Topic: Southern Africa

Misbah urges new players to help Pakistan

Pakistan cricket captain Misbah-ul-Haq on Monday urged his team's new talent to take advantage of the tour of Zimbabwe to rebuild the crisis-hit national side.A new-look Pakistan play a two-day practice match in Bulawayo from August 28, then a Test at the ...

Rampant Zimbabwe crush struggling Bangladesh

Rampant Zimbabwe defeated hapless Bangladesh by seven wickets on Sunday to win the second one-day international with Brian Vitori taking five wickets and Vusi Sibanda and Tatenda Taibu both hitting half-centuries.The win at Harare Sports Club gave Zimbabwe a 2-0 lead in ...

Vitori, Sibanda set up Zimbabwe win

Brian Vitori became the first Zimbabwean to take five wickets on his one-day international debut and Vusi Sibanda made a cultured 96 as the home side beat Bangladesh by four wickets in the first of five ODIs at Harare Sports Club on ...

Zimbabwe toast win on Test comeback

Zimbabwe celebrated in style after ending their six-year absence from Test cricket with a 130-run victory over Bangladesh here on Monday.The jubilant home team had set the tourists a daunting target of 375 to win, and secured the victory when Kyle Jarvis ...

Wasim 'puzzled' by Pakistan selection

Former Pakistan captain Wasim Akram said Monday he was surprised over the decision to exclude pacemen Wahab Riaz and Umar Gul from the forthcoming Zimbabwe tour, saying it would hamper their progress.Riaz and Gul were surprisingly rested while Tanveer Ahmed dropped for ...

Taylor ton edges Zimbabwe closer to victory

Zimbabwe captain Brendan Taylor scored an unbeaten 105 before Bangladesh were restricted to 112-3 at the Harare Sports Club on Sunday, still needing another 263 runs to win the one-off Test match.Taylor declared his team's second innings on 291 for five -- ...

Zimbabwe victory charge hit by late collapse

Zimbabwe opened up a 175-run lead over Bangladesh with six second wickets remaining on Saturday, but they were left to rue a late collapse in the final overs at the Harare Sports Club.After dismissing the tourists for 287 -- and a first ...

Bangladesh hold steady in Zimbabwean Test

Bangladesh battled their way to 200-5 in their first innings against Zimbabwe in a one-off Test at Harare Sports Club at lunch on Saturday.This left them still 170 runs adrift of the hosts first innings total on Zimbabwe's return to the test ...
Zimbabwe marked their return from a six-year exile by racking up an impressive 264 for two against Bangladesh on the first day of a one-off Test at the Harare Sports Club on Thursday.All four of Zimbabwe's top batsmen made runs with Hamilton ...

Pakistan replaces manager

Pakistani cricket confirmed Wednesday it was replacing team manager Intikhab Alam with Naved Akram Cheema for this month's tour of Zimbabwe."Cheema will take charge for the tour of Zimbabwe as the new manager," Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) spokesman Nadeem Sarwar told AFP.Alam, ...