Zimbabwe national cricket team

Zimbabwe national cricket team

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Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe Cricket crest
Zimbabwe Cricket crest
Test status acquired1992
First Test matchv India India at Harare Sports Club, Harare, 18–22 October 1992
CaptainHamilton Masakadza
CoachDav Whatmore
Current ICC Test, ODI and T20I ranking10th (Test)
12th (ODI)
11th (T20I)[1] [1]
All-time best ICC Test, ODI and T20I ranking??? (Test)
??? (ODI)
??? (T20I) [2]
Test matches
– This year		97
0
Last Test matchv Bangladesh Bangladesh at Zohur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium, Chittagong, 12–16 November 2014
Wins/losses
– This year		11/60
0/0
As of 12 March 2016
The Zimbabwean cricket team is the team that represents Zimbabwe in international cricket. It is administered by Zimbabwe Cricket (formerly known as the Zimbabwe Cricket Union or ZCU). Zimbabwe is a full member of the International Cricket Council (ICC) with Test and One Day International status.
As of 12 March 2016, Zimbabwe is ranked tenth in Tests, twelfth in ODIs and eleventh in Twenty20 Internationals by the ICC.[1]

History

Before Test status


Old logo of the Zimbabwe Cricket Union
Main article: History of cricket in Rhodesia and Zimbabwe to 1992
Main article: Rhodesia cricket team
In common with all the other full members of the ICC, Zimbabwe – known as Rhodesia until independence from the United Kingdom in 1980 – had a national cricket team before it achieved Test status.
A brief 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.
  • 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.[2]
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.[3]
9 June 1983
Scorecard
Zimbabwe 
239/6 (60 overs)		v Australia
226/7 (60 overs)
Duncan Fletcher 69* (84)
Graham Yallop 2/28 (9 overs)
Kepler Wessels 76 (130)
Duncan Fletcher 4/42 (11 overs)
Zimbabwe won by 13 runs
Trent Bridge, Nottingham
Umpires: David Constant (Eng) and Mervyn Kitchen (Eng)
Player of the match: Duncan Fletcher (Zim)
  • Australia won the toss and elected to field.
  • Despite this victory, Zimbabwe were knocked out in the group stage.
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.[4]
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.[5]
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 first ball, to help restrict England to 125 all out and thus give Zimbabwe a shock nine-run victory.
18 March 1992
Scorecard
Zimbabwe 
134 (46.1 overs)		v England
125 (49.1 overs)
David Houghton 29 (74)
Ian Botham 3/23 (10 overs)
Alec Stewart 29 (96)
Eddo Brandes 4/21 (10 overs)
Zimbabwe won by 9 runs
Lavington Sports Oval, Albury
Umpires: Brian Aldridge (NZ) and Khizer Hayat (Pak)
Player of the match: Eddo Brandes (Zim)
  • England won the toss and elected to field.
  • Despite this victory, Zimbabwe were knocked out in the round-robin stage.
These twenty World Cup matches were Zimbabwe's only international games during this period.[6]

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.[7]
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.
31 January–4 February 1995
Scorecard
Zimbabwe 
v
544/4d (165 overs)
Grant Flower 201* (523)
Aaqib Javed 2/73 (34.1 overs)
322 (124 overs)
Inzamam-ul-Haq 71 (197)
Heath Streak 6/90 (39 overs)


158 (62 overs)
Inzamam-ul-Haq 65 (98)
Heath Streak 3/15 (11 overs)
Zimbabwe won by an innings and 64 runs
Harare Sports Club, Harare
Umpires: Mervyn Kitchen (Eng) and Ian Robinson (Zim)
Player of the match: Andy Flower (Zim) and Grant Flower (Zim)
  • Zimbabwe won the toss and elected to bat.
  • This Test was also notable in marking the debut of Henry Olonga, the first black cricketer to play for Zimbabwe. Despite the victory, Zimbabwe lost the three-Test series 2-1.
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

In spite of 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 excelled 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,[8] 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.
29 May 1999
Scorecard
Zimbabwe 
233/6 (50 overs)		v South Africa
185 (47.2 overs)
Neil Johnson 76 (117)
Allan Donald 3/41 (10 overs)
Lance Klusener 52* (58)
Neil Johnson 3/27 (8 overs)
Zimbabwe won by 48 runs
County Ground, Chelmsford
Umpires: David Shepherd (Eng) and Srinivas Venkataraghavan (Ind)
Player of the match: Neil Johnson (Zim)
  • Zimbabwe won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Zimbabwe progressed to the Super Six stage.
During this period, Zimbabwe beat all Test-playing nations (except Australia) regularly. Zimbabwe beat New Zealand both home and away in 2000-2001. The team also reached finals of many multi-national one day tournaments.

2003–2004: Signs of decline

Increasing politicisation of cricket, including selectorial policy, along with the declining situation in Zimbabwe disrupted the 2003 Cricket World Cup, which was jointly hosted by Zimbabwe 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.[9] [10]
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 calibre 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.[11]
Zimbabwe lost its first match against Bangladesh in 2004.
In 2004, captain Heath Streak was sacked by the ZCU (now Zimbabwe Cricket), prompting a walkout by 14 other players in protest against political influence in the team's management and selection policies. A scheduled tour by Sri Lanka went ahead, but this was a lopsided affair, with Zimbabwe represented by fringe players who were not of international standard.[12][13]
Because of this, the ZCU accepted that Zimbabwe were to play no further Test cricket in 2004, though its status as a Test nation was unaffected.[14]

2005–2009: Worsening political situation, steep decline and exodus of players

After a series of poor Test performances following the resignation of several senior players, the Zimbabwean team was voluntarily suspended from Test cricket in late 2005 by its cricket board, with ICC encouragement.[15]
In early 2005, Heath Streak was reinstated into the national side, but the political situation in Zimbabwe involving Operation Murambatsvina disrupted the Zimbabwean team. During overseas tours, the players were often said to be buying necessities which were unavailable – or prohibitively expensive – at home, as opposed to the souvenirs which other touring teams would purchase.
In 2005 an agreement was signed which led to the return of many of the rebels to the Zimbabwe side.[16] However, results failed to improve as in March Zimbabwe lost both their Tests on tour against South Africa by an innings. Worse was to follow in August, when they were crushed on home soil by New Zealand, in a match that was completed in just two days. In the process, Zimbabwe were humiliated; they became only the second side in Test history (after India in 1952) to be bowled out twice in the space of one day. Then they lost both their Tests to India at home later in September. After the series against India, Streak announced his retirement from international cricket, dealing yet another blow to the beleaguered team.
By November 2005, the players were once again in dispute with Zimbabwe Cricket over political interference in the management of the game, as well as contract negotiations, and the new captain, Tatenda Taibu, resigned from international cricket. By then the team had been further weakened by the departure of the likes of Dougie Marillier, Craig Wishart and Sean Ervine, all of whom retired in protest and expressed disillusionment in the local cricket hierarchy.
By January 2006, 37 Zimbabwean cricketers had failed to receive any offer of renegotiation talks from Zimbabwe Cricket after their contracts with the board had expired. This body of players demanded that the chairman and managing director of Zimbabwe Cricket, Peter Chingoka and Ozias Bvute, be removed from office for there to be any hope for the players to return to the international stage.
On 6 January 2006, the Sports and Recreation Commission, a division of the Zimbabwean government, took over the offices of Zimbabwe Cricket. The apparent takeover has resulted in the firing of all whites and Asians among the board directors, because of "their racial connotations and saving their own agendas and not government policy" according to Gibson Mashingaidze, an army brigadier and chairman of the government's Sports and Recreation Commission.
An interim board was appointed as the new leading party of cricket in Zimbabwe, with Peter Chingoka appointed as the committee's head. Given Chingoka's close ties to Bvute, it was likely that the latter would continue in his post as well.
On 18 January 2006, Zimbabwe Cricket announced that they were suspending the playing of Test cricket for the rest of the year.[17] Zimbabwe's coach Kevin Curran said that Zimbabwe were aiming to play their next Test against the West Indies in November 2007.[18] It was felt by observers that the Zimbabwean national team was not of sufficient Test standard, and that competing against Full Member sides would do little to improve standards, given the likely one-sided nature of the games. Bangladesh, for a long time seen as the 'whipping boys' of Test cricket, recorded their first win against Zimbabwe, and were thereafter regarded as being of a superior standard. On 8 August 2011, Zimbabwe recorded a resounding victory in the one Test match series over Bangladesh, played in Harare.
Domestically, the Logan Cup – Zimbabwe's first class competition played amongst the provinces – was cancelled in 2006 for the first time since its inception over a century ago (though the Cup was not played during some of the years of the World Wars). This was widely seen as due to concern by ZC that the standard of play would be so poor as to be both not worthwhile and potentially harmful to the external image of cricket in Zimbabwe. The one-day trophy, the Faithwear Cup, was contested, and drew complaints from observers that the quality was less than club level. As well as player exodus, the main reason for this catastrophic fall in standards was put down to wrangling within Zimbabwe Cricket, where internal politics motivated the removal of the historic provinces and their replacement with revamped, newly designated provincial teams. Zimbabwe's economic collapse led to scanty attendance at games and players not receiving their salaries for long periods of time.
In a further harmful incident, ex-player Mark Vermeulen was arrested after attempting to burn down ZC's offices, and successfully destroying the Zimbabwe Cricket Academy's premises. In a nation in increasing social and economic turmoil, such facilities are hard to replace, and their loss has proven difficult to manage for a cricket administration already short of top quality facilities.
In the period leading up to the 2007 Cricket World Cup in the West Indies, and to stop a similar exodus of players as after the 2003 World Cup, the selected players were asked to sign a new contract. The players were summoned to meet Ozias Bvute, Zimbabwe Cricket's managing director, a week or so before they were due to set off and given an ultimatum – sign the contract on offer or be removed from the squad. It is understood that they were not allowed to take advice, and were told they had to make the decision there and then.
One player told his team-mates that there were certain things contained in the contracts that needed clarification. He was summoned back into Bvute's office and warned that it was a take-it-or-leave-it offer: this player was later revealed to be Anthony Ireland.[19] Another said that when he told Bvute he wanted to consult with friends, Bvute picked up the phone and called Kenyon Ziehl, the head of selection, and told him he wanted the player replaced in the squad. Unsurprisingly, the player backed down and signed.
In light of the poor state of Zimbabwe's finances, and that Zimbabwe Cricket had to borrow around US$1 million in early 2007 pending receipt of monies from the World Cup to help them over an ongoing cash crisis, the board agreed to pay match fees in US dollars. The players were to be paid US$2000 per appearance and a series of US$500 bonuses based on wickets taken and fifties scored. The maximum payment was believed to be capped at around US$8000. However, fees were not paid until June 2007 to stop the exodus and help cash flow.[20]
The spectre of continued problems with the ZC board influenced some players to cut their losses and seek to finish their careers abroad: Anthony Ireland accepted a contract to play for Gloucestershire during 2007, while opener Vusi Sibanda also left. More are thought to be considering following suit.
Zimbabwe fared poorly in the 2007 Cricket World Cup, even failing to beat non-Test playing Ireland.
Zimbabwe upset Australia in its opening match of the Twenty20 World Championship in Cape Town, defeating them by 5 wickets. Brendan Taylor led the way for Zimbabwe, with first class wicket keeping (a catch, stumping and run out) and a crucial unbeaten 60 from 45 deliveries. He was announced as Man of the Match. They then lost to England by 50 runs, meaning they exited the tournament at the first stage due to their net run rate being inferior to both Australia and England after Australia had beaten England in the other group match.
There was more encouraging news in October 2007, when it was announced that Zimbabwe would compete in all three domestic competitions in South Africa as part of Cricket South Africa's attempts to improve the standard of cricket in Zimbabwe.[21]
However, their participation in the above competitions was thrown into doubt when the plans were postponed pending a Cricket South Africa board meeting.[22] A compromise was reached late in November 2007, meaning Zimbabwe would have taken part in the MTN Domestic Championship and the Standard Bank Pro 20 Series, but not the SuperSport Series as originally planned.[23] Instead, they played three first-class four-day games against a South African Composite XI made up of franchise and provincial players. The three games, in Paarl, Potchefstroom, and Kimberley were all won by Zimbabwe.[24]
In between those games, they played a five match One Day International series against the West Indies, scoring an upset win in the opening match[25] before losing the series 3–1. The final match was abandoned due to rain.[26]
Zimbabwe's performance against Bangladesh during this time was extremely poor as they lost every ODI series except one at home, including a 0-5 whitewash in 2006.
Zimbabwe also lost against non-Test playing nation Kenya very often. But in 2009, they bounced back beating their African neighbors 9-1 in ten games.

Zimbabwean players take the drinks break in their ODI match against Bangladesh at Sher-e-Bangla Cricket Stadium, Dhaka on 23 January 2009.

2010–2014: Return to Tests and continued financial problems

Zimbabwe won an ODI and a T20I during their tour of the West Indies. Zimbabwe reached the finals of a triangular tournament which included India and Sri Lanka. They lost their remaining matches in the year except against Ireland whom they beat 2-1 at home.
Zimbabwe started their World Cup 2011 campaign with a 91-run defeat by Australia at Ahmadabad on 21 February 2011. They then recorded a comfortable victory over Canada, before losing by 10 wickets to New Zealand on 4 March 2011. Further heavy defeats by Sri Lanka and Pakistan followed, before a consolation victory over Kenya was achieved in Zimbabwe's final game of the tournament. After these defeats, opening batsman Brendan Taylor was announced as captain of all formats on 24 June 2011, replacing Elton Chigumbura.
Zimbabwe returned to Test cricket on 4 August 2011 after a six-year exile, hosting Bangladesh in a one-off Test match at Harare. The national team's re-introduction to Test cricket was successful, as they won by 130 runs.[27]
4–8 August 2011
Scorecard
Zimbabwe 
v
370 (131 overs)
Hamilton Masakadza 104 (244)
Shakib Al Hasan 3/62 (26 overs)
287 (96.2 overs)
Mohammad Ashraful 73 (158)
Brian Vitori 4/66 (24 overs)
291/5d (92 overs)
Brendan Taylor 105* (175)
Shafiul Islam 1/29 (11 overs)
244 (57.3 overs)
Abdur Razzak 43 (17)
Kyle Jarvis 4/61 (16.3 overs)
Zimbabwe won by 130 runs
Harare Sports Club, Harare
Umpires: Kumar Dharmasena (SL) and Bruce Oxenford (Aus)
Player of the match: Brendan Taylor (Zim)
  • Bangladesh won the toss and elected to field.
As part of the lead-up to their Test return, Zimbabwe Cricket announced major upgrades to the Harare Sports Club and Mutare Sports Club grounds.[28] Plans for a new Test ground at Victoria Falls were also revealed.[29] ZC also signed a US$1 million deal with Reebok to sponsor the domestic competitions and manufacture the kits of the national team for three years.[30]
Following the Test, Zimbabwe and Bangladesh contested a five-match ODI series. Zimbabwe won 3-2, thus recording their first ODI series win against a Test-playing nation since 2006.[31][32]
Zimbabwe were beaten in all the formats by Pakistan. After this they played a home series with New Zealand. They were defeated 2–0 in the T20I series, and New Zealand were 2–0 up in the ODI series. The final ODI was being played at the Queen's Sports Club, Bulawayo. They were at a 12-match losing streak at that time.
Furthermore, when batting first, New Zealand scored 328 in 50 overs, nobody gave Zimbabwe a chance of winning. The Zimbabweans have never chased an ODI total in excess of 300 before. However, they did it successfully for the first time in their history.
Zimbabwe's main aim in the innings break was to lose with dignity. When opener Vusi Sibanda was out for a duck, even that seemed to be a tall order, but skipper Brendan Taylor changed the entire complexion of the match. Taylor scored a brilliant 75 before he was dismissed fresh from the centuries he scored from the last games.
After Taylor's dismissal, Tatenda Taibu's speedy fifty kept Zimbabwe in the hunt. However, the match-changing partnership was between the two all-rounders Malcolm Waller and Elton Chigumbura. Waller played one of the greatest innings in ODI history as he scored 99*. In the end, he even did not think of his century but to just take his team over the line. His selflessness brought about for Zimbabwe a much-needed victory. His partner Chigumbura scored a brisk 47 and was quite unlucky to miss out on his half-century, bowled by Jacob Oram after he along with Waller had taken the equation below a run a ball. When Keegan Meth was bowled two balls later for a duck, Waller kept his cool as he marshalled the middle order efficiently, assisted by a six by debutant Natsai Mushangwe, and then enough support by Ray Price brought the scores level. After Price was dismissed (caught), it was the last wicket Zimbabwe had and the new man in was another debutant Njabulo Ncube. Waller is said to have advised him, "'No matter what happens, if I get bat on ball, let's take the run.' And the run they did take, thereby recording a legendary victory for Zimbabwe. According to an interview later, Waller said that he was thinking of a swing and get the ball over the ground so that both his team could win and he could get a century, but later he though that he would rather take the team home rather than get 100,". Waller was the Man of the Match for his spectacular performance, while Brendan Taylor was Man of the Series.[33][34][35]
25 October 2011
Scorecard
New Zealand 
328/5 (50 overs)		v Zimbabwe
329/9 (49.5 overs)
Ross Taylor 119 (126)
Njabulo Ncube 3/69 (8.5 overs)
Malcolm Waller 99* (74)
Jacob Oram 3/44 (9.5 overs)
Zimbabwe won by 1 wicket
Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo
Umpires: Owen Chirombe (Zim) and Bruce Oxenford (Aus)
Player of the match: Malcolm Waller (Zim)
  • New Zealand won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Despite this victory, Zimbabwe lost the series 2-1. Nonetheless, Brendan Taylor received the Man of the Series award.
Zimbabwe came close to winning the solitary Test between the teams. Chasing 366 to win in their second innings, Zimbabwe were well placed at 265 for 3, with Taylor making 117, before a collapse handed New Zealand a 34-run victory.[36]
Zimbabwe then toured New Zealand in January and February 2012 for a single-Test, three-ODI and two-T20I series, but lost all six matches.[37] In the Test, they were bowled out twice on the third day – for 51 (their lowest Test score) and 143 – to lose by an innings and 301 runs.[38]
In June 2012, Zimbabwe beat South Africa in a t20 match of an unofficial triangular T20 tournament where Bangladesh national cricket team also featured. This was the 3rd match of the tournament. They beat South Africa by 29 runs. They also had beaten Bangladesh in the first match of that tournament by 10 runs. In the 3rd match against South Africa, although there were no AB de Villiers and Jacques Kallis, the South Africa team were very much strong. Winning the toss and electing to bat first, Vusi Sibanda and Hamilton Masakadza opened the innings and scored 58 and 55 respectively. The wicket keeper captain Brendan Taylor scored a quickfire 38 from 21 balls in the end. They scored 176/4 in 20 overs. Coming to chase, South African batsmen Richard Levi and Colin Ingram scored 40 and 48 respectively. But the other batsmen struggle to make it and went all out on 147 within 19.2 overs. Christopher Mpofu took 3 for 20. In the next meetings with South Africa and Bangladesh, Zimbabwe lost both of the matches and ended in the same points as those of South Africa and Bangladesh. Due to better net run rates, Zimbabwe and South Africa progressed to the final. On 24 June 2012, in the final match, South Africa batted first and scored 146 runs with the loss of 6 wickets in 20 overs. While an early collapse occurred in their innings, South Africa managed to get back with a fair score as Faf du Plessis scored 66 off 57 balls and Albie Morkel scored a quickfire 34 not out off 23 balls. Kyle Jarvis of Zimbabwe took 2 wickets for 22 runs. coming out to chase, Zimbabwe started well but Vusi Sibanda went out on 24 off 16. But then the captain Brendan Taylor and Hamilton Masakadza well built the innings scoring 59 not out and 58 not out respectively. They took Zimbabwe to victory as they scored 150 for the loss of 1 wicket in 17.1 overs. Zimbabwe won by 9 wickets and clinched the T20 series in front of a full house packed with native Zimbabwean crowd at the Harare Sports Club ground. Brendan Taylor was the man of the match and Hamilton Masakadza got the man of the series award.
Zimbabwe lost all their matches in 2010 and 2012 World t20s in the opening stage.
Zimbabwe toured West Indies again in 2013. This time they were less successful and lost all matches.
Zimbabwe then hosted Bangladesh in June. They won the One Day International series 2-1 while the Test and T20I series were tied 1-1. They then lost an ODI series 0-5 at home to world champions India.
During August and September 2013, Zimbabwe hosted Pakistan in a two-Test, three-ODI and two-T20I series.[39] Pakistan won both T20Is, before coming from behind to win the ODI series 2-1. They then won the first Test following a double-century by Younis Khan in the second innings. However, Zimbabwe won the second Test by 24 runs – their first Test victory against a team other than Bangladesh since 2001 – to draw the series 1-1.[40]
10–14 September 2013
Scorecard
Zimbabwe 
v
294 (109.5 overs)
Hamilton Masakadza 75 (169)
Junaid Khan 4/67 (33 overs)
230 (104.5 overs)
Younis Khan 77 (223)
Brian Vitori 5/61 (26.5 overs)
199 (89.5 overs)
Tino Mawoyo 58 (165)
Rahat Ali 5/52 (24.5 overs)
239 (81 overs)
Misbah-ul-Haq 79* (181)
Tendai Chatara 5/61 (23 overs)
Zimbabwe won by 24 runs
Harare Sports Club, Harare
Umpires: Steve Davis (Aus) and Ranmore Martinesz (SL)
Player of the match: Tendai Chatara (Zim)
  • Zimbabwe won the toss and elected to bat.
  • The two-Test series was drawn 1-1.
Zimbabwe were ousted in the first round of 2014 world t20 following a shock victory by Netherlands over Ireland after which Netherlands progressed over Zimbabwe and Ireland by net run-rate. Zimbabwe hosted Afghanistan in July 2014 and the series was drawn 2-2.
Zimbabwe then hosted South Africa for a Test and 3 ODI series where they lost all the matches.[41]
Following the South African tour, Australia arrived in Zimbabwe for a triangular ODI series with the hosts and South Africa.[42] 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.[43] This was the first time Zimbabwe had beaten Australia in 31 years, with their last win coming in the 1983 world cup in England.[44] 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.[45] Following this, Stephen Mangongo was sacked as coach.[46]
Throughout the period, Zimbabwe's financial condition deeply worsened. The ICC had to step in and provide financial assistance but the usage of monetary benefits has been a question of debate.[47][48] Zimbabwe players have threatened boycott many times of late and have formed a players' Union.[49][50] Zimbabwe team has struggled to attract sponsors and this has affected its domestic structure leading to cancellation of many tournaments such as Pro40. A number of franchises also have been cancelled. Multiple tours have been postponed, cancelled or have gone un-televised.[51][52]

2015–Present: Under Dav Whatmore

In late December 2014, Zimbabwe Cricket appointed Dav Whatmore as coach, replacing Mangongo.[53][54]
Zimbabwe geared up for the 2015 Cricket World Cup by winning all games against Northern Districts XI[55] before facing New Zealand in their first warm-up game.[56] New Zealand were reduced to 157/7 before rain intervened. In the next game, Zimbabwe upset Sri Lanka by seven wickets.[57]
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.[58]
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 were knocked out of the tournament as a result.[59]
In their last game, Zimbabwe lost to India.[60]
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[61] 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.[62]
In May 2015, Zimbabwe became the first team in six years to tour Pakistan. Zimbabwe lost the t20 series 0-2 and the ODI series by an identical margin.[63]
In July that year, Zimbabwe hosted India and lost the ODI series 0-3 while the t20 series was tied 1-1.
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 t20.
Pakistan arrived in late September following a decision to postpone their tour.[64] Pakistan won the t20s 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.[65] 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.[66]Zimbabwe then went on to lose the t20I series 0-2.[67]
Zimbabwe toured Bangladesh in November. They lost the ODI series 0-3 while the t20Is were drawn 1-1.[68]
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.[69] They then toured Bangladesh for a four-T20I series which was drawn 2-2.[70]
After Chigumbura stepped down as captain, Hamilton Masakadza was named skipper.[71]
Zimbabwe were knocked out in the first round of ICC World Twenty20 2016 after they lost to Afghanistan by 59 runs.[72]

International grounds

Locations of all stadiums which have hosted an international cricket match within Zimbabwe

Current squad

NameAgeBatting styleBowling styleDomestic teamFormsS/N
Captain and Opening Batsman
Hamilton Masakadza32Right-handedRMMountaineersTest, ODI, T20I3
Vice-Captain and Leg Break Bowler
Graeme Cremer29Right-handedLBMid West RhinosTest, ODI, T20I30
Opening Batsmen
Chamu Chibhabha29Right-handedRMMashonaland EaglesODI, T20I33
Vusi Sibanda32Right-handedRMMid West RhinosTest, ODI, T20I10
Tino Mawoyo30Right-handedRMFMountaineersTest, ODI20
Sikandar Raza30Right-handedRMMashonaland EaglesTest, ODI, T20I24
Peter Moor25Right-handedOBMid West RhinosODI24
Middle Order Batsmen
Charles Coventry33Right-handedLBMatabeleland TuskersODI, T20I
Stuart Matsikenyeri33Right-handedOBMountaineersTest, ODI, T20I
Malcolm Waller31Right-handedOBMid West RhinosTest, ODI, T20I9
Craig Ervine30Left-handedOBMatabeleland TuskersTest, ODI, T20I77
Mark Vermeulen37Right-handedOBMashonaland EaglesTest
All-rounders
Sean Williams29Left-handedSLAMatabeleland TuskersTest, ODI, T20I14
Elton Chigumbura30Right-handedRFMMashonaland EaglesTest, ODI, T20I47
Solomon Mire26Right-handedRMFMid West RhinosODI
Neville Madziva24Right-handedRMFMid West RhinosODI
Wicket-keepers
Regis Chakabva28Right-handedOBMashonaland EaglesTest, ODI, T20I5
Richmond Mutumbami26Right-handedOBMatabeleland TuskersTest, ODI89
Pace Bowlers
Brian Vitori26Left-handedLFMMashonaland EaglesTest, ODI, T20I60
Tawanda Mupariwa31Right-handedRFMMatabeleland TuskersTest, ODI, T20I53
Donald Tiripano28Right-handedRFMMountaineersTest, ODI25
Tendai Chatara25Right-handedRFMMountaineersTest, ODI, T20I13
Tinashe Panyangara30Right-handedRFMMid West RhinosTest, ODI, T20I48
Christopher Mpofu30Right-handedRFMMatabeleland TuskersODI, T20I28
Luke Jongwe21Right-handedRFMMatabeleland TuskersODI, T20I12
Taurai Muzarabani29Right-handedRFMMashonaland EaglesODI, T20I
Spin Bowlers
Prosper Utseya31Right-handedOBMashonaland EaglesTest, ODI, T20I52
Tafadzwa Kamungozi28Right-handedLBMountaineersODI98
John Nyumbu30Right-handedOBMatabeleland TuskersTest, ODI16
Tendai Chisoro28Left-handedSLAMid West RhinosODI, T20I88

Coaching staff

Notable players

Players are included here because of outstanding achievement or other prominence/notoriety. For a fuller list of Zimbabwean cricketers, see Category:Zimbabwean cricketers.

Andy Flower, wicket-keeper and batsman and a black arm-band demonstrator. Once ranked as top batsman in Test cricket, former captain and former England coach.
  • Eddo Brandes – Oldest player to have taken an ODI hat-trick.
  • Alistair Campbell – Former captain and opening batsman.
  • Charles Coventry – Holds the record for the highest individual innings by a Zimbabwean in One Day International cricket (194 not out); briefly shared the world record with Pakistan's Saeed Anwar.
  • Kevin Curran – Former all-rounder and Zimbabwe coach (2005–2007).
  • Sean Ervine – elder brother of Craig. Currently plays for Hampshire County Cricket Club.
  • Andy Flower – Wicket-keeper batsman and black arm-band demonstrator. Once ranked as top batsman in Test cricket, former captain, now former England coach.
  • Grant Flower – Also played county cricket for Leicestershire and Essex, the latter alongside elder brother Andy. Batting coach for Zimbabwe following retirement.
  • Neil Johnson – Born in Salisbury (now Harare). An all-rounder, opened both the batting and bowling for his country in 1999 World Cup. He won three Man-of-the-Match awards and was influential in Zimbabwe's qualification to the Super 6 stage of the tournament.
  • Murray Goodwin – Born in Salisbury (now Harare), he began his career with Western Australia in 1994. Currently plays for Glamorgan County Cricket Club and has acquired 67 first-class hundreds.
  • Graeme Hick – Member of 1983 World Cup Squad aged seventeen and represented Zimbabwe until 1986. Qualified for England and played international cricket from 1991 to 2000/01. Worcestershire County Cricket Club legend, for whom he compiled 106 of his 136 first-class hundreds.
  • David Houghton – Former captain, has the highest individual Test score for Zimbabwe (266).
  • Anthony Ireland – Fast bowler; retired from international cricket after the 2007 World Cup and currently plays in English county cricket.[73]
  • Hamilton Masakadza – Talented batsman and current national captain. Scored a century on his Test debut at the age of 17 in 2001; was also the first black Zimbabwean to score a first-class century, and the first batsman to make two scores of 150 or more in the same ODI series (against Kenya in 2009).
  • Henry Olonga – Quick bowler, musician and black arm-band demonstrator.
  • Trevor Penney – Represented Zimbabwe before becoming a Warwickshire County Cricket Club stalwart from 1992 to 2005. Since retirement, his employment as fielding coach (an art in which he excelled) has been much sought-after, currently assisting the Indian national team.
  • Paul Strang – elder brother of Bryan. Spin bowler and all-rounder, instrumental in Zimbabwe's rise in the mid-late 1990s, current coach of the Auckland Aces.
  • Heath Streak – Former captain and leading wicket taker for Zimbabwe in both Test and ODI cricket.
  • Tatenda Taibu – Talented wicket-keeper batsman; became Zimbabwe's first black captain in 2004 and - at 20 - the youngest Test captain ever, a record he retains as of 2016.
  • Brendan Taylor – Regarded as one of Zimbabwe's few post-isolation international class players, became the first Zimbabwean batsman to hit back-to-back One Day Internationalcenturies and the first batsman to score more than 300 runs in a three-match ODI series. He opted for a Kolpak deal after the 2015 World Cup.
  • John Traicos – Born in Egypt of Greek descent, represented South Africa in 1970 before excommunication. Accurate off-spin bowler who broke records for longevity of Test career when Zimbabwe debuted in 1992. Popular in quizzes – representing two countries in internationals but born in neither.
  • Guy Whittall – cousin of Andy Whittall. All-rounder and former captain.

Tournament history

World Cup

World Cup record
YearRoundPositionGPWLTNR
England 1975Not eligible (not an ICC member)
England 1979
England 1983Group stage8/861500
India Pakistan 1987Group stage8/860600
Australia New Zealand 1992Round-robin stage9/981700
India Pakistan Sri Lanka 1996Group stage9/1261401
England Scotland Republic of Ireland Netherlands 1999Super Sixes5/1283401
South Africa Zimbabwe Kenya 2003Super Sixes6/1493501
West Indies Cricket Board 2007Group stage13/1630210
India Sri Lanka Bangladesh 2011Group stage10/1462400
Australia New Zealand 2015Group stage11/1461500
England 2019 – – – – – – –
Total

58124213

World Twenty20

World Twenty20 record
YearRoundPositionGPWLTNR
South Africa 2007Group stage9/1221100
England 2009Withdrew
West Indies Cricket Board 2010Group stage10/1220200
Sri Lanka 2012Group stage11/1220200
Bangladesh 2014Group stage11/1632100
India 2016Group stage11/1632100
Australia 2020–––––––
Total

125700

ICC Trophy

  • 1979: Not eligible (not an ICC member)
  • 1982: Won
  • 1986: Won
  • 1990: Won
  • 1994 onwards: Not eligible (ICC Full member)

ICC Champions Trophy

ICC Champions Trophy record
YearRoundPositionGPWLTNR
Bangladesh 1998Pre-quarter-final9/910100
Kenya 2000Quarter-finals8/1110100
Sri Lanka 2002Pool stage9/1220200
England 2004Group stage9/1220200
India 2006Qualifying round10/1030300
South Africa 2009Did not qualify (outside top 8 in ODI rankings)
England Wales 2013
England Wales 2017
Total

90900

Commonwealth Games

Records

International Match Summary – Zimbabwe[74][75][76]
Last updated 12 March 2016.
Playing Record
FormatMWLTD/NRInaugural Match
Test Matches97116002618 October 1992
One Day Internationals4711223345109 June 1983
Twenty20 Internationals5112381028 November 2006

Test matches

Test record versus other nations[74]
Records complete to Test #2145. Last updated 16 November 2014.
OpponentMWLTDFirst matchFirst win
v  Australia3030014 October 1999
v  Bangladesh14650319 April 200122 April 2001
v  England6030318 December 1996
v  India11270218 October 199210 October 1998
v  New Zealand1509061 November 1992
v  Pakistan17310041 December 19934 February 1995
v  South Africa8070113 October 1995
v  Sri Lanka150100511 October 1994
v  West Indies8060216 March 2000

One Day Internationals

ODI record versus other nations[75]
Records complete to ODI #3722. Last updated 6 January 2016.
OpponentMWLTNRFirst matchFirst win
vs Test nations
v  Australia30227019 June 19839 June 1983
v  Bangladesh6728390011 October 199711 October 1997
v  England308210118 March 199218 March 1992
v  India6010482011 June 19837 February 1997
v  New Zealand389271110 October 19873 February 1996
v  Pakistan544471227 February 199226 February 1995
v  South Africa382350110 March 199229 May 1999
v  Sri Lanka477390123 February 19925 November 1994
v  West Indies459350113 June 198326 July 1999
vs Associate/Affiliate Members
v  Afghanistan14680018 July 201418 July 2014
v  Bermuda2200018 May 200618 May 2006
v  Canada2200016 May 200616 May 2006
v  Ireland9531015 March 200717 October 2008
v  Kenya322550226 February 199627 February 1996
v  Namibia1100010 February 200310 February 2003
v  Netherlands1100028 February 200328 February 2003
v  United Arab Emirates1100019 February 201519 February 2015

Twenty20 Internationals

T20I record versus other nations[76]
Records complete to T20I #531. Last updated 12 March 2016.
OpponentMWLTNRFirst matchFirst win
vs Test nations
v  Australia1100012 September 200712 September 2007
v  Bangladesh9450028 November 200611 May 2013
v  England1010013 September 2007
v  India4130012 June 201019 July 2015
v  New Zealand606004 May 2010
v  Pakistan9090012 October 2008
v  South Africa303008 October 2010
v  Sri Lanka3030010 October 2008
v  West Indies3120028 February 201028 February 2010
vs Associate/Affiliate Members
v  Afghanistan5050026 October 2015
v  Canada2101011 October 200813 October 2008
v  Hong Kong110008 March 20168 March 2016
v  Ireland1010017 March 2014
v  Netherlands1100019 March 201419 March 2014
v  Scotland1100010 March 201610 March 2016
v  United Arab Emirates1100021 March 201421 March 2014

See also

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