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During the 2003 Cricket World Cup, the political situation in Zimbabwe came to the fore on the cricket field. Two Zimbabwean players, Andy Flower and Henry Olonga (), defied orders and wore black armbands during matches in protest against the "death of democracy in Zimbabwe" – a reference to their concern over the political actions of Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe.
The main domestic competition is the Logan Cup which has a long history but which did not acquire first-class status until the 1993–94 season. Cricket in Zimbabwe was severely impacted by the country's political situation in the early years of the 21st century and the situation has become critical since 2005. See: Zimbabwean cricket crisis.
In May 2015, Zimbabwe became the first team in six years to tour Pakistan. Zimbabwe lost the T20I series 0–2 and the ODI series by an identical margin. [74] In July that year, Zimbabwe hosted India and lost the ODI series 0–3, [75] while the T20I series was tied 1–1, which included Zimbabwe's first T20I win in Harare. [76]
Following the victory in the one-off Test Match, Zimbabwe sealed the ODI series 3–2. During this period of time Zimbabwe Cricket restructured itself domestically and from grassroots levels, new domestic teams emerged and a full-fledged Domestic Twenty20 tournament has seen the country's cricket infrastructure improve.
The modern history of Zimbabwe starts with treaties and concessions initiated by Cecil Rhodes and the British South Africa Company in 1888/9. The country was the southern part of Zambezia until that name was officially changed to Rhodesia in 1895, and in 1898 the designation Southern Rhodesia was made official.
Sikandar Raza picked 3-25 as Zimbabwe beat India by 13 runs on Saturday in the opener of their five-match series. Raza led the way for his young team that bowled and fielded with great energy to ...
Polocrosse has been played in Zimbabwe (at the time Rhodesia) since 1948. [4] In 1997, Zimbabwe became the World Champions when they went unbeaten against Australia, New Zealand, and South Africa in Pietermaritzburg. Zimbabwe came fourth out of eight countries at the inaugural World Cup in 2003. Zimbabwe also won the Polocrosse Africa Cup in 2004.
BetMGM released their odds for the 2025 World Series champion on Thursday morning, and the Dodgers lead the pack at +400 to win it all and become the first repeat World Series champs since the ...