ever series win (though they had won the one-off home Test against India earlier in the season). Zimbabwe had their best years of Test cricket during this period and this match, played between November 27 and […]
Read More Famous Test Matches – Pakistan v Zimbabwe, Peshawar, 1998-99Zimbabwe were as good as any team in one-day international cricket until the crisis of 2003, when several players including Andy Flower and Henry Olonga protested against the Mugabe regime in the country. This had a great effect on the team’s cricketing fortunes and in a flash, most of the top players resigned, giving way […]
Read More SPECIALS – Zimbabwe’s finest ODI wins
The Cricket Cauldron 