The Kenyan tour is in full swing, with two one-day internationals completed out of three; the final match will be played in Bulawayo on Sunday, weather permitting. The Harare match was rained off with Zimbabwe chasing a none too challenging total, while the Kwekwe match resulted in a comfortable victory for Zimbabwe using the cricketer's old friend Duckworth-Lewis.

CONTENTS

• One-day internationals, Kenya in Zimbabwe
  • First ODI, at Harare Sports Club: Scorecard | Report
  • Second ODI, at Kwekwe Sports Club: Scorecard | Report
• Alistair Campbell on the tour by Pakistan Interview
• 10 Years Ago: the First Test match between Zimbabwe and New Zealand, 1992/93 Report
• Vigne Cup cricket Report
• Letters

So far Kenya's batting has not been as successful as it might have been, although the loss of their major batsman Steve Tikolo through illness for the first match was certainly a handicap. They could come through in the final match to give Zimbabwe's errant bowlers a hammering. Brijal Patel, who took Tikolo's place at number three in the first match, looked a batsman of considerable potential, and he batted well again at Kwekwe. Martin Suji bowled a very impressive spell, ten overs without a break, in Kwekwe, for just 17 runs, but the rest of the bowlers have so far made no impact on the Zimbabwean batsmen.

But I repeat my assertion of last week, that Kenya urgently need more first-class cricket. It would be good if Zimbabwe could consider ways to help them out, within the strict limits of finance. Ideally a Kenyan team might, as some readers have suggested in the past, be included in the Logan Cup competition, but at the moment that hardly seems possible for financial reasons. Tours are also expensive and a certain financial loss as the television companies are not interested. Perhaps the ICC might put their money where their mouth is and help out here.

For Kwekwe their first official one-day international was a major event, and a successful one. They were very fortunate, for a start, to avoid rain until late in the afternoon, as that day most of the country had a lot of rain. The officials, led by provincial general manager Ken Connelly, who himself representative Midlands in their first Logan Cup season in 1999/2999, spared no effort to ensure that all went smoothly and in order. The local population supported the match well, and there were several corporate tents along one side of the ground. ZCU have declared their intention to make Kwekwe the third ground in the country and, financial constraints permitting, it will be exciting to see what developments take place during the next two or three years.

In this issue we also feature a major interview with Zimbabwe's acting captain Alistair Campbell, who discusses the recent tour by Pakistan and analyses the performances of players in both teams.

We have become aware of one omission: during the Pakistan and Kenyan tours, the Vigne Cup has been continuing quietly - so quietly that only recently did we remember it, and are now trying to access the scorecards. Our apologies for the omission, and we hope to catch up in the next week or two.

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