The Zimbabwe national cricket team, also known as the Chevrons, represents Zimbabwe in men's international cricket and is overseen by Zimbabwe Cricket (formerly known as the Zimbabwe Cricket Union). Zimbabwe has been a Full Member of the International Cricket Council (ICC) since 1992. As of March, 2022, Zimbabwe is currently ranked 10th in Tests, 13th in One Day Internationals (ODIs) and 11th in Twenty20 Internationals (T20Is) by the ICC.
Main article: History of cricket in Rhodesia and Zimbabwe to 1992
Main article: Rhodesia cricket team
Zimbabwe – known as Rhodesia until 1980 – had a national cricket team before it achieved Test status.
A summary of key moments:
Rhodesia was represented in the South African domestic cricket tournament, the Currie Cup, sporadically from 1904 to 1932, and then regularly from 1946 until independence.
Following independence, the country began to play more international cricket.
Following independence, the country began to play more international cricket.
On 21 July 1981, Zimbabwe became an associate member of the ICC.
Zimbabwe participated in the 1983 Cricket World Cup, as well as the 1987 and 1992 events.
Zimbabwe's first World Cup campaign in 1983 ended in the group stage, as they lost five of their six matches. However, they threw a surprise against Australia. Batting first, Zimbabwe reached a total of 239 for 6 in the allotted 60 overs, with skipper Duncan Fletcher top-scoring with 69 not out. Fletcher then produced career-best figures of 4 for 42 to restrict Australia to 226 for 7, thereby recording a stunning upset in cricket history.
In the 1987 World Cup, Zimbabwe lost all six of their group-stage matches, though they came very close to winning against New Zealand. Chasing 243 to win from 50 overs, wicketkeeper-batsman David Houghton scored 142, but Zimbabwe were all out for 239 in the final over, thus losing by three runs.
In the 1992 tournament, Zimbabwe failed to progress beyond the round-robin stage, losing seven of their eight matches, though there were two notable achievements. Against Sri Lanka in their first match, Zimbabwe posted their then-highest total of 312 for 4, with wicketkeeper-batsman Andy Flower top-scoring with 115 not out. However, the Sri Lankans chased this total down with four balls to spare, winning by three wickets.
In their final match, Zimbabwe faced England in an inconsequential encounter, England having already made the semi-finals. Batting first, Zimbabwe were all out for 134. Eddo Brandes then produced a stunning spell of 4 for 21, including dismissing Graham Gooch the first ball, to help restrict England to 125 all out and thus give Zimbabwe a shock nine-run victory.
These twenty World Cup matches were Zimbabwe's only international games during this period.
1992–1996: Early years of Test status
Zimbabwe was granted Test status by the ICC in July 1992 and played its first Test match in October that year, against India at Harare Sports Club. They became the ninth Test nation.
Zimbabwe's early Test performances were consistently weak, leading to suggestions that they had been granted Test status prematurely. Of their first 30 Test matches, they won just one, at home against Pakistan in early 1995.
In the one-day arena, however, the team soon became competitive, if not particularly strong. In particular, world respect was gained for their fielding ability.
1997–2002: The golden era
Old logo of the Zimbabwe Cricket Union
Despite his team's difficulties, wicket-keeper/batsman Andy Flower was at one point rated the best batsman in world cricket. During this era, Zimbabwe also produced such cricketers as Flower's brother Grant, and allrounders Andy Blignaut and Heath Streak (who was later appointed national captain). Murray Goodwin was also a world-class batsman; following his retirement from international cricket, he has scored heavily for Sussex. Another world-class batsman was David Houghton, who holds the record for the highest individual Test score for Zimbabwe of 266 against Sri Lanka in 1994/95. Sometime captain and middle-order batsman Alistair Campbell, leg-spinning all-rounder Paul Strang, Eddo Brandes, and pace bowler/opener Neil Johnson were other important contributors for Zimbabwe on the world stage at this time.
With the appearance of these quality players, a breakthrough was achieved in levels of performance in the late 1990s where the Zimbabwean team began winning Tests against other nations, which included a series win against Pakistan. Unfortunately, the political situation in Zimbabwe declined at around the same time, which had a detrimental effect on the national team's performances.
Zimbabwe performed well at the 1999 Cricket World Cup, coming in fifth place in the Super Sixes and only missing out on a semi-final place due to having an inferior net run-rate than New Zealand.
In the group stage, Zimbabwe beat India by three runs, before facing their neighbours South Africa, then the best team in the world. Batting first, Zimbabwe made 233 for 6, with a well-fought 76 by opening batsman Neil Johnson. In reply, South Africa collapsed to 40 for 6, before Lance Klusener and Shaun Pollock scored half-centuries to reduce the margin of defeat to 48 runs. This was South Africa's first defeat against Zimbabwe and one of Zimbabwe's most famous wins. Neil Johnson also excelled with the ball, taking three wickets and claiming the Man of the Match award. Johnson quit playing for Zimbabwe after this tournament.
During this period, Zimbabwe beat all Test-playing nations (except Australia) regularly in ODI series. Zimbabwe beat New Zealand both home and away in 2000–2001. The team also reached the finals of many multi-national one-day tournaments.
2003–2004: Signs of decline
The increasing politicization of cricket, including selectorial policy, along with the declining situation in Zimbabwe disrupted the 2003 Cricket World Cup, which was jointly hosted by Zimbabwe, Kenya and South Africa. England forfeited a match scheduled to be played in Zimbabwe, risking their own progress through the competition, citing "security concerns" as their reason. Zimbabwean players Andy Flower and fast bowler Henry Olonga wore black armbands, for "mourning the death of democracy" in Zimbabwe. Both were immediately dismissed from the team and applied for political asylum overseas. This public political protest caused considerable embarrassment to the co-hosts and disrupted team harmony. Since the 2003 World Cup, with a succession of Zimbabwe's best players ending their international careers early, a new side began to develop, featuring the likes of Travis Friend, Andy Blignaut, Hamilton Masakadza, Douglas Hondo, Craig Wishart, Ray Price, Sean Ervine, Mark Vermeulen, Tatenda Taibu, Elton Chigumbura, Prosper Utseya, Dougie Marillier, and Barney Rogers. Whilst not of the same caliber of Streak, Goodwin, and the Flower brothers, this new breed of predominantly multi-disciplined players formed a solid backbone to a competitive, if usually unsuccessful, side.
In late 2003, Zimbabwe toured Australia in a two-match series. The series was more memorable for Australian opener Matthew Hayden's innings in the first Test – in which he overcame a back strain to score a then record 380 runs – than for the Zimbabwean performance.
2014–2021: Fall in rankings, loss to associates, and failure to reach 2019 World Cup
At the 2014 World Twenty20 in Bangladesh, Zimbabwe was eliminated in the group stage. A last-ball defeat against Ireland was followed by victories over the Netherlands (also off the last ball) and the United Arab Emirates, but a resounding win for the Netherlands over Ireland meant that the Dutch progressed to the Super 10 stage on net run-rate.
In July 2014, Zimbabwe hosted Afghanistan in a four-ODI series. They won the first two matches, before the Afghans won the last two to draw the series. The following month, Zimbabwe hosted South Africa in a single-Test and three-ODI series, losing all four matches.
Following the South African tour, Australia arrived in Zimbabwe for a triangular ODI series with the hosts and South Africa. While Zimbabwe lost their first two matches, to Australia and South Africa respectively, they pulled off a significant upset by beating Australia in the 4th match of the series. This was the first time Zimbabwe had beaten Australia in 31 years, with their last win coming in the 1983 world cup in England. Despite this win, Zimbabwe lost their final match and were knocked out of the tournament.
In late 2014, Zimbabwe toured Bangladesh for a three-Test and five-ODI series. They lost all eight matches. Following this, Stephen Mangongo was sacked as coach. In late December 2014, Zimbabwe Cricket appointed Dav Whatmore as coach, replacing Mangongo.
Zimbabwe geared up for the 2015 Cricket World Cup by winning all games against Northern Districts XI before facing New Zealand in their first warm-up game. New Zealand were reduced to 157/7 before rain intervened. In the next game, Zimbabwe upset Sri Lanka by seven wickets. Zimbabwe lost their opening game to South Africa, following which they beat the United Arab Emirates before losing to West Indies. Zimbabwe then went on to lose a close encounter to Pakistan.
During the Pool B match between Ireland and Zimbabwe, Sean Williams was caught by Ireland's John Mooney in a close run chase. Mooney was extremely close to the boundary and eight different television replays were inconclusive as to whether his foot had touched the boundary rope. Meanwhile, Williams had walked and the umpires signaled him out. Zimbabwe went on to lose the game and was knocked out of the tournament as a result. In their last game, Zimbabwe lost to India. Zimbabwe finished their world cup campaign with just one win over UAE in the first round. Despite this, Zimbabwe turned out to be very competitive and suffered four of the closest losses in the preliminary round of the tournament.
During the tournament, Brendan Taylor announced his retirement from Zimbabwe cricket even as he finished the tournament with 433 runs and two centuries. At the finish of the tournament, Taylor was among the leading run-getters of the tournament.
In May 2015, Zimbabwe became the first team in six years to tour Pakistan. Zimbabwe lost the T20I series 0–2 and the ODI series by an identical margin. In July that year, Zimbabwe hosted India and lost the ODI series 0–3, while the T20I series was tied 1–1, which included Zimbabwe's first T20I win in Harare.
Zimbabwe then hosted New Zealand in August for a three match ODI series and won the first game but went on to lose the series 1–2, as well as the lone T20I. Pakistan arrived in late September following a decision to postpone their tour. Pakistan won the T20Is 2–0 and the ODI series 2–1.
Following the series against Pakistan, Zimbabwe simultaneously hosted associates Ireland and Afghanistan in October. Zimbabwe beat Ireland 2–1 in ODIs. But, Afghanistan beat Zimbabwe 3–2 to win the ODI series. This was the first time an associate nation had beaten a full member in a bilateral series. Zimbabwe then went on to lose the T20I series 0–2 as well to Afghanistan. After series of losses within home soil, Zimbabwe toured Bangladesh in November. But, losses continued to attack Zimbabweans, where they lost the ODI series 0–3, while the T20Is were drawn 1–1.
At the end of 2015 and the start of 2016, Zimbabwe contested a five-ODI and two-T20I series against Afghanistan in the United Arab Emirates. They took the ODI series to the deciding match before losing 3–2, and lost both T20Is. Zimbabwe then toured Bangladesh for a four-T20I series which was drawn 2–2.
After Chigumbura stepped down as captain, Hamilton Masakadza was named skipper. During the 2016 ICC World Twenty20 in India, Zimbabwe were knocked out in the first round after they lost to Afghanistan by 59 runs.
Zimbabwe axed coach Whatmore and captain Hamilton Masakadza before the India tour in mid-2016. Makhaya Ntini the bowling coach was given interim responsibility of coaching while previously appointed vice-captain Graeme Cremer who had missed the ICC World Twenty20 2016 was appointed stand-in captain. Lance Klusener was appointed batting coach on a full-time basis.
India toured Zimbabwe for the fourth time in about six years for a three ODI and three t20I series. Indian selectors rested most of its senior players except for skipper MS Dhoni who visited the country for the first time in the decade. Zimbabwe was thrashed 0–3 in the ODI series which led to angry reactions by the fans. To add injury to insult, several key Zimbabwe players like Sean Williams, Craig Ervine, Vusi Sibanda, Luke Jongwe, Richmond Mutumbami and Tinashe Panyangara were injured before or during the t20 series. Despite this, Zimbabwe managed to win the first T20I by two runs before going down meekly in the second. The series remained tied 1–1 after two games. In the last game, Zimbabwe went down fighting by 3 runs to lose the series 1–2. In 2016 season, New Zealand toured Zimbabwe in late July and won both tests convincingly, recorded as the Zimbabwe's sixth straight loss to Kiwis.
Before the Sri Lanka tour on late September, Streak was appointed as head coach of Zimbabwe, with Ntini appointed as bowling coach. The task was given to qualify for the 2019 ICC Cricket World Cup and go up through the ranks in coming years. Zimbabwe played their 100th Test match on 29 October 2016 against Sri Lanka, but lost the match by 225 runs in the last hour of the fifth day after a fighting innings by skipper Graeme Cremer. Zimbabwe went on to lose the two match series 0–2.
The test series was followed by a tri-series also featuring West Indies. Zimbabwe advanced to the finals with four different results – a loss, a tie, a no-result and a win. However, Zimbabwe lost the final to Sri Lanka by six wickets. In early 2017, Afghanistan again defeated Zimbabwe in the ODI series and won the series 3–2.
Zimbabwe's next one day international series was against Scotland in the European country in mid 2017 which was tied 1–1.
After 15 years, Zimbabwe toured Sri Lanka for 5-ODIs and a single Test in late June 2017. In the first match against Sri Lanka at Galle on 30 June 2017, Zimbabwe recorded their first ODI win against Sri Lanka in Sri Lanka, which is also recorded as their first win in any format against them within Sri Lanka. Solomon Mire scored a match-winning century and Zimbabwe successfully chased 319, which was also recorded as the first successful chase over 300 on Sri Lankan soil.
Despite the opening win, Zimbabwe went on to lose the next two games but bounced back to win the fourth game in a rain-affected match. In the fifth game, Sri Lanka set Zimbabwe a total of 204 runs to chase with Sikandar Raza claiming a career-best 3/21. In reply, Zimbabwe was 137–1 thanks to Hamilton Masakadza's 73 before a collapse saw them lose six wickets before reaching 175. Skipper Cremer joined Raza to score the remaining runs and Zimbabwe won with about 12 overs to spare.
Zimbabwe lost the following one-off test by 4 wickets, partly due to a controversial stumping decision on the fifth day of the test. Despite this, Zimbabwe team and especially coach Heath Streak were showered with praises on their return.
In October, former players Brendan Taylor and Kyle Jarvis returned to the national team after a two-year hiatus to play in the two test match series against the West Indies.
Zimbabwe lost the first match and the two test series 0–1 to West Indies. However, their draw in the second game was their first in over 12 years and they also earned their first points on the ICC rankings table while ending their ten-match losing streak.
Zimbabwe finished the year with an innings defeat within two days against South Africa in a rare four-day test.
Zimbabwe began 2018 with one win (against Sri Lanka) out of four games in a tri-series that involved hosts Bangladesh. They failed to qualify for the finals.
Zimbabwe's next commitment was in the UAE where they again lost 0–2 to Afghanistan in a t20 series. This was followed by yet another ODI series defeat (1-4) against Afghanistan. In March, Zimbabwe hosted nine other teams in the qualifiers for the 2019 ICC World Cup to decide the top two teams that will join the elite eight at cricket's premier event to be held in England and Wales. Zimbabwe were placed in group B alongside Afghanistan, Nepal, Hong Kong and Scotland. Zimbabwe progressed to the super sixes by beating Nepal, Afghanistan and Hong Kong and earning a tie with Scotland. Zimbabwe beat Ireland in the first game of the super sixes but lost the second to West Indies. Needing to win their last game, Zimbabwe suffered a shock loss by 3 runs against UAE and were knocked out of the tournament. This was the first time Zimbabwe had failed to qualify for the Cricket World Cup.
With this failure, Zimbabwe Cricket sacked all the national coaching staff, national captain, under-19 coach and national selector from their positions. During a press conference, ZC suggested that Brendan Taylor would take over leadership of the team. In May 2018, ZC announced the appointment of Lalchand Rajput as interim head coach. In August 2018, he was confirmed as the permanent coach of the team.
In July 2018, Zimbabwe hosted Australia and Pakistan in a T20I tri-series. Zimbabwe players - Brendan Taylor, Graeme Cremer, Sean Williams, Craig Ervine and Sikandar Raza - refused to play after being not paid their salaries for about a year which resulted in a depleted Zimbabwe side losing their games heavily and getting knocked out in the first round. This was followed by a five-ODI series against Pakistan where Zimbabwe - further rattled by the losses of Malcolm Waller, Solomon Mire, and Kyle Jarvis - lost all five games by heavy margins.
Zimbabwe's losing streak in international matches was extended to nineteen as the team lost the ODI series (0-3) and the t20I series (0-2) in South Africa in October and the ODI series (0-3) in Bangladesh in the same month. Zimbabwe put an end to the streak by winning the first test against Bangladesh by 151 runs. This was the Chevrons' first away win since 2001. The series was eventually tied 1-1.
2019 began on a bad note for Zimbabwe with Graeme Cremer putting his career on hold and proposed tours of India and Afghanistan being called off. Zimbabwe retained Hamilton Masakadza as skipper for all formats (despite the cricketer having not won a single limited overs match) while Peter Moor was named deputy. However, Masakadza along with Taylor missed the series against UAE due to injury. Moor captained the team in Masakadza's absence. Under Moor, Zimbabwe recorded their first series clean sweep in over a decade by beating UAE 4–0.
Masakadza returned along with Taylor for Zimbabwe's tour to the Netherlands. Zimbabwe lost the ODI series 0–2. After the Netherlands won the first t20i, the second game ended in a dramatic tie. Zimbabwe won the super over to tie the series 1-1. During the tour, Zimbabwe's cricket board was suspended and was replaced by an interim board. Zimbabwe also lost the ODI series 0–3 in the subsequent tour of Ireland. The t20I series was tied 1-1.
ICC voluntarily suspended the Zimbabwe Cricket on 18 July 2019 from ICC tournaments citing political interventions in the Cricket Board of Zimbabwe. The decision taken by ICC panel left several players frustrated. Due to the ban, Zimbabwe could not compete in the qualifiers for 2020 ICC World Twenty20. Zimbabwe's board was reinstated by their government soon after, but the suspension stayed. During the time, Solomon Mire and captain Hamilton Masakadza (under whom Zimbabwe had lost all 25 completed ODIs) announced their retirements.
Despite the suspension by the ICC, Zimbabwe Cricket confirmed that they would still be participating in the 2019–20 Bangladesh Tri-Nation Series, as they can still play against other ICC members. The tri-series started on 13 September, with the final scheduled to be held on 24 September. Masakadza's last assignment led to Zimbabwe winning one game out of four and bowing out of the tournament.
Under new stand-in captain Sean Williams and missing many of their regular players, Zimbabwe toured Singapore to play in a final Tri-Nation Series also involving Nepal. Zimbabwe beat Nepal in the first game but lost to 21st ranked Singapore in the second. Zimbabwe won the next two games to register their first-ever series win in t20i format. In October 2019, the ICC lifted its suspension on Zimbabwe Cricket, allowing them to take part in future ICC events.
Zimbabwe's first commitment of the year 2020 was a two-test home series against Sri Lanka which they lost 0–1. This was followed by a lone test and ODI series loss in Bangladesh. They lost the lone test in Sylhet by an innings and 106 runs. In the first ODI, thanks to a Liton Das century, they lost by a huge margin of 169 runs. The second ODI was a closer affair as Donald Tiripano's incredible assault led to them causing a huge upset, but eventually, Zimbabwe lost by 4 runs. They were crushed by a 292 run partnership by the Bangladeshi openers and went on to lose by 123 runs. After the 0–3 loss, the two teams squared off for a two-game t20i series which Zimbabwe lost 0–2.
As of April 25, 2021 Zimbabwe had played 3 T20i matches against Pakistan marking a remarkable win in second T20 match held at 23 April in Harare restricting opposition to 99/10 against 119 and that was also their first ever victory in T20 against Pakistan.
2022 - present: The redemption, 2022 World Cup qualifier success, First ever win on Australian soil and T20 World Cup
In Group A, United States and Zimbabwe both won their first two matches to secure their places in the semi-finals of the tournament. The Netherlands and Zimbabwe reached the final of the tournament to qualify for the 2022 ICC Men's T20 World Cup. Hosts Zimbabwe beat the Netherlands by 37 runs in the final to win the tournament.
The Bangladesh cricket team toured Zimbabwe in July and August 2022 to play three One Day International (ODI) and three Twenty20 International (T20I) matches.Zimbabwe won the opening T20I match by 17 runs. It was the team's sixth-consecutive win in T20Is, their best in the format. Zimbabwe won the third T20I by 10 runs to win the series by 2–1 margin, which was their first T20I series win against Bangladesh and defeated them in ODI matches too 2-1. Sikandar Raza was player of the series in both the series, Ryan burl also made a record of 34 runs in a over against Nasum Ahmed bettering shakib al hasan's record of 30 runs a over which dates back in 2019
Although they lost the series 3-0 , there was a good fight back against India in 3rd ODI ,completely whitewashed by India.
Zimbabwe lost the matches 2-0 , but sprung up a surprise to Australians to win the 3rd final ODI . Ryan Burl starred again with his 5/10 being the best bowling by a Zimbabwe player against Australia in ODIs, which incidentally was their first ever win on Australian soil .Ending the series 2-1 . Zimbabwe coach Dave Houghton was impressed by team's performance.
Zimbabwe qualified for the Super 12 of the 2022 T20 World Cup after victory over Scotland and Ireland and a loss to the West Indies. The first game of the Super 12 was a no result against neighbhours South Africa. The second game brought about a famous 1 run win over Pakistan.
Current squad
This is a list of players who have played for Zimbabwe in the past 12 months or have been named in the recent Test, ODI or T20I squad. Uncapped players are listed in italics. Updated on 12 February 2023.
Name Age Batting style Bowling style Domestic team Forms Shirt number Captaincy
Batsmen
Craig Ervine 37 Left-handed OB Mashonaland Eagles Test, ODI, T20I 77 Captain
Innocent Kaia 30 Right-handed LB Southern Rocks Test, ODI, T20I 9
Chamu Chibhabha 36 Right-handed RM Mashonaland Eagles Test, ODI
Tanunurwa Makoni 23 Right-handed RM Matabeleland Tuskers Test
Gary Ballance 33 Left-handed LB Mid West Rhinos Test, ODI, T20I
Tadiwanashe Marumani 21 Left-handed OB Mashonaland Eagles ODI, T20I 49
Tony Munyonga 24 Right-handed OB Mountaineers T20I 32
Kudzai Maunze 31 Right-handed OB Mashonaland Eagles Test
All-rounders
Milton Shumba 22 Left-handed SLA Matabeleland Tuskers Test 3
Sikandar Raza 36 Right-handed OB Southern Rocks ODI, T20I 24
Wesley Madhevere 22 Right-handed OB Mashonaland Eagles ODI, T20I 17
Ryan Burl 28 Left-handed LB Mid West Rhinos ODI, T20I 54
Donald Tiripano 34 Right-handed RFM Mountaineers Test 25
Sean Williams 36 Left-handed SLA Matabeleland Tuskers T20I 14
Wicket-keepers
Tafadzwa Tsiga 28 Right-handed - Southern Rocks Test
Regis Chakabva 35 Right-handed - Mashonaland Eagles ODI, T20I 5 Vice-Captain
Clive Madande 22 Right-handed - Matabeleland Tuskers ODI, T20I 42
Joylord Gumbie 27 Right-handed - Mountaineers Test
Spin Bowlers
Wellington Masakadza 29 Left-handed SLA Mountaineers Test, ODI, T20I 11
Brandon Mavuta 25 Right-handed LB Mid West Rhinos Test, ODI
Pace Bowlers
Victor Nyauchi 30 Right-handed RFM Mountaineers Test, ODI, T20I 61
Richard Ngarava 25 Left-handed LFM Mashonaland Eagles Test, ODI, T20I 39
Brad Evans 25 Right-handed RF Mashonaland Eagles Test, ODI, T20I 80
Tanaka Chivanga 29 Right-handed RF Mashonaland Eagles Test 27
Luke Jongwe 28 Right-handed RFM Matabeleland Tuskers ODI, T20I 75
Tendai Chatara 31 Right-handed RF Mountaineers ODI, T20I 13
Blessing Muzarabani 26 Right-handed RFM Southern Rocks T20I
ZIMBABWE NATIONAL CRICKET TEAM
Zimbabwe National Cricket Team | History | Stats | Records | Players
Zimbabwe National Cricket Team
Zimbabwe Cricket (ZC) is the national administering body for aggressive cricket in the Republic of Zimbabwe, in charge of the everyday administration and organization of the amusement. VISION To end up a fruitful performer in the worldwide sports and media outlet.
Participation is comprised of affiliations speaking to every one of the nations 10 authoritative territories. While every affiliation demonstrations self-sufficiently inside its geographic border, all work together for more noteworthy’s benefit of the amusement at the national premise. These affiliations have seen directors on the 13 part ZC board and the common chairpersons additionally settle on the arrangement of the staying six directors onto the board.
Zimbabwe National Cricket Team: Close by the common affiliation, ZC has commonplace workplaces. In 2008, an audit of the viability of the present common structures was embraced. This saw the decrease in the number of common workplaces from ten to four, in charge of the focal, eastern, northern and western zones. They administer cricket action together and execute ZC programs in the areas which fall under their ward.
Zimbabwe recorded the lowest team total in ODIs by a Test playing nation.
Zimbabwe has lost more ODIs against associate nations than any other Test-playing Zimbabwe has also lost more T20Is against associate nations than any other Test-playing nation.
Zimbabwe National Cricket Team: In spite of the opening win, Zimbabwe proceeded to lose the following two recreations yet skipped back to win the fourth amusement in a rain influenced coordinate. In the fifth diversion, Sri Lanka set Zimbabwe a sum of 204 runs to pursue with Sikandar Raza asserting a profession best 3/21. In answer, Zimbabwe was 137– 1 because of Hamilton Masakadza’s 73 before a crumple saw them lose six wickets before achieving 175. Skipper Cremer joined Raza to score the rest of the runs and Zimbabwe won with around 12 overs to save.
Zimbabwe lost the accompanying irregular test by 4 wickets, mostly because of a dubious puzzling choice on the fifth day of the test.[105] Despite this, Zimbabwe team and particularly mentor Heath Streak was showered with acclaims on their return.
Zimbabwe Cricket Team: In October, former players Brendan Taylor and Kyle Jarvis came back to the national team following a two-year break to play in the two tests coordinate arrangement against the West Indies.
Zimbabwe lost the main match and the two test arrangement 0-1 to West Indies. Notwithstanding, their attract the second diversion was their first in more than 12 years and they likewise earned their first focuses on the ICC rankings table while finishing their ten-match losing streak.
Zimbabwe Cricket Team completed the year with an innings vanquish inside two days against South Africa in an uncommon multi-day test. Zimbabwe started 2018 with one win (against Sri Lanka) out of four recreations in a tri-arrangement that included hosts Bangladesh. They neglected to fit the bill for the finals.
Zimbabwe National Cricket Team: Zimbabwe’s next responsibility was in the UAE where they again lost 0-2 to Afghanistan in a t20 arrangement. This was trailed by yet another ODI arrangement overcome (1-4) against Afghanistan. In March, Zimbabwe facilitated nine different teams in the qualifiers for the 2019 ICC World Cup to choose the main two teams that will join the first class eight at cricket’s chief occasion to be held in England and Wales. Zimbabwe was set in gather B nearby Afghanistan, Nepal, Hong Kong, and Scotland.
Zimbabwe Cricket Team advanced to the super sixes by beating Nepal, Afghanistan and Hong Kong and procuring a tie with Scotland. Zimbabwe beat Ireland in the primary game of the super sixes yet lost the second to West Indies. Needing to win their last diversion, Zimbabwe endured a stun misfortune by 3 runs against UAE and was thumped out of the tournament. This was the first run through Zimbabwe had neglected to meet all requirements for the Cricket World Cup.
Zimbabwe National Cricket Team: With this disappointment, Zimbabwe Cricket sacked all the national instructing staff, national captain, under-19 mentor and national selector from their positions. Amid a public interview, ZC recommended that Brendan Taylor would assume control administration of the team. In May 2018, ZC reported the arrangement of Lalchand Rajput as between time head coach. In August 2018, he was affirmed as the perpetual mentor of the team.
In July 2018, Zimbabwe facilitated Australia and Pakistan in a T20I tri-arrangement. Zimbabwe players – Taylor, Cremer, Williams, Ervine, and Raza – declined to play subsequent to being not paid their pay rates for about a year which brought about a drained Zimbabwe Cricket Team side losing their amusements vigorously and getting thumped out in the first round. This was trailed by a five-ODI arrangement against Pakistan where Zimbabwe – additionally shaken by the misfortunes of Waller, Mire, and Jarvis – lost each of the five recreations by substantial edges.
The following squad is about the players who represent Zimbabwe in the international arena in all three formats of the game since the 2017-18 season.
Zimbabwe National Cricket Team Players
Captain and Opening batsman
Name Age Batting style Bowling style Domestic team Forms S/N
Hamilton Masakadza 35 Right-handed RM Mountaineers Test, ODI, T20I 3
Middle Order Batsmen
Name Age Batting style Bowling style Domestic team Forms S/N
Brendan Taylor 32 Right-handed OB Mid West Rhinos Test, ODI, T20I 1
Craig Ervine 33 Left-handed OB Matabeleland Tuskers Test, ODI, T20I 77
Sean Williams 31 Left-handed SLA Matabeleland Tuskers Test, ODI, T20I 14
Sikandar Raza 32 Right-handed OB Mashonaland Eagles Test, ODI, T20I 24
Ryan Burl 24 Left-handed LG Mashonaland Eagles Test, ODI 54
Tarisai Musakanda 23 Right-handed RM Mid West Rhinos Test, ODI 31
Opening Batsmen
Name Age Batting style Bowling style Domestic team Forms S/N
Chamu Chibhabha 31 Right-handed RM Mashonaland Eagles ODI, T20I 33
Solomon Mire 29 Right-handed RM Mid West Rhinos ODI 27
Brian Chari 26 Right-handed OB Matabeleland Tuskers Test, ODI
All-rounders
Name Age Batting style Bowling style Domestic team Forms S/N
Graeme Cremer 31 Right-handed LB Mid West Rhinos Test, ODI, T20I 30
Malcolm Waller 33 Right-handed OB Mid West Rhinos Test, ODI, T20I 9
Elton Chigumbura 32 Right-handed RFM Mashonaland Eagles ODI, T20I 47
Liam Roche 18 Right-handed OB Zimbabwe U-19 ODI
Wicket-keepers
Name Age Batting style Bowling style Domestic team Forms S/N
Peter Moor 27 Right-handed OB Mid West Rhinos Test, ODI, T20I
Regis Chakabva 30 Right-handed OB Mashonaland Eagles Test, ODI, T20I 5
Ryan Murray 20 Right-handed OB Zimbabwe U-19 ODI
Pace Bowlers
Name Age Batting style Bowling style Domestic team Forms S/N
Kyle Jarvis 29 Right-handed RFM Mashonaland Eagles Test, ODI, T20I 8
Carl Mumba 23 Right-handed RFM Mid West Rhinos Test, ODI
Richard Ngarava 20 Left-handed RFM Mountaineers ODI
Donald Tiripano 30 Right-handed RFM Mountaineers Test, ODI 25
Tendai Chatara 27 Right-handed RFM Mountaineers Test, ODI, T20I 13
Christopher Mpofu 32 Right-handed RFM Matabeleland Tuskers ODI, T20I 28
Taurai Muzarabani 31 Right-handed RFM Mashonaland Eagles ODI, T20I
Spin Bowlers
Name Age Batting style Bowling style Domestic team Forms S/N
Tendai Chisoro 30 Left-handed SLA Mid West Rhinos ODI, T20I 88
Wellington Masakadza 24 Left-handed SLA Mashonaland Eagles ODI, T20I
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