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EDITORIAL
By John
Ward
The Zimbabwe cricket team are back after what Saddam
Hussain might have called their historic victories in Sri Lanka. ‘Licking
their wounds’ is what some may call it, but no tour can surely be so bad
that good points cannot be found.
One of them is
that Trevor Gripper has probably established himself as Zimbabwe’s opening
batsman, for the time being, at least. His 167 runs at an average of 27.83
was the best for the side, although he did have the benefit of settling in
at the crease before Muttiah Muralitharan came on to bowl. His 83 in the
Third Test was also Zimbabwe’s best score of the series, and followed his
century against Bangladesh. An interview with Trevor on the tour is
included in this issue. [More]
INTERVIEW
Run in Sri Lanka: Trevor Gripper
Runs in Sri Lanka? There
weren’t many for Zimbabwe’s batsman recently, but it was a comparatively
inexperienced batsman, Trevor Gripper, who scored the most (167 in six
innings) and also recorded the team’s highest individual score of 83.
This was after scoring his maiden Test century in Sri Lanka, so it was a
great advance for him in his career. He talks to CricInfo about the tour. [More]
BIOGRAPHY
Travis Friend
‘Travis Friend’ is an unlikely name for a fast
bowler, and in a way Travis is an unlikely person for a fast bowler
either. He has the powerful build associated with the tradition of
express bowling, but his modest, friendly personality hardly seems to fit
in with the intensity and hostility of the likes of Dennis Lillee, Curly
Ambrose and others. [More]
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NEWS
ZCU voices concern over India tour
The
Zimbabwe Cricket Union have expressed concern at the growing political
tension between India and Pakistan ahead of the locals' tour of the
subcontinent next month. [More]
Manicaland report
by Nigel Fleming
Manicaland needed a total of just 30 overs to destroy MacDonald Club of
Bulawayo by ten wickets last Sunday at Alexandra Club, Harare. [More]
Matabeleland
report
by Derrick Townshend
The
squad for the Logan Cup has been hit by injuries and unavailability of
three players, not a great start to the campaign. Keith Dabengwa, last
year’s CFX Academy student of the year, has undergone an emergency
appendix operation, Clement Mahachi, also a student at the academy two
years ago, has recurring back strains and Dash Vaghmaria is again
unavailable. [More]
Midlands report
by Derrick Townshend
Last
weekend the Kwekwe first team entertained Bulawayo Sports Club at home.
Kwekwe won the toss and decided to bat first. [More]
Club cricket report
by Larry Moyo
WHEN
the National First League went into a two-week Christmas and New Year
break, the destiny of the league championship was firmly in the hands of
Takashinga as they boasted of a six-point lead at the top. [More]
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