With Tendai Chatara not able to bat due to a muscle strain, it means Zimbabwe only had nine wickets at their disposal and were 19 runs shot of avoiding a follow-on.
Sports stars and journalists took to social media to congratulate Zimbabwe Cricket following their emphatic 151 run win over Bangladesh yesterday at the Sylhet Stadium.
After setting Bangladesh a target of 321, Zimbabwe can fancy their chance of winning their first Test match in five years.
Although Liton Das and Imrul Kayes managed to shed 26 runs off that target before bad light forced a premature end to day-three action at
Zimbabwe’s last test victory came in 2013 when they beat Pakistan by 24 runs in Harare. Since then they have played 12 Tests, losing 11 and securing 1 draw.
International Cricket Council (ICC) chief executive officer David Richardson and chief financial officer Ankur Khanna are visiting Zimbabwe this week to discuss Zimbabwe Cricket (ZC)’s strategic business, financial and cricket plan.
As has been previously reported, the ICC has a controlled funding process in place as
Blessing Muzarabani has made himself unavailable for international cricket, opting to pursue his career options in England.
As a result, the 21-year-old fast bowler will not play for Zimbabwe in the limited-overs and Test series away to South Africa and Bangladesh scheduled for September-November.
Muzarabani has played
Zimbabwe Cricket (ZC) is reviewing its cricket structure and financial strategy due to the need to radically reduce expenses across the board to ensure the sustainability of this great game.
This strategic planning process is under way and needs to incorporate plans to ensure that the
ZC, through working with the Zimbabwe Asset Management Corporation, has been able to renegotiate its debt, which totaled around US$18 million, and will be able to service this debt even though it will not receive its scheduled July payout from the ICC.
Zimbabwe has named a 22-man squad for the Twenty20 international (T20I) triangular series with Australia and Pakistan scheduled for 1-8 July 2018 in Harare.
The selectors picked the squad from the players who participated in the 20-over tournament involving two local sides, the Zimbabwe Select and