Worriors can’t Pay so Won’t Play

The Zimbabwe Warriors are stuck in Harare after failing to raise US$20 000 for their air travel to Swaziland.

The Zimbabwe Warriors are stuck in Harare after failing to raise US$20 000 for their air travel to Swaziland.

Vusi Sibanda hit 95 and Tatenda Taibu scored 56 to help Zimbabwe beat the West Indies by two runs in the first One-Day International against the West Indies in Providence.

At the halfway stage, West Indies’ winless streak looked almost certain to be snapped after astonishing spells from Sulieman Benn and Darren Sammy, but Zimbabwe’s spirited army of spinners scripted a memorable fightback to help the visitors clinch a low-scoring scrap. On a day when Australia and New Zealand blasted the highest Twenty20 match aggregate during a nailbiter in Christchurch, Prosper Utseya’s team won a game in which both sides made their lowest ever Twenty20 scores.

atenda Taibu scored 107 to set Zimbabwe up for a five-run victory over the University of the West Indies? Vice Chancellor?s XI in their 50 overs-a-side match on Friday at Frank Worrell Oval.

EVERYTHING and nothing has changed in Zimbabwe and Zimbabwe Cricket. Of course, the two are inextricably connected.

Zimbabwe have named former Surrey, Glamorgan and England batsman Alan Butcher as their new head coach.Butcher has been given the task of getting Zimbabwe ready to return to Test cricket next year.The 56-year-old, who won one Test cap, was previously head coach of county side Surrey.
He lost the job at the end of the 2008 [...]

West African soccer kingpins and 2010 African Cup of Nations finalists, Ghana, could relieve Zimbabwe’s desperate attempts to lure a World Cup qualifying team to camp in the troubled southern African country before the tournament swings into life in South Africa in June, a Ghanaian government official confirmed.

The Warriors have been drawn in a tough group alongside Liberia, Mali and Cape Verde in the 2012 African Cup of Nations qualifiers. The 28th edition of the Nations Cup draw was held in Lubumbashi in the Democratic Republic of Congo yesterday afternoon and the qualifiers start in September this year

Nigeria have confirmed that they have opened talks with Egypt coach Hassan Shehata over the possibility of him leading the Super Eagles at this year’s World Cup finals in South Africa.

WITH the successful performances of the Angola 2010 African Cup of Nations (AFCON), the Confederation of AfricanFootball (CAF) has announced that it will conduct the draw for the 2012 AFCON qualifiers on 20 February in Lubumbashi.The qualifying teams will compete in the finals to be co-hosted by Gabon and Equatorial Guinea in 2012.