Perkins-Tino Bare

By Perkins Bare  The storm at Zimbabwe Zimbabwe Cricket seems to be slowly reaching its peak after the resignation of the Managing Director Faisal Hasnain putting pressure on the rest of the ZC board to follow suite. with captains jumping out of this inking ship it seemed to be yet another bad day for Zimbabwe Cricket as this was then followed by the cancellation of the second year of the Rising Stars programme, which is essentially a 5-year programme and was forming the backbone of Zimbabwe Cricket`s player development.     “Zimbabwe Cricket (ZC) wishes to announce that Faisal Hasnain has officially resigned from his position as managing director, with immediate effect,” read the statement released by Zimbabwe Cricket. The saddest part of the day was definitely the boycott being planned by the players in the upcoming T20 series against Australia and Pakistan. With the players still to be paid their March and April salaries the players are ow...

By Perkins-Tino Bare Zimbabwe Cricket is set to resume to action with a T20 tri-series against Pakistan and Australia slated for July at the Harare Sports Club. On the domestic front the A- List games were also announced as the boys get back to the pitch after failing to qualify for the World Cup.  Speaking at a press conference held by Zimbabwe Cricket Faisal Hasnain, ZC MD said "Playing two of the game's biggest teams will provide us with a very welcome litmus test as we forge ahead with our plans to develop a stronger Zimbabwe side capable of consistently competing and winning against the best," Faisal Hasnain, he said n an interview. Australia and Pakistan are set to come for a T20 tri-series in July with the final slated for 8 July. After that the Chevrons will then take on Pakistan in a 5 match ODI series set for the queens Sports Club as they look to try and get some game time. It seemed as if its back to business for ZC as their break-up with Heath Str...

By Perkins-Tino Bare The Chevrons fans are up in roar after ZC`s decision to sack Heath Streak and his whole technical team after the team`s upset in the World Cup qualifier`s. The skipper Graeme Cremer was also not spared and local fans are not happy at the decision taken by ZC as they`ve organized a Streak Must Stay protest on the 6th o April at the ZC offices. Zimbabwe Cricket was reproached for the manner in which Streak was sacked that is through an email which stated that they should resign or either consider themselves fired. It seems ZC has a bit of issues going on as we had the same problem with the sacking of Makhaya Ntini even Dave Whatmore as all the coaches have that sentiment of helping out that clueless kid on the block who always ends up blaming the coach yet he`s just not good enough.  Speaking in his sacking Streak said, for everything I have given Zimbabwe Cricket, as a former player and a coach to be given an email with no full explanation or even the co...

By Perkins-Tino Bare The Chevrons are now all but out of the 2019 Cricket World Cup as they succumbed to their second consecutive defeat in the tournament which was enough to deny them a spot in England next year. This was the UAE`s first victory over a Test nation as they won the match by three runs in a match which was rather affected by rain. Zimbabwe won the toss and they elected to field and the UAE set them a target of 235/7 in 47.5 overs. Rameez Shahzad was once again the start for the UAE as he had a score of 59 while Gulam Shabber chipped with a score of 40. In all cases the Arabs got of to a strong start as they rushed on to a score of 180-4 in 38 overs. They still had the wickets and the overs and they were well on their way to posting a 250+ score before the rains came to the rescue of the Chevrons. The target was then revised to 230 from 40 overs as the rain threatened to all but spoil the mood for the Zimbabwean fans who knew that a win would send them through...

By Perkins-Tino Bare Zimbabwe Cricket lost to West Indies by 4 wickets in nail-biting match played at the Harare Sports Club in a match which Taylor had a brilliant knock of 138 which included a whooping 20 fours and 2 sixes. Zimbabwe won the toss and elected to bat first but it was not a good start for the Chevrons as they lost Zhuwawo in the second over for a duck and soon the Chevrons were on 48-3. Solomon Mire chipped in with a healthy 45 but then it was up to the former captain Brendan Taylor to step up to the plate starting off with a partnership of 49 with Craig Ervine then 76 with Sean Williams to go on to the final knock of 79 with Sikandar Raza.  "Total control, very calm. He put the bad ball away and he put the good ball away for ones and twos. Zimbabwe had great fight, as we expected. We had to play well to beat them." Said Law the west Indies coach on Taylor`s in a post match interview. It was a brilliant knock in all cases as he once again showed his s...

By Perkins-Tino Bare   Zimbabwe beat Afghanistan by 2 runs in a thriller played at the Queens Sports Club in Bulawayo as they held their nerve to bowl out Afghanistan for 194 after they had set a target of 197 to win the match.   The Chevrons went in to bat first as they lost all three openers losing the wicket of Solomon Mire, Cephas Zhuwawo and Hamilton Masakadza for a meagre 7 runs. This would have put into question the aggressive approach being employed by the coach as the middle order is having to do the dirty work. They once again stepped up to the plate and held the wicket fall following a 98 run wicket stand between Sikandar Raza and Brendan Taylor who has seen a turn of fortunes ever since he was dropped down the batting line up. Sikandar Raza scored 60 runs including 6 fours at a staggering strike rate of 88.23 as it came from just 68 balls. Brendan Taylor failed to reach a century as he fell for 89 with 7 fours and 3 sixes to his name. Th...

By Perkins-Tino Bare Zimbabwe will be looking to unleash Cephas Zhuwawo and Solomon Mire in the upcoming World Cup Qualifiers as they employ an aggressive approach with the bat. The pair are set to enforce the top-order which has of late hasn’t performed.   Speaking at a Press briefing, Graeme Cremer revealed that the two are set to be right up the top order and then Brendan Taylor will be set to enforce the experience as the two are essentially hard hitters. Sean Williams is set to have a screw removed from his finger on Thursday before the tournament and he is set to join the team at the group stages.   The team looks fairly balanced at the top as we have managed to get hard hitters with Cephas Zhuwawo and Solomon Mire. The s has been one thing that has been really letting the team down which has been an ineffective top order which then just puts too much pressure on the middle order setting it up for a classical Chevron collapse.   Cremer...