Zimbabwe national cricket team

The Zimbabwean cricket team is the national cricket representing Zimbabwe at international level. The team is represented by Zimbabwe Cricket and since 1992 a full member of the International Cricket Council, which the team has test status.

  • 2.1 Test Match Captains

History

Before the test status

Cricket returns to Zimbabwe until the end of the 19th century. At that turn of the century came to a first English team against a team from the former Rhodesia. From the 1904-05 season then a Rhodesian selection on Currie Cup, the South African first-class cricket competition took part. At this they took to the setting during the Second World War part in the 1931-32 season. After this they took after 1946 participate in this, led their home games usually still in South Africa, so that the South African team did not have too much travel. Good players like Colin Bland, International played for South Africa. After Zimbabwe's independence in 1980, the association was a year later accepted as an Associate Member of the International Cricket Council. In the first participation in a World Cup 1983, for which they qualified as winners of the ICC Trophy in 1982, they managed to beat surprisingly the first game Australia. However, they could not qualify for the semifinals after five further defeats. However, after independence left many whites the country, so it was hard at first to establish themselves for the team. Also in the next two World Cups after they took part in some clear victories in the respective ICC Trophy in 1986 and 1990, but were not both in the 1987 edition and 1992 on the first round out. In the latter, they succeeded at least one win in the first round against the later second-placed Englishman.

The young nation test

The first Test played Zimbabwe in Harare in October 1992 against India and managed to achieve a draw. The first victory was in 1995, when they beat Pakistan in front of their home fans with an innings victory. In one- day cricket one did significantly heavier. At the Cricket World Cup 1996 would retire again into the first round. However, at the end of the year scored a surprising 3-0 victory in a one-day series against England. In the next World Cup in 1999, the team was then for the first time to survive the first round, after which you had to give yourself beaten 6 round in the super. The 2003 World Cup was held in South Africa, where some games were held in Zimbabwe. Here, it came to a head when England refused to play against Zimbabwe in Harare, officially because it did not ensure the security, however, was founded more in protest against the political situation in Zimbabwe. Two Zimbabwean players, Henry Olonga and Andy Flower wore on their first game, a black bracelet to the " death of democracy " to commemorate in their home country. Zimbabwe was able to thanks to the victory as they failed evaluated for match against England, again to qualify for the Super 6 Round, retired there, but again from.

Withdrawal and re- start

In 2004, the Zimbabwe Cricket Union ( ZCU ) refused the captain Heath Streak set up for the team. In response to 14 players for Zimbabwe refused to compete, and were then also not be considered further by the ZCU ​​. The then was weakening the team, Zimbabwe forced to postpone his test games for the year 2004. In 2005, when Zimbabwe again denied test matches followed by several high losses and so sat Zimbabwe Cricket participation in further friendlies from. At the Cricket World Cup 2007 was a departure in the first round, where they reached only a draw against Ireland. In the newly established World Cup Twenty20 cricket came initially to the first issue of 2007 opening win against Australia, but you nevertheless different in the preliminaries of. In the next edition in 2009, England and South Africa for political reasons put Zimbabwe under pressure to withdraw his team, which they did eventually. The re-entry began with the participation at the ICC World Twenty20 2010, World Cup 2011, where to each was eliminated in the first round, but could at least argue with the latter against the Associate Member. Even Zimbabwe denied in August 2011, his first test after the withdrawal in 2006 against Bangladesh, which was won by 130 runs. In the ICC World Twenty20 2012, the team failed to clear in the first round.

Captains

Test Match Captains

Stadiums

International Tournaments

Cricket World Cup

Champions Trophy

World Twenty20

  • 2007 Preliminary
  • Withdrawn in 2009
  • 2010 Preliminary
  • 2012 Preliminary
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