By John Ward

It was good, and after recent disasters rather a relief, to see Zimbabwe able to take all three one-day internationals against Bangladesh without being unduly stretched. Our team finished the tour with an unbeaten record, and would almost certainly have won all matches were it not for the rain that wiped out the last two days of the First Test. [More]

What happened to Greg Lamb?

Greg Lamb, one of Zimbabwe’s most promising young players, has not been heard of in Zimbabwe this season and several readers have asked what has happened to him. One of them, Robin Mence of England, tracked him down in his own country. Robin has written a brief article for us. [More]

LETTERS

WELL DONE, ZIMBABWE

I would just like to say well done to the national team for the way they played against Bangladesh in the Test series. Although it is only Bangladesh, a win is a win and we really needed something to boost our confidence and hopefully we can now transfer this form into the ODIs. Good luck to all the junior teams representing us in competitions.

Lastly I think what Matabeleland is doing is very good. I think people need to take the Logan Cup seriously and do what Matabeleland is doing, by selecting a team in advance then start training early so that the entire team know each other very well. In my opinion making the Logan Cup four days will also help us prepare future stars for Test cricket. One thing that we could is to try and replace the national league with the Logan Cup and have one or two tournaments in the shorter version of the game.

Sibusiso Nkomani (Belgium) [More Letters]

NEWS

Club cricket report
by Larry Moyo
Takashinga’s early flourish in the National First League is now prompting even the most seasoned pessimists to believe that they can go all the way and clinch the championship. [More]

Manicaland report
by Nigel Fleming
Manicaland cricket slipped to its lowest point of the season last Sunday when they lost to a mediocre Alexandra Sports Club side by two wickets at Mutare Sports Club. [More]

Matabeleland report
by Derrick Townshend
Only two National League matches were played in Bulawayo over the weekend and both were low-scoring affaies, no doubt attributable to the present wet weather conditions. [More]

Midlands report
by Michael Hudgson
Last weekend the Kwekwe first team had a home game against Universals. The visitors won the toss and elected to bat. [More]

Zimbabwe U-16 side chosen
by Tristan Holme
The Zimbabwe Under-16 team to tour South Africa in December was selected over the weekend of Saturday 20 and Sunday 21 October. [More]

STATISTICS

Zimbabwe complete records [Test | ODI]

Rhodesia in the Currie Cup 1971-72 [More]

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