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HARARE – Zimbabwe have named a 15-member squad for their three-match ODI series against Australia at Harare Sports Club, with Sikandar Raza set to captain the side. The matches will take place on September 15, 18 and 20, marking Australia’s first ODI visit to Zimbabwe in more than a decade. Raza will lead the side as regular captain Richard Ngarava continues his recovery from a lower-back injury. Tanaka Chivanga, who is sidelined with an Achilles tendon injury, also misse

HARARE – Zimbabwe Cricket (ZC) has appointed experienced New Zealand coach Mark Coles as the substantive Head Coach of the Zimbabwe Senior Women’s National Team following a rigorous recruitment process. He brings extensive international coaching and high-performance experience, having previously served as head coach of both the Pakistan and Scotland women’s national teams. Coles also supported Scotland’s men’s side, while his career has included a spell as high pe

HARARE – Brad Evans produced a superb all-round performance, claiming two wickets before smashing his maiden T20I half-century, but Zimbabwe went down by 48 runs to South Africa in the final of the tri-series in Windhoek on Sunday. Set a daunting 206 for victory, Zimbabwe slipped to 61 for seven before Evans launched a spirited counterattack, striking an unbeaten 56 from only 31 deliveries to lift his side to 157 all out. Earlier, South Africa had won the toss and

WINDHOEK – Zimbabwe survived a huge scare from Namibia to clinch a thrilling five-run win in Windhoek, recovering from 101/6 to post 195/6 before holding their nerve in the final over. Namibia, who had opened the tri-series with an impressive win over South Africa, looked out of the contest at 76/6 in the chase before Zane Green and Alexander Volschenk produced a stunning 109-run seventh-wicket stand off only 49 balls. Zimbabwe had started strongly after being asked to bat,

Zimbabwe survived a huge scare from Namibia to clinch a thrilling five-run win in Windhoek, recovering from 101/6 to post 195/6 before holding their nerve in the final over. Namibia, who had opened the tri-series with an impressive win over South Africa, looked out of the contest at 76/6 in the chase before Zane Green and Alexander Volschenk produced a stunning 109-run seventh-wicket stand off only 49 balls. Zimbabwe had started strongly after being asked to bat, with Ben C

HARARE – Veteran leg-spinner Graeme Cremer has been recalled to Zimbabwe's T20I squad for the upcoming tri-series against South Africa and Namibia, with Sikandar Raza named captain of the 15-man squad. Cremer, 39, returns after recovering from a left-arm injury that ruled him out following the 2026 T20 World Cup. He had previously spent seven years away from international cricket before making his comeback at the tournament in February. Zimbabwe will begin their campaign ag

BULAWAYO – Richard Ngarava and Blessing Muzarabani combined in a devastating display of fast bowling as Zimbabwe defended 170 to beat Bangladesh by 32 runs in the opening T20 International at Queens Sports Club in Bulawayo on Wednesday, giving the hosts a 1-0 lead in the three-match series. On a surface that offered little obvious assistance to the seamers, Zimbabwe’s pace spearheads extracted steep bounce and maintained relentless accuracy, sharing eight wickets as Ban

HARARE – A proper ding-dong battle with its own soundtrack provided by the amazing fans at Castle Corner lit up the Harare night as Zimbabwe edged Bangladesh out, defending a total of 247 and wrapping up the ODI series 2-0 with a game to play. Ben Curran produced only the seventh instance of a Zimbabwean batting through the entire 50 overs but his 111 not out only became match-winning after a never-say-die bowling effort from his team-mates. At 169 for 3, they were being ba

HARARE – It was Newman Nyamhuri's day - with bat and ball, and in the field. First, he scored a career-best 33 from No. 9 to push Zimbabwe from 70 for 8 to 141. Then he took two catches in the deep, the first of them an agile effort while tip-toeing the fine-leg boundary. Nyamhuri also broke Bangladesh's 49-run fourth-wicket stand to open the floodgates for a memorable win. Zimbabwe successfully defended 141, beating Bangladesh by 25 runs. It was a bowlers' ODI played on

HARARE – Zimbabwe registered their biggest win in Test cricket as they thrashed Bangladesh by an innings and 85 runs on the third afternoon in the one-off Test in Harare. After conceding a first-innings lead of 270, Bangladesh collapsed once again and were all out for 185 in the second innings, with Blessing Muzarabani picking up 4 for 65. It was the first time that Zimbabwe won two successive Tests by an innings margin. In their previous Test, in October 2025, they had b

By Nick Chouhan HARARE – Make no mistake: Zimbabwean cricket is cooking. From unforgettable giant-killing runs on the pitch to a massive multimillion-dollar stadium blitz off it, the Chevrons are moving at warp speed. With the country gearing up to co-host the absolute biggest tournaments on the planet, Zimbabwe isn't just participating in the global game anymore—they are positioned to run it. Here is why Zimbabwe is officially cricket's most exciting growth story right

HARARE – Zimbabwe Cricket has named a 15-man squad for the one-off Test against Bangladesh, with left-arm fast bowler Richard Ngarava set to captain the national side for the first time in the longest format. The match is scheduled to start on Sunday at Harare Sports Club, marking Zimbabwe’s return to Test cricket following their emphatic innings-and-73-run victory over Afghanistan at the same venue in October last year. Ngarava was one of the standout performers in that