Zimbabwe

2:32 PM GMT Hamilton Masakadza, former Zimbabwe captain and opening batsman, has been appointed Zimbabwe Cricket’s (ZC) director of cricket. Masakadza, who is Zimbabwe’s fourth-highest run-scorer in both Tests and ODIs, retired from international cricket last month and will begin in the new position on Friday. The director of cricket is a new role created

2:54 PM GMT ESPNcricinfo staff Zimbabwe Cricket has avoided what its board chairman Tavengwa Mukuhlani called a “disastrous,” situation by being reinstated as a Full Member of the ICC. Zimbabwe were let back into the fold after satisfactorily showing the ICC there was not outside influence in the running of its board. ZC was banned

12:33 PM ET Zimbabwe have been reinstated as a member of the ICC, three months after being suspended for government interference in its board. The sanction on Zimbabwe was lifted at the ICC’s October board meeting on Monday, between the governing body’s chairman Shashank Manohar, chief executive Manu Sawhney, Zimbabwe Cricket (ZC) chairman Tavengwa Mukuhlani,

3:00 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Zimbabwe 168 for 2 (Moor 92*, Munyonga 44) beat Singapore 167 for 7 (Chandramohan 66, David 47, Jakiel 2-27) by 8 wickets Peter Moor smashed 92* off 60 as Zimbabwe avenged their shock defeat against Singapore in the two sides’ last meeting in the Singapore Twenty20 Tri-Series 2019, beating the

3:00 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Zimbabwe 160 for 6 (Williams 53, Lamichhane 2-27) beat Nepal 120 for 9 (Bhandari 33, Williams 3-21) by 40 runs Sean Williams was not a happy man as he was presented the Man of the Match trophy on Sunday. Singapore had upset Zimbabwe, winning their first game against a Test

3:00 AM ET Singapore 181 for 9 (Manpreet 41, David 41, Burl 3-24) beat Zimbabwe 177 for 7 (Williams 66, Chakabva 48, Mahboob 2-20, Prakash 2-34) When Tony Munyonga cut teenager Sidhant Singh for only a single in the game’s final ball at the Indian Association Ground in Singapore, history was made as the hosts

3:00 AM ET Zimbabwe 133 for 5 (Burl 41*, Mutumbami 40*, Lamichhane3-15)beat Nepal 132 for 6 (Airee 40, Williams 2-19)by five wickets Zimbabwe have had very little to cheer about in the past few months. They became the first Full Member to be suspended by the ICC and are now set to miss next year’s

3:00 AM ET Toss Afghanistan opt to bowl v Zimbabwe Afghanistan will bat first against Zimbabwe in the fifth match of the T20 tri-series in Chattogram. Already assured of their place in next week’s final, Afghanistan made three changes to their playing XI, handing an international debut to allrounder Fazal Niazai. The match is essentially

3:00 AM ET Big picture This game is the first of two dead rubbers in this tri-series, but try telling that to Hamilton Masakadza. This will be his last international match and, having contributed for so long to Zimbabwe cricket, a win over a side that has totally dominated them in T20Is will make for

7:50 AM ET Liam Brickhill Allrounder Sean Williams sees success in Bangladesh as “extremely important” as Zimbabwe seek a return to normalcy after a chaotic couple of months off the field. Zimbabwe were suspended by the ICC in July, resulting in them missing out on the T20 World Cup Qualifiers in October, as well as

3:00 AM ET Zimbabwe chose to bowl v Aghanistan Zimbabwe captain Hamilton Masakadza decided to field after winning the toss against Afghanistan in the second match of the tri-series. Masakadza said that they wanted to win this game to ensure that their last two games don’t become dead rubbers. Afghanistan are currently on a hot

3:00 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Zimbabweans 144 for 3 (Taylor 57*, Maruma 46*) beat Bangladesh Cricket Board XI 142 for 7 (Sabbir Rahman 30, Williams 3-18) by seven wickets Zimbabwe’s tour of Bangladesh – their first international assignment following the suspension from the ICC in July – got off to a promising side with the

© IDI/Getty Zimbabwe will contest the T20 tri-series in Bangladesh later this month minus their experienced allrounder, Sikandar Raza. While announcing a 15-man squad for the series that also includes Afghanistan, Zimbabwe Cricket said “the selectors have opted to leave out Sikandar Raza over pending disciplinary issues raised by the captain”. “It is important that

8:44 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Zimbabwe captain Hamilton Masakadza has announced his decision to retire from international cricket after the upcoming T20I tri-series in Bangladesh, where Afghanistan are the third team. In February, 36-year-old Masakadza was appointed Zimbabwe’s captain across formats, but with the ICC suspending Zimbabwe in July, his future as well as that

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