Zimbabwe

11:09 AM ET Liam Brickhill Former Zimbabwe Cricket chairman Peter Chingoka has died. Chingoka, who was 65, was one of the first black Zimbabweans to make his name in cricket, initially as a player and subsequently in administration. As a seamer and a useful lower-order batsman in his youth, Chingoka captained the South African African

8:21 AM ET Liam Brickhill Even as the wait continues for Zimbabwe’s suspension to be discussed at the ICC board meeting – scheduled for October – the country’s Under-19 squad has arrived in South Africa to play four 50-over matches against academy and youth sides. This tour is in preparation for the Under-19 World Cup,

Zimbabwe news August 9, 2019 This is the first step in getting the suspension lifted, but it’s not quite a straightforward road yet Gerald Mlotshwa, chairman of Zimbabwe’s Sports and Recreation Commission, that was put in charge of running Zimbabwe cricket © AFP The spat between Zimbabwe’s Sports and Recreation Commission and Zimbabwe Cricket appears

8:46 AM ET Liam Brickhill Following a court order, Zimbabwe’s Sports and Recreation Commission (SRC) has reversed its suspension of Zimbabwe Cricket’s original directors and dissolved the interim committee that had been put in place to temporarily run cricket in the country. The ruling also comes in the wake of ICC’s letter to ZC on

7:09 AM ET Liam Brickhill Zimbabwe’s cricketers will play for free if needs be in order to keep cricket in the country alive. “We will play for free,” a senior squad member confirmed to ESPNcricinfo. “As long as we can see the light at the end of the tunnel. Our next assignment is the qualifiers.

4:21 AM ET Liam Brickhill The interim committee running Zimbabwe Cricket has issued a statement instructing all employees, apart from the board originally suspended by the Sports and Recreation Commission last month, to report for work on Thursday or face “legal” and “disciplinary consequences”. This is not the first time that the SRC and ZC’s

2:40 PM ET Liam Brickhill Zimbabwe captain Hamilton Masakadza has written to sports minister Kirsty Coventry to ask for “urgent intervention” after Zimbabwe Cricket’s suspension by the ICC. Masakadza’s letter follows similar communication from women’s captain Mary-Anne Musonda, who had asked the minister to step in and resolve the apparent impasse between Zimbabwe Cricket (ZC)

6:08 AM ET Liam Brickhill The ICC has written to Zimbabwe Cricket to formalise the results of last week’s board meeting in London, instructing ZC to “unconditionally” reinstate the board elected in June or risk “termination” of their membership. Representatives of both the interim committee, put in place to manage cricket in Zimbabwe by the

12:25 PM ET Liam Brickhill The Zimbabwe women’s team have become the first to feel the full brunt of the ICC’s suspension of Zimbabwe Cricket. Four players – and a coach – selected for the Women’s Global Development Squad have been barred from travelling to England to take part in a series of T20 games

6:20 AM ET Liam Brickhill Zimbabwe allrounder Solomon Mire has announced his decision “to retire from Zimbabwe Cricket in all formats with immediate effect”. “It is unfortunate and untimely however to leave under the current circumstances that are out of my control but i have decided to take a step in a new direction,” Mire

1:05 PM ET Danyal Rasool Former Zimbabwe batsman Grant Flower believes Zimbabwe Cricket’s perpetually crisis-ridden state might have contributed to the ICC’s decision to suspend them. The drastic decision, which immediately froze all payment to Zimbabwe Cricket and barred the nation from participating in ICC events, took many by surprise, particularly since this was the

10:37 AM ET Liam Brickhill Zimbabwe will not be able to stage their domestic competitions in the coming season, or fulfil their Future Tours Programme (FTP) itinerary and other international obligations, including the tour to Bangladesh for a T20I tri-series that was to include Afghanistan in September, according to a statement released by Zimbabwe Cricket

12:18 AM ET Disappointment, despair and heartbreak. These are the words Sikandar Raza used to describe the mood among his Zimbabwe team-mates, as they frantically called each other and exchanged messages in the minutes following the ICC’s decision to suspend Zimbabwe with immediate effect over ‘government interference’. Raza said his team-mates’ emotions were similar to

2:55 PM ET Liam Brickhill Zimbabwe have been suspended from the ICC with immediate effect. ICC funding to Zimbabwe Cricket has been frozen, and representative teams from Zimbabwe will not be allowed to participate in any ICC events while under suspension, making Zimbabwe’s participation in the T20 World Cup Qualifier in October highly unlikely. After

Jul 12, 2019 Ireland 134 for 1 (Stirling 83*, Balbirnie 28*) beat Zimbabwe 132 for 8 (Ervine 55, Williams 34, Adair 4-40) by nine wickets (DLS method) A blazing Paul Stirling special powered Ireland to a nine-wicket demolition of Zimbabwe in the rain-truncated second T20I in Bready. Craig Ervine’s rapid fifty lifted Zimbabwe to 132

3:00 AM ET Ireland 134 for 1 (Stirling 83*, Balbirnie 28*) beat Zimbabwe 132 for 8 (Ervine 55, Williams 34, Adair 4-40) by nine wickets (DLS method) A blazing Paul Stirling special powered Ireland to a nine-wicket demolition of Zimbabwe in the rain-truncated second T20I in Bready. Craig Ervine’s rapid fifty lifted Zimbabwe to 132

3:00 AM ET Ireland 191 for 4 (McCollum 54, Porterfield 49) beat Zimbabwe 190 all out (Williams 67, Murtagh 3-39) by six wickets James McCollum‘s second fifty of the series, and a nuggety 49 from captain William Porterfield, took Ireland to an historic six-wicket win over Zimbabwe in Stormont. Following on from his fifty in

3:00 AM ET Liam Brickhill Ireland 242 for 9 (McCollum 73, Tucker 56, Stirling 52, Mire 4-43) beat Zimbabwe 237 for 9 (Williams 58, Burl 53, Murtagh 5-21) by five runs Tim Murtagh‘s first international five-for helped Ireland to a five-run win over Zimbabwe in the second ODI in Belfast. After Ireland had been made

3:00 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Ireland 258 for 6 (Balbirnie 101, Stirling 57) beat Zimbabwe 254 for 9 (Ervine 105, Adair 4-73) by four wickets Andy Balbirnie‘s fifth ODI hundred set up a successful chase as Ireland beat Zimbabwe by four wickets in the first encounter of their three-match series. Balbirnie fell with 26 still

6:36 AM ET Liam Brickhill The Zimbabwe women team have pulled out of their tour of Ireland, citing funding and logistical issues. They were due to arrive in Ireland on Sunday ahead of a one-day and T20 series double-header with the men’s side, who are already in Ireland, but did not travel. The ongoing impasse

7:33 AM ET Liam Brickhill The power struggle in Zimbabwean cricket has raged on this week, with the police being dispatched to secure Zimbabwe Cricket’s office in Harare, amid allegations that ousted board chairman Tavengwa Mukuhlani has instructed ZC employees not to turn up for work. The suspension put in place by the Sports and

3:00 AM ET Zimbabwe 152 all out (Taylor 40, van der Merwe 4-35) tied with Netherlands 152 for 8 (O’Dowd 56, Williams 2-28) Zimbabwe 18 for 0 beat Netherlands 9 for 1 in the Super Over The second T20I in Rotterdam seesawed wildly into a dramatic tie and a Super Over finish in which Zimbabwe

3:00 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Netherlands 199 for 6 (Van der Merwe 75*, Cooper 54) beat Zimbwbwe 150 (Ervine 59, Glover 3-20, Seelaar 3-28, Klaassen 3-38) by 49 runs He walked in after Netherlands lost two wickets for three runs. He walked back with his highest T20I score and the biggest hand in a thumping

3:00 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Netherlands 291 for 7 (O’Dowd 59, van der Merwe 57, Edwards 44, Seelaar 32*, Williams 4-43) beat Zimbabwe 290 for 6 (Raza 85*, Ervine 84, Taylor 51) by three wickets Zimbabwe came into this game after getting a proper beating. But nearly all of their key players stood up to

12:14 PM ET Liam Brickhill The entire board of Zimbabwe Cricket has been suspended with immediate effect by the Sports and Recreation Commission (SRC), a government parastatal and the governing organisation of all registered sporting associations in the country. ZC acting managing director Givemore Makoni has also been suspended from his position. David Ellman-Brown, Ahmed

3:00 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Netherlands 209 for 3 (O’Dowd 82*) beat Zimbabwe 205 for 8 (Taylor 71, Klaassen 2-29) by seven wickets Max O’Dowd pulls over midwicket Peter Della Penna While the cricket watching public are binging on the World Cup, Netherlands made a serious statement by totally outplaying Zimbabwe, with opening batsman Max O’Dowd

7:50 AM ET Liam Brickhill Tavengwa Mukuhlani has been re-elected as chairman of Zimbabwe Cricket (ZC) for another term. But his election has put ZC in direct conflict with the Sports and Recreation Commission, a government parastatal that ostensibly oversees all sporting bodies in the country, which issued a directive that ZC’s Elective Annual General

10:34 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Fast bowler Vivian Kingma and teenage allrounder Bas de Leede have been brought back in a string of changes to Netherlands’ 13-member squad for two ODIs and as many T20Is against a touring Zimbabwe. Allrounder Ryan ten Doeschate is not available due to his county commitments with Essex while fellow

10:51 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Seniors Hamilton Masakadza and Brendan Taylor, who had been sidelined from the ODI series against UAE with injuries, have returned to Zimbabwe’s squad for their limited-overs tour of Netherlands, which starts with the first ODI in Deventer on June 19. Masakadza will take back captaincy from Peter Moor, who had

11:28 AM ET Liam Brickhill Zimbabwe cricketer Brendan Taylor‘s wife was mugged outside their home in Harare earlier this week, with Taylor posting about the incident via his Twitter account and urging residents of the city to remain vigilant amid reports of increased crime. “Just had an alarming situation outside my house,” Taylor wrote. “I