By John Ward

The final round of the Logan Cup competition is to be played this coming weekend, with Mashonaland, who play the CFX Academy, virtually assured of the championship, quite possibly by winning all five of their matches as they did last season. [More]

BIOGRAPHY

Wisdom siziba
Wisdom Siziba, one of the products of the township development scheme in Zimbabwe, shares in a rare record in first-class cricket. He is only the tenth player in the entire history of the first-class game to carry his bat, as an opening batsman, through a complete innings on his debut. [More]

LETTERS

AUSSIE TOUR CANCELLATION
I am saddened to read your editorial regarding the emigration of David Houghton and the cancellation of the Australian tour. Small countries such as Zimbabwe and New Zealand, from where I am writing, can ill afford to lose such talent from the game or its infrastructure. I am a regular reader of Zimbabwe Cricket Online and your editorials and I am saddened by the obvious troubles the game and the country is going through. In this age of pictures sometimes a few words paint a thousand words.
Edward Griggs (New Zealand) [More]

NEWS

Club cricket report
by Larry Moyo
Harare Sports Club clinched the Mashonaland Vigne Cup cricket tournament at the weekend after taking an unassailable lead following their six-wicket home victory over Universals. Second-placed Old Hararians lost ground after a crushing 84-run away defeat at Old Georgians, while Takashinga beat Alexandra Sports Club by eight runs. [More]

Manicaland report
by Nigel Fleming
Manicaland were denied victory over Matabeleland in the four-day Logan Cup game at Mutare Sports Club last weekend through the loss of three sessions (equivalent to one whole day) to bad weather. [More]

U-16 Inter-Provincial Tourney - Report 1
Organiser's Report
Overall I believe that this little tournament was a success. Competitive cricket was played, although the standard was variable. Players and officials all appeared to get on and enjoy themselves and that is a very important aspect. The weather was fine. All in all it was a good week. [More]

Matabelaland U16 report
by Richard Harrison
Notification for this tournament was very late and this made selection difficult for two reasons. One, certain boys, who would have been first choice (Pattison, Peretti and Eley), were unavailable due to family holidays. [More]