FEATURE ARTICLES
Guest column, by George Goodwin
"ZIMBABWE cricket needs a tonic and it must be administered now
before the "virus" that has gripped the national team takes a
stranglehold. From an impressive 1998 with promising
performances against powerhouse Pakistan, including an historic
first away series win on the sub-continent, to a Super Six spot
at the World Cup earlier this year the national team has been
dealt a body blow." [more]
INTERVIEWS
- Guy Whittall on the Bloemfontein Test
"I thought
that if I could manage to get the ball to come back off the seam
I might get Jacques Kallis out. I said to Pommie Mbangwa the
over before, 'I can do it, I'll get him out,' because he is a
class act." [more | Scorecard]
- Gavin Rennie on the Sri Lankans and the Harare Test against South Africa
"I was down to bat at number seven again, after opening the
innings in all my previous Tests. Obviously I would prefer to
open, and I think my statistics show I've done quite well
opening. It's disappointing to me to have lost that opportunity."
[more
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Sri Lankan tour]
TOUR AND MATCH REPORTS
- CFX Academy v Sri Lankans, by Gwynne Jones
[Report]
- Review of Zimbabwe v South Africa at Harare Sports Club
"This is a major complaint of Zimbabwe players. "Other countries
prepare pitches to give their players home advantage, so why
can't we?" they understandably cry. The Harare Sports Club
pitch, with quite a bit of grass left on it, favoured the South
African pace attack far more than it did Zimbabwe's comparatively
inexperienced seamers."[more | Scorecard]
- Preview of Sri Lankan Test series
It is five years since Sri Lanka last visited Zimbabwe for what
was popularly termed, especially in England, as the 'basement
battle' for the bottom place in the Test cricket ladder.
Since then, both teams have come a long way..."
[more]
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Zimbabwe's captain, Andy Flower
Photo Paul McGregor 1999
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CURRENT ISSUES
The captaincy, by John Ward
"When asked when he first thought seriously of resigning, Campbell
admitted with a smile, but not altogether humorously, that it
crossed his mind every time Zimbabwe lost a match."
[more]
DOMESTIC CRICKET
- Zimbabwe Board XI in South Africa, by Trevor Penney
The Zimbabwe Board XI has recently returned from a three-week
tour of South Africa, where they won four matches out of six
against North West B, Easterns B and KwaZulu-Natal B.
[more]
- Club cricket report, by club representatives
We plan to include regular news from the clubs nationwide. For
this issue we were able only to contact Harare clubs, as we are
having difficulty in finding correspondents elsewhere.[Report |
Vigne Cup]
- Development cricket news, by Karigai Motsi
"The popularity of cricket in Zimbabwe continues to grow. Young
boys and girls are not prepared to wait for school days to play
the game at school. They are playing cricket on any piece of
land, driveways, back yards, streets or open ground." [more]
- Schools cricket, by Peter Whalley
We have asked the cricket masters of the leading high schools in
the country to give us a brief report on the cricket played at
their schools during 1999. We invite those schools who have not
yet contributed to send their reports to the editor for
inclusion. [Review]
- Zimbabwe age-group teams
by Mr Peter Whalley, ZCU junior committee chairman
[Review]
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