Sports Teams in Zimbabwe - National Sports Teams of Zimbabwe, Zimbabwe National Cricket Team, Zimbabwe Cycling Federation (Paperback)

Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: National Sports Teams of Zimbabwe, Zimbabwe National Cricket Team, Zimbabwe Cycling Federation, Zimbabwe Women's National Rugby Union Team, Zimbabwe National Women's Cricket Team, Zimbabwe a Cricket Team, Zimbabwe National Baseball Team, Zimbabwe Davis Cup Team, Zimbabwe Fed Cup Team. Excerpt: The Zimbabwean cricket team is a national cricket team representing Zimbabwe. It is administrated by Zimbabwe Cricket (formerly known as the Zimbabwe Cricket Union or ZCU). Zimbabwe is a full member of the International Cricket Council (I.C.C.) with Test and One Day International status, although it is currently inactive in Tests (see below). In common with all the other full members of the I.C.C., Zimbabwe had a cricket team before it achieved Test status. A brief summary of key moments: Zimbabwe played its first Test match in 1992 (against India at Harare resulting in a draw), becoming the ninth Test nation. Zimbabwe's early Test performances were consistently weak, leading to many suggestions that they were undeserving of that status. In the one-day arena, however, the team soon became competitive, if not particularly strong. In particular, world respect was gained for their fielding ability. In spite of his team's difficulties, wicket-keeper/batsman Andy Flower was at one point rated the best batsman in world cricket. During this era, Zimbabwe also produced such cricketers as Flower's brother Grant, allrounder (and later national captain) Heath Streak and professional chicken farmer Eddo Brandes, who achieved considerable fame as a bowler. Murray Goodwin was also a world-class batsman; following his retirement from international cricket, he has scored heavily for Sussex. Sometime captain and middle order batsman Alistair Campbell, leg-spinning all ... More: http://booksllc.net/?id=759317