Wisden called him "the man who came from two countries, and played for two others", and his career was certainly one of the more unusual ...
02:19 PM, May 17, 2013
New Delhi: Indian cricket team's upcoming tour of Zimbabwe, earlier scheduled to be held in July, has been put "on hold" due to "fatigue factor". The tour was supposed to follow the Champions Trophy in England and a tri-series in the West Indies from June 28 to July 11. The tour has been put on hold due to "fatigue factor", a BCCI official was quoted as saying by 'ESPNcricinfo'. The...
05:48 PM, May 15, 2013
Bulawayo: Shakib Al Hasan performed with bat and ball to hand Bangladesh a comfortable 34 run win over Zimbabwe and ensure a drawn Twenty 20 series in Bulawayo on Sunday. Bangladesh's victory in the second international levelled the series at 1-1 after Zimbabwe had won the opening match by six runs on Saturday. Shakib scored 40 runs after Bangladesh won the toss and elected to bat in a vital 82-run...
09:44 PM, May 12, 2013
Bulawayo: Zimbabwe held on to beat Bangladesh by six runs in the first of two Twenty20 internationals at Queens Sports Club on Saturday. Tinashe Panyangara took two wickets in the last over as Bangladesh fell short after needing 10 off the final six balls for victory. Shamsur Rahman and Shakib Al Hasan made half-centuries in a 118-run partnership for Bangladesh that appeared to have done enough to overtake Zimbabwe's 168-5....
09:18 PM, May 11, 2013
Bangladesh innings: End of over No. 20: 162 for 8 Zimbabwe held their nerve to register a six-run victory over Bangladesh in the first Twenty20. Needing ten runs in the last over, Bangladesh could only make three, losing the wicket of Mushfiqur Rahim, who went after playing a cameo (28 off 14), very early in the over. While Tinashe Panyangara picked up three wickets, Prosper Utseya contributed with two. End...
05:08 PM, May 11, 2013
With cricket world busy watching Indian Premier League, Bangladesh landed in Zimbabwe for a full fledged bilateral series hoping to dispatch the hosts' challenge but they were greeted by a resilient Zimbabwe who did well to draw the Tests series 1-1 and went on to win the ODI series 2-1. Two T20 International fixtures are left, and the Bengal tigers would be looking to end their disappointing tour on a...
08:21 PM, May 10, 2013
Bulawayo: Mushfiqur Rahim will quit as captain of Bangladesh after two Twenty20 internationals against Zimbabwe this weekend. Wicketkeeper-batsman Mushfiqur made the announcement after Bangladesh lost the third one-day international by seven wickets on Wednesday, conceding a one-day series to Zimbabwe despite beating them by a record margin in the first match. Bangladesh began their tour of Zimbabwe as favourites after an encouraging trip to Sri Lanka, but lost the first...
09:22 AM, May 09, 2013
Bulawayo: Opener Vusi Sibanda reached his first one-day international century in seven years with the match-winning shot as Zimbabwe beat Bangladesh by seven wickets for a series victory in the deciding game on Wednesday. Sibanda's 103 not out took Zimbabwe to 251 for 3 and past Bangladesh's 247 for 9 with 17 balls to spare at Queens Sports Club, giving the home team a 2-1 series win. Zimbabwe's successive victories...
08:43 PM, May 08, 2013
Live updates from the third ODI between Zimbabwe and Bangladesh at the Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo. ZIMBABWE INNINGS: End of over No. 47.1: Vusi Sibanda completed his second ODI century, and Sean Williams scored a quick-fire 55 as Zimbabwe beat Bangladesh by seven wickets to win the final match. Bangladesh picked up two quick wickets in the 31st and 32nd over to get back in to the game but the...
12:25 PM, May 08, 2013
Bulawayo: Zimbabwe and Bangladesh go into Wednesday's third and final one-day international in Bulawayo locked at one match apiece, yet it is the hosts who know they will need to improve their game if they are to claim a rare series victory. After being humiliated by 121 runs in the first match last week, Zimbabwe drew level with a six-wicket victory on Sunday, preventing Bangladesh from extending their unbeaten run...
09:46 PM, May 07, 2013
Dubai: Bangladesh all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan was on Monday fined 75 per cent of his match fee for breaching the ICC Code of Conduct during his side's loss in the second one-day international against Zimbabwe at Bulawayo. Shakib was fined after he pleaded guilty to a Level 2 breach of the ICC Code of Conduct during the match. Shakib was found to have breached Article 2.2.1 of the ICC Code...
05:46 PM, May 06, 2013
Bulawayo: Sean Williams hit a career-best 78 not out as Zimbabwe beat Bangladesh by six wickets in the second one-day international in Bulawayo on Sunday to set up a series decider. Playing in only his second one-day match since the 2011 World Cup, Williams was aided by Malcolm Waller's unbeaten 39 as he calmly saw Zimbabwe to their target of 253 with 13 balls to spare. Abdur Razzak's maiden half-century...
09:06 PM, May 05, 2013
Live updates from the second one-dayer between Zimbabwe and Bangladesh played at Bulawayo. Zimbabwe innings: 47.5 overs: 253 for 4 An easy win for Zimbabwe in the end. Series is now tied at 1-1 with decider to take place on Wednesday. They lost wickets initially but Sean Williams (78) and Malcolm Waller (39) helped them reach the target with 13 balls to spare. End of 45 overs: 233 for 4...
12:29 PM, May 05, 2013
Bulawayo: Zimbabwe's batsmen go into Sunday's second one-day international against Bangladesh knowing that they must cast aside their suicidal tendencies if they are to keep the series alive. The hosts were bowled out for just 148 inside 33 overs as they lost the first one-dayer by 121 runs on Friday, with the majority of their batsmen either trapped lbw or bowled while playing across the line. Many of the same...
03:26 PM, May 04, 2013
Bulawayo: Nasir Hossain and Ziaur Rahman set up a huge 121-run win for Bangladesh over Zimbabwe in the first one-day international at Queens Sports Club on Friday. Bangladesh posted 269 for 8 in the three-match series opener in Bulawayo and Zimbabwe crumbled to 148 all out in reply in just 32.1 overs. Hossain's 68 from 67 balls dug Bangladesh out of trouble at 94 for 4 and a lower-order contribution...
08:38 PM, May 03, 2013
Bulawayo: Zimbabwe won the toss and elected to bowl in the first of three one-day internationals against Bangladesh, as both sides handed out debuts in Bulawayo.While Bangladesh's new ODI cap was no surprise, with seamer Robiul Islam picked on the back of his 15 wickets in the two-Test series, Zimbabwe's debutant was the Pakistani-born batsman Sikander Raza Butt. The hosts also brought in Tinashe Panyangara, Tendai Chatara, Sean Williams and...
04:21 PM, May 03, 2013
