Zimbabwean national cricket team

Zimbabwean national cricket team
Test status received	1992
First Test - Match	against India in Harare , October 1992
First ODI	v Australia in Nottingham , June 1983
First T20I	against Bangladesh in Khulna , November 2006
captain	Sean Williams ( test ), Chamu Chibhabha ( ODI & T20 )
Coach	Lalchand Rajput
Official ICC test ranking	11 of 12
Official ICC ODI ranking	14 of 20
Official ICC T20I ranking	11 of 84
World Cup participation	9
First World Cup	1983
Best World Cup result	Super 6 (1999, 2003)
Champions Trophy participation	5
First Champions Trophy	1998
Best Champions Trophy result	Quarterfinals (2000)
World Twenty20 participations	4th
First World Twenty20	2007
Best World Twenty20 result	Preliminary round (2007, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016)
As of June 24, 2017

The Zimbabwean national cricket team is the national cricket team that represents Zimbabwe internationally. The team is represented by Zimbabwe Cricket and has been a full member of the International Cricket Council since 1992 , giving the team test status .

history

Before the test status

Cricket in Zimbabwe dates back to the late 19th century. At the turn of the century, the first English team competed against a team from what was then Rhodesia. From the 1904–05 season, a Rhodesian selection took part in the Currie Cup, the South African first-class cricket competition. In this they took part in the 1931-32 season until they were discontinued in the course of the Second World War. After this they took part again after 1946, but still mostly played their home games in South Africa so that the South African teams did not have to travel too much. Good players like Colin Bland played internationally for South Africa . After Zimbabwe gained independence in 1980, the association was accepted a year later as an associate member of the International Cricket Council . When they first participated in a World Cup in 1983 , for which they qualified as winners of the ICC Trophy 1982 , they surprisingly managed to beat Australia in their first game. However, they could not qualify for the semi-finals after five more defeats. However, after independence, numerous whites left the country, so that it was initially difficult for the team to establish themselves. They also took part in the next two world championships after some clear victories in the respective ICC Trophy in 1986 and 1990 , but did not get beyond the preliminary round in both the 1987 and 1992 editions . In the latter, they managed at least one victory in the preliminary round against the later second-placed English .

The young test nation

Zimbabwe played the first test against India in Harare in October 1992 and managed to achieve a draw. The first win came in 1995 when they beat Pakistan with an innings win in front of their home crowd. In one-day cricket , it was much more difficult. At the Cricket World Cup 1996 they were eliminated again in the preliminary round. However, at the end of the year they managed a surprising 3-0 win in a one-day series against England. At the following World Cup in 1999 , the team managed to survive the preliminary round for the first time, after which they had to admit defeat in the Super 6 round. The 2003 World Cup was held in South Africa, with some games also taking place in Zimbabwe. There it came to a head when England refused to play against Zimbabwe in Harare, officially because it did not see security as guaranteed, but was based on a protest against the political situation in Zimbabwe. Two Zimbabwean players, Henry Olonga and Andy Flower, wore a black bracelet when they played their first game to commemorate the “death of democracy” in their home country. Zimbabwe managed to qualify again for the Super 6 round thanks to the failed game against England, which was rated as a victory for them, but were eliminated there again.

Retreat and start again

In 2004 the Zimbabwe Cricket Union (ZCU) refused to field the captain Heath Streak for the team. In response, 14 players refused to play for Zimbabwe and were then not considered by the ZCU either. The ensuing weakening of the team forced Zimbabwe to postpone its test matches for 2004. When Zimbabwe played test matches again in 2005, several major defeats followed and so Zimbabwe Cricket suspended participation in further test matches. At the Cricket World Cup 2007 there was an elimination in the preliminary round, with only one draw against Ireland . In the newly established World Cup in Twenty20 cricket , the first edition in 2007 initially saw an opening win against Australia, but they were eliminated in the preliminary round. At the next edition in 2009, England and South Africa, for political reasons, put Zimbabwe under pressure to withdraw their team, which they ultimately did. The re-entry began with participation in the ICC World Twenty20 2010 and the World Championship 2011 , where you were eliminated in the preliminary round, but could at least assert yourself in the latter against the associate members. Zimbabwe also played its first test in August 2011 after the 2006 withdrawal against Bangladesh, which was won with 130 runs. At the ICC World Twenty20 2012 , the team clearly failed in the preliminary round. In the next edition of ICC World Twenty20 2014 you could win in the preliminary round against the Netherlands and the United Arab Emirates, but failed due to the poor net run rate against the Netherlands. In the preliminary round of the 2015 Cricket World Cup it was only possible to win against the United Arab Emirates and so they were eliminated early. In qualifying for the Cricket World Cup 2019 on home soil, the team failed to qualify for the first time since 1979, as it was defeated in the decisive game against the United Arab Emirates .

Another suspension

Due to political interventions, the ICC suspended Zimbabwe from all international tournaments on July 18, 2019. Accordingly, the team could not participate in the ICC T20 World Cup Qualifier 2019 and thus missed participation in the ICC T20 World Cup 2020 . Despite the suspension, the team was able to continue touring.

Captains

Test match captains

No.	Surname	Period
1	David Houghton	1992-1993
2	Andy Flower	1993-2000
3	Alistair Campbell	1996-2003
4th	Heath Streak	2000-2004
5	Brian Murphy	2001-2002
6th	Stuart Carlisle	2001-2002
7th	Tatenda Taibu	2004-2006
8th	Brendan Taylor	2011-2014
9	Hamilton Masakadza	2013
10	Graeme Cremer	2016 – today

Stages

See also : List of test cricket stadiums

No.	Stadion	city	First edition
1	Harare Sports Club (Salisbury Sports Club)	Harare	October 18, 1992
2	Bulawayo Athletic Club	Bulawayo	November 1, 1992
3	Queens Sports Club	Bulawayo	October 20, 1994

Balance sheet

The team has the following results against the other full members of the ICC in Test, ODI and Twenty20 cricket ( as of August 1, 2020 ).

opponent	Testing					ODIs					Twenty20s
	Sp.	S.	U	N	N	Sp.	S.	U	N	NO	Sp.	S.	U	N	NO
Afghanistan	0	0	0	0	0	25th	10	0	15th	0	9	1	0	8th	0
Australia	3	0	0	3	0	30th	2	0	27	1	3	1	0	2	0
Bangladesh	17th	7th	0	7th	3	75	28	0	47	0	13	4th	0	9	0
England	6th	0	0	3	3	30th	8th	0	21st	1	1	0	0	1	0
India	11	2	0	7th	2	63	10	2	51	0	7th	2	0	5	0
Ireland	0	0	0	0	0	13	6th	0	6th	1	3	1	0	2	0
New Zealand	17th	0	0	11	6th	38	9	1	27	1	6th	0	0	6th	0
Pakistan	17th	3	0	10	4th	59	4th	1	52	2	11	0	0	11	0
Sri Lanka	20th	0	0	14th	6th	57	11	0	44	2	3	0	0	3	0
South Africa	9	0	0	8th	1	41	2	0	38	1	5	0	0	5	0
West Indies	10	0	0	7th	3	48	10	1	36	1	3	1	0	2	0

International tours

→ Main article : List of international cricket tours by the Zimbabwean national cricket team

Since becoming a full member of the ICC, Zimbabwe has been on bilateral tours against the other full members and other members of the ICC with ODI and Twenty20 status.

International tournaments

World Cricket Championship

• 1975 Not allowed to start
• 1979 Not allowed to start
• 1983 preliminary round ( qualification )
• 1987 preliminary round ( qualification )
• 1992 preliminary round ( qualification )
• 1996 preliminary round
• 1999 Super 6
• 2003 Super 6
• 2007 preliminary round
• 2011 preliminary round
• 2015 preliminary round
• 2019 not qualified ( qualification )

Champions Trophy

• 1998 qualifying round
• 2000 quarter-finals
• 2002 preliminary round
• 2004 preliminary round
• 2006 qualifying round
• 2009 did not qualify
• 2013 did not qualify
• 2017 did not qualify

World Twenty20

• 2007 preliminary round
• 2009 withdrawn
• 2010 preliminary round
• 2012 preliminary round
• 2014 preliminary round
• 2016 preliminary round
• 2020 did not qualify

Individual evidence

1. ^ ^{A b} John Ward: A brief history of Zimbabwe cricket ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved August 15, 2012.
2. ↑ India tour of Zimbabwe, 1992/93 ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved August 15, 2012.
3. ↑ Pakistan tour of Zimbabwe, 1994/95 ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved August 15, 2012.
4. ↑ England in Zimbabwe ODI Series, 1996/97 ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved August 15, 2012.
5. ↑ Zimbabwe's black armband protest ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved August 15, 2012.
6. ^ Zimbabwe not to play test cricket in 2004, say ICC ( English ) Indian Express. July 2, 2004. Retrieved August 15, 2012.
7. ↑ Zimbabwe revokes 2006 Test status ( English ) BBC. January 18, 2006. Retrieved August 15, 2012.
8. ^ Zimbabwe agrees to withdraw from Twenty20 World Cup ( English ) New York Times. July 4, 2008. Retrieved August 15, 2012.
9. ↑ Bangladesh in Zimbabwe Test Match ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved August 15, 2012.
10. ↑ The time period refers to the corresponding cricket season in which the first or last game of the time took place as captain
11. ↑ Records / Zimbabwe / Test Matches / Result Summary ( English ) Cricinfo. Accessed July 31, 2020.
12. ↑ Records / Zimbabwe / One-Day Internationals / Result Summary ( English ) Cricinfo. Accessed July 31, 2020.
13. ↑ Records / Zimbabwe / Twenty20 Internationals / Result Summary ( English ) Cricinfo. Accessed July 31, 2020.