By Hillary Ncube Zimbabwe’s senior mens cricket team, the Chevrons put up a spirited fight but ultimately succumbed to Sri Lanka in the second ODI of the series at Harare Sports Club. The visitors had taken a 1-0 lead in the series, and a win would have given them a commanding 2-0 advantage. Sri Lanka’s…
Takashinga Patriots 1 – 263-6 in 45 overs (Innocent Kaia 102, Brendan Taylor 61, Joylord Gumbie 42; Chris Mpofu 2/54, Petros Sithole 1/37, Tanatswa Bechani 1/44) Queens Sports Club – 129 all out in 23.4 overs (Petros Sithole 24, Chris Mpofu 19*, Jeffrey Mhuriyengwe 15; Graeme Cremer 4/43, Kundai Matigimu 2/20, Nigel Mupurura 2/27) Takashinga…
OnSport Reporter The Proteas’ fire was too hot for the Chevrons in the recent test series. What was expected to be a fiercely contested battle for the Limpopo series turned out to be a one-way affair. The hundreds of fans who braved the somewhat chilly Bulawayo winter for the two test matches were short-changed by…
Zimbabwe Cricket has announced a 16-man squad for the upcoming T20I triangular series involving South Africa and New Zealand, with all-rounder Sikandar Raza set to lead the side on home soil. The tournament is scheduled to run from 14 to 26 July 2025 at Harare Sports Club, with each team facing the others twice at…
Zimbabwe Cricket (ZC) has announced Sri Lanka will visit Zimbabwe later this year for an eagerly anticipated white-ball series to be held in Harare. The tour itinerary features two One-Day Internationals scheduled for 29 and 31 August, followed by three Twenty20 Internationals on 3, 6 and 7 September. All five matches will be played at…
Picture credit: Cricket South Africa By OnSport Reporter The South Africa senior men’s cricket team, the Proteas, arrived in Zimbabwe yesterday for a historic two-match Test series without Test captain Temba Bavuma. The World Test Championship-winning captain has been ruled out of the series against the Chevrons due to a left hamstring strain. Bavuma sustained…
Zimbabwe Cricket (ZC) has named a 16-man squad for the upcoming two-match Test series against newly crowned ICC World Test Champions South Africa, set to get underway next week at Queens Sports Club in Bulawayo. The first Test will be played from 28 June to 2 July, followed by the second from 6 to 10…
By OnSport Reporter Zimbabwe Women’s High Performance XI will face Tanzania Women in the Kwibuka Women’s Twenty20 Tournament this afternoon after beating Uganda Women by a single run at the Gahanga B ground in Rwanda. After being sent to bat first, the Zim HPC were unconvincing with the bat, scoring 93-8 in their allotted 20…
OnSport Reporter THE Harare Metropolitan Cricket Association (HMCA) has suspended coach Blessing Mafuwa pending investigations into allegations he racially abused national team captain Sikanda Raza on June 1 during a dometic match at Old Hararians Sports Club. Mafuwa is due for a disciplinary hearing this Tuesday. The explosive allegations stem from a domestic match on…
OnSport Reporter It was not the kind of reintroduction to playing with the big boys that many had anticipated for the Zimbabwe men’s senior cricket team, especially given the 22-year period since they last toured England. For Ben Stokes and his team, it was a stroll in the park. However, for Craig Ervine and his…
