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Perkins-Tino Bare: Castle Lager Matchday Round-Up : By Perkins-Tino Bare As we reach the business end of this year`s edition of the Castle Lager Premier Soccer League, it was all bu...

By Perkins-Tino Bare As we reach the business end of this year`s edition of the Castle Lager Premier Soccer League, it was all business again as teams tried to make their last howl at the title whilst others were involved in the relegation dogfight which will be the last in which four teams will go down. At barbourfields a man was on a mission to save his job as earlier this week he had been issued an ultimatum to win or lose his job. King Fails To Save Mafu A brace from promising youngster King Nadolo was not enough to save Bongani Mafu`s job as his team went dowm to Chicken Inn 2-3. This was Highlander`s third loss on the trot after losing to FC Platinum 2-1 and then to Hwahwa 1-0. Highlanders last won a league match when they pumelled How Mine 5-1 and that was right on the brink when Mafu`s job hung in this balance. Highlanders went into this match without Knox Mutizwa buthe was going to be the smaller equation as Bongani Mafu knew that the only thing that ...

By Perkins Bare Malcolm Waller was the beneficiary of a second chance from the ICC as he successfully went through a rehabilitation chance in South Africa which then made him eligible again to bowl. The bowler who had been banned by the ICC last year from bowling as a result of suspicious bowling action. The ICC said analysis "revealed that all of his off-spin deliveries exceeded the 15 degrees level of tolerance permitted under the regulations". Malcolm Waller underwent reassessment work at the University of Pretoria this month with the remedial work concluding that Waller`s off-spin deliveries was well withinn the 15 degrees permitted by the ICC Regulations for the Review of Bowlers Reported with Suspected Illegal Bowling Actions. Waller is not however out of the dungeon yet as Umpires are still at liberty to report him if they might suspect him of suspicious bowling action in the future. This is nothing to fear for Waller as he just has to be more caref...

By Perkins Bare It was not to be a fairytale start for the men`s basketball team as they lost all of their group games in the 2015 Afrobasket championships. Zimbabwe lost to Algeria 87-67 in their opening encounter.T Maturure was the lone star in the match as he had 14 points and 10 rebounds. Tawanda Chitsinde also came in with 11 points which was still far off to notch up a win. Zimbabwe struggled with shooting from range as they had a 3pt percentage of 21 compared to Algeria`s 33. Next up for Zimbabwe was a match against Les Elephants of Cote D`Ivoire which was also not going to be an easy task for them considering the differences in size. The Ivorians came into the match well known for their size and they utilised it fully romping to a 64-52 victory. Vitalis Chikoko came good in the match as he had 17 poitns and 10 rebounds in a match in which he truly rose to the occassion. SSouleyman Diabate was the star for Les Elephants as he had 17 points and 5 rebounds which was howe...

By Perkins-Tino Bare New Zealand`s cricket team the Black Caps arrived for the series against the Chevrons which will see the two sides playing 3 ODI`s and one T20. Zimbabwe`s Chevrons wrapped up their preparations as they were focusing on aspects such as fielding. Tinashe Panyangara however looks doubtful for the tour as he is still recovering from a side strain. Kenyon Ziehl will get to have a go as an it will be his first series as the convenor of selectors. The biggest disappointment however to the fans is that he is expected to maintain the squad as it is and retain the same old players in spite of a poor outing against India. Zimbabwe Cricket has been heavily criticised for rotating the same players for the past 10 years which has seen them not building for the future and hence struggling whenever a big name departs the game. This could be a chance for Ziehl to defy all odds and give the young guys such as John Nyumbu and Neville Madziva a chance to stamp their ...

By Perkins-Tino Bare Zimbabwe announced a 15 man squad to take on India in the T20 series with the first of those legs on this Friday at the Harare Sports Club. The 15 will represent the Chevrons in the next format in the series against India, which is a two match T20 series to be played at the Harare Sports Club on Friday and Sunday. There are no major changes to the squad that was whitewashed in the ODI series with Elton Chigumbura captaining the squad. The hard-hitting skipper is expected to come in handy for the Chevrons in the Two-Match series which are ending on Sunday. The squad also includes Sikander Raza and Chamu Chibhabha and the two will obviously be amongst the top order in the batting line-up. Both batsman look fit it will therefore help them in just clearing that boundary. Chamu Chibhabha has had a wonderful One Day Series after scoring back to back half-centuries and that is left is to see if he`ll be able to bring it into the T20 format. Ever since his ret...

Perkins-Tino Bare: We Need A Proper Diagnosis at ZIFA : By Perkins-Tino Bare Over the past week the talk around the football world was just about one man, the incumbent, Cuthbert Dube who was su...