Tag: Zimbabwe Cricket

Pakistan’s Champions Trophy Qualification

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Pakistan were supposed to have qualified for the ICC Champions Trophy 2017 a few months ago but fate had other plans for the team. The away series against Bangladesh in April 2015 did not turn out to be as planned for the green-shirts. Being a weak opponent in past, Bangladesh were underestimated and taken lightly […] READ MORE

India Name Second-String Squad for Zimbabwe Series

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The selection committee of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) announced the India squad for the tour of Zimbabwe at a meet in New Delhi on Monday. Ajinkya Rahane has been selected to lead a second-string India side to Zimbabwe for the series taking place in July. Regular ODI skipper MS Dhoni, Test skipper Virat Kohli, Ravichandran Ashwin, Rohit Sharma, […] READ MORE

The International Cricket Revival in Pakistan

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Six years ago, in Lahore, some unidentified gunmen opened fire on the Sri Lankan Cricket Team on their way to the Ghaddafi Stadium. Three people were killed and several were listed injured including the then Sri Lankan captain, Mahela Jayawardene along with his fellows; Kumar Sangakkara, Ajantha Mendis, Thilan Samaraweera and Tharanga Paranavitana. That day […] READ MORE

The Nearly Men: Zimbabwe at the World Cup

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At the conclusion of the league phase of the recent Cricket World Cup 2015, the focus of the cricketing world rested largely on three areas—England’s inglorious yet not entirely unexpected exit, the heartening performance of the Associates and, naturally, on the quarter-final match-ups to come. That left out of the spotlight the Republic of Zimbabwe, […] READ MORE

Brendan Taylor out of International Cricket for Three Years

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Zimbabwe wicketkeeper-batsman Brendan Taylor has signed a Kolpak deal with English county team Nottinghamshire, which will see him being out of action from international cricket for a three-year period. The move is still subject to approval from England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB). Should the move go through, he could well be playing his final […] READ MORE

World Cup 2015: Pakistan vs Zimbabwe: Do or Die!

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The current circumstances for Pakistan in the Cricket World Cup are not unfamiliar to the nation: even in 1992, when they won the tournament, they were humiliated by the West Indies before they played Zimbabwe. Pakistan currently lie bottom of their pool: an embarrassing statistic. The reason for their position in the table is not […] READ MORE