Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe Cricket has announced that they will host India for a limited overs series consisting of three One-Day Internationals and three Twenty20 internationals to be played in the month of June.

Afghanistan progressed into the Super 10 stage of the ICC World Twenty20 after bowling out Zimbabwe for 127 runs after setting a target of 187 runs, registering a 59-run victory in the ninth match of the first round in Group B of the ICC World Twenty20 in Nagpur.

After winning both their group encounters, Afghanistan and Zimbabwe will be locking horns in a do-or-die encounter of Group B in the ICC World T20.

Wellington Masakadza starred with a four wicket haul while Sean Williams hit a fluent fifty as Zimbabwe sent Scotland out of the tournament by handing them a 11-run defeat in a chase of 148 runs in the fifth match of the first round in Group B in the ICC World Twenty20 in Nagpur.

A maiden fifty from Vusi Sibanda and a 13-ball cameo from Elton Chigumbura helped Zimbabwe set up a target of 159 runs before going on to secure a 14-run victory against Hong Kong in the first match of the first round in Group B in the ICC World Twenty20 in Nagpur.

Join John Pennington and Chetan Narula as they preview the first stage of the ICC World T20 2016, where eight teams battle to qualify for the Super 10s.

Three of the five World Cups have been won by sub-continental teams. There is a good chance the sixth edition of the tournament that goes underway from 8th March will also be won by a sub-continental team, hosts India.

Zimbabwe have been dealt a blow to their ICC World Twenty20 campaign as Neville Madziva, Graeme Cremer and Luke Jongwe have all been ruled out of the mega-event with injuries.

The West Indies openers Johnson Charles and Andre Fletcher shared an unbeaten 154-run opening stand and chased down Zimbabwe’s target of 154 runs in just 12.4 overs to complete a comprehensive 10-wicket win in the second unofficial Twenty20 warm-up match in Sharjah.

Dwayne Bravo struck a splendid half-century and followed it up with a two-wicket haul as West Indies went on to beat Zimbabwe by 18 runs by defending a target of 148 in the first unofficial Twenty20 warm-up match in Sharjah.

West Indies will play Twenty20 warm up matches against Zimbabwe and Warwickshire in the United Arab Emirates prior to the upcoming 2016 ICC World Twenty tournament.

The International Cricket Council has suspended Zimbabwe fast bowler Brian Vitori with immediate effect after an independent assessment found his bowling action to be illegal.

Zimbabwe have included the experienced fast bowling duo of Tendai Chatara and Tinashe Panyangara in the squad for the ICC World Twenty20 tournament to be played in India.

A flamboyant century from Umair Masood went in vain as West Indies, guided by fifties from Tevin Imlach and Shimron Hetmyer, romped home to a five-wicket victory over Pakistan to qualify for the semi-finals of the ICC Under-19 World Cup in Bangladesh.

Riding on Karim Janat's knock of 156 runs, Afghanistan comprehensively routed Fiji by 226 runs while Zimbabwe completed an easy six-wicket victory over Canada to advance in the ninth place play-off quarter-finals of the ICC U-19 World Cup in Bangladesh.

In a controversial end to one of the most thrilling contest of the ICC Under-19 World Cup, Keemo Paul mankaded the final Zimbabwe wicket to secure a two-run victory for West Indies in the Group C encounter that allowed them to reach the quarter-finals.

Zimbabwe have picked Hamilton Masakadza to lead the national team in all the three formats of the game after Elton Chigumbura stepped down from the position in January.

England secured their third consecutive victory and reached the quarter-finals by beating Zimbabwe by 129 runs whereas Fiji were bundled out for 78 by West Indies in a chase of 341 runs in the Group C encounters of the ICC Under-19 World Cup in Bangladesh.

England notched their second consecutive win while Zimbabwe and Namibia handed Fiji and Scotland heavy defeats to register their first wins in the group stage of the ICC U-19 World Cup on Friday.

Zimbabwe all-rounder Elton Chigumbura has stepped down from the captaincy after leading his team to a series-levelling 18-run victory against Bangladesh in the fourth Twenty20 International in Khulna.