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EDITORIAL
By John
Ward
The Logan Cup has been completed, with Mashonaland champions again after
winning all their five matches. It is sad, though, that their performance
has again been tarnished by their on-field behaviour - they are almost
without spectator support at home and their attitude is unappreciated
by the opposition, which is a sorry state for any team to be in. We hope
that next season the provincial associations who have failed to support
the Logan Cup may be enlightened and that ZCU chief executive Dave Ellman-Brown's
promised action against erring players will be successful. [More]
INTERVIEW
Heath Streak: question and answer
Zimbabwe's captain Heath Streak is in fine form and ready to captain
the national side against Bangladesh this month. At the recent Logan Cup
match between Matabeleland and the CFX Academy in Bulawayo, he answered
some questions from CricInfo about the tours, past and future, and the
state of the game in Zimbabwe. [More]
ZIMBABWE v BANGLADESH - Tour Preview
Zimbabwe have the honour of being the first nation to host Bangladesh
as full members of the ICC. Over the next four weeks, the two teams will
play each other in a one-day series consisting of three matches and a
two-match Test series. [More]
BIOGRAPHY
Mluleki
Nkala
Of all the young black cricketers trying to break through to
the top level in Zimbabwe, Mluleki Nkala is the one on whom, perhaps more
than any other, even Henry Olonga, cricket lovers and administrators in
Zimbabwe are pinning their hopes. He is the first black cricketer of genuine
all-round talents to appear on the scene and, all things being equal,
he may be considered likely to be Zimbabwe's first black cricket captain
at some time in the future. [More]
Mark
Vermeulen...
...the former Zimbabwe Under-19 captain, is generally regarded as one
of Zimbabwe's most promising young batsmen. At present he still needs
consistency, but he has shown himself as a man who can take responsibility
in a crisis and build big hundreds. [More]
Ryan
King...
...was one of the few Academy students to have had first-class experience
before the start of the 1999/2000 season, having opened the innings for
Matabeleland in a Logan Cup match the previous season. He was also the
Academy team vice-captain, and led the side in their victorious Logan
Cup match against Midlands in the absence of the injured Paul Strang.
[More]
Clement
Mahachi
Unaccountably, all Zimbabwe's black players to come through have been
right-handers. Until Clement Mahachi, that is. The former Bulawayo Academy
student, now a fulltime professional in Matabeleland, is a useful all-rounder
who bats and bowls left-handed.
[More]
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DOMESTIC
First
Academy century of the season
The 19-year-old CFX Academy batsman Ryan Butterworth celebrated a fine
batting pitch at Queens Sports Club with his team's first century of the
season. He talks to CricInfo about his innings.
"I'm
feeling a bit stunned as well as delighted about my innings - but mostly
stunned. It was quite a flat track, but hard to bat on in some ways, as
the ball was rushing on to me off the pitch and turning when the spinners
were bowling. Then once the second new ball was taken it was harder because
it came on to the bat much more quickly and was lifting off the pitch."
[More]
Matabeleland Cricket Report
by Derrick
Townshend
Matabeleland
cricket's change of fortunes over a period of two weekends has seen the
'highs and lows of first-class cricket'.
Having been dismissed for 19 against Mashonaland in Harare the previous
weekend, Matabeleland then scored 508 for 9 declared against the CFX Academy
at Queens Ground in Bulawayo and the two scores are unique to Zimbabwe
first-class cricket. [More]
Manicaland
Report
By
Nigel Fleming
A disappointing weekend's first-class cricket for Manicaland saw
them lose their final game of the season to the Mashonaland second team
by 74 runs at Mutare Sports Club last Sunday. It was disappointing from
the Manicaland skills point of view, the lack of spectator support and
the behaviour of the visitors.
The
grassy pitch coupled with the amount of rain we've had in the last month
fooled our young captain Neil Ferreira into thinking its nature had changed
sufficiently to warrant fielding first. Born and bred Manica opening bowler
Alec Taylor was dumbfounded on being tossed the ball after seeing his
migrant skipper win the toss. Mutare Sports Club has been a bowler's graveyard
for as long as cricket has been played there. Mashonaland promptly settled
in and rattled up 325 by late afternoon.
[More]
LETTERS
Congratulations
This is just a quick note to say that I have often told my friends that
this is the best cricket site on the net. None of the other sites cover
their domestic cricket like this one does and when it comes to finding
out about a particular player you guys are head and shoulders above anyone
else. I would therefore like to congratulate you and all that contribute
to this site on a job well done.
I agree
with both Dave Houghton and Bryan Strang about the lack of practice in
building an innings and rotating the strike.
James
Viedge (London, UK)
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