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Pakistan A Cricket Team In Zimbabwe In 2023
The Pakistan A cricket team toured Zimbabwe in May 2023 to play two first-class matches against the Zimbabwe A cricket team and six List A matches against the Zimbabwe national cricket team. In April 2023, Zimbabwe Cricket (ZC) confirmed the fixtures for the tour, with the matches taking place at Kwekwe, Mutare and Harare. The limited overs matches were used by Zimbabwe as preparation ahead of the 2023 Cricket World Cup Qualifier. The first-class series was won by the Pakistan A side 2-0, while the unofficial one-day series was won by Zimbabwe Select 4-2. In a historic milestone for Zimbabwe Cricket, this series marked the first instance where a non-international cricket series was televised. The rights to broadcast the games were successfully sold in Pakistan and India, providing viewers in those regions the opportunity to watch the matches. Meanwhile, the rest of the world had free live coverage of the games on Facebook. Squads On 13 April 2023, Muhammad Umar was ruled ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Faraz Akram
Faraz Akram ( ur, ; born 3 October 1993) is a Zimbabwean cricketer. Akram was born in Saudi Arabia to Pakistani parents, and made his international debut for the Zimbabwe cricket team in November 2020. Personal life Faraz Akram was born on 3 October 1993 in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia to Pakistani parents. Raised in the Middle East and Pakistan, he moved with his family to Zimbabwe in 2000, where his diplomat father worked at the Pakistani embassy. Akram attended Westridge High School in Harare. He became the second Pakistani-origin player to represent Zimbabwe in international cricket, following Sikander Raza. Career He made his first-class debut for Rising Stars in the 2017–18 Logan Cup on 4 October 2017. He made his List A debut for Rising Stars in the 2017–18 Pro50 Championship on 17 April 2018. For the 2018–19 season, Akram moved to the Mashonaland Eagles. In June 2018, he was named in a Board XI team for warm-up fixtures ahead of the 2018 Zimbabwe Tri-Nation Series. I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harare
Harare (; formerly Salisbury ) is the capital and most populous city of Zimbabwe. The city proper has an area of 940 km2 (371 mi2) and a population of 2.12 million in the 2012 census and an estimated 3.12 million in its metropolitan area in 2019. Situated in north-eastern Zimbabwe in the country's Mashonaland region, Harare is a metropolitan province, which also incorporates the municipalities of Chitungwiza and Epworth. The city sits on a plateau at an elevation of above sea level and its climate falls into the subtropical highland category. The city was founded in 1890 by the Pioneer Column, a small military force of the British South Africa Company, and named Fort Salisbury after the UK Prime Minister Lord Salisbury. Company administrators demarcated the city and ran it until Southern Rhodesia achieved responsible government in 1923. Salisbury was thereafter the seat of the Southern Rhodesian (later Rhodesian) government and, between 1953 and 1963, th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Milton Shumba
Milton Shumba (born 19 October 2000) is a Zimbabwean cricketer. He made his Twenty20 debut for Zimbabwe against Eastern Province in the 2016 Africa T20 Cup on 30 September 2016. Prior to his T20 debut, he was part of Zimbabwe's squad for the 2016 Under-19 Cricket World Cup. He made his first-class debut for Rising Stars in the 2017–18 Logan Cup on 12 November 2017. Later the same month, he was named in Zimbabwe's squad for the 2018 Under-19 Cricket World Cup. In December 2019, he was named in Zimbabwe's squad for the 2020 Under-19 Cricket World Cup. He made his List A debut on 12 February 2020, for Matabeleland Tuskers in the 2019–20 Pro50 Championship. In October 2020, he was named in Zimbabwe's squad for their tour of Pakistan. He made his Twenty20 International (T20I) debut for Zimbabwe, against Pakistan, on 10 November 2020. In December 2020, he was selected to play for the Tuskers in the 2020–21 Logan Cup. In April 2021, he was named in Zimbabwe's Test squa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dion Myers
Dion Myers (born 21 March 2002) is a Zimbabwean cricketer. He made his international debut for the Zimbabwe cricket team in July 2021. Career Myers made his first-class debut on 9 December 2020, for Mountaineers, in the 2020–21 Logan Cup. Prior to his first-class debut, he was named in Zimbabwe's squad for the 2020 Under-19 Cricket World Cup. He made his Twenty20 debut on 10 April 2021, for Mountaineers, in the 2020–21 Zimbabwe Domestic Twenty20 Competition. He made his List A debut on 18 April 2021, for Mountaineers, in the 2020–21 Pro50 Championship. In May 2021, he earned his maiden call up to the Zimbabwe A cricket team for the List A series against South Africa A. In the first match of the series, he scored 96 runs, which was also his first half-century in List A cricket. In July 2021, Myers was named in Zimbabwe's Test squad for their one-off match against Bangladesh. He made his Test debut on 7 July 2021, for Zimbabwe against Bangladesh. In July 2021, Myers wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tadiwanashe Marumani
Tadiwanashe Marumani (born 2 January 2002) is a Zimbabwean cricketer. He made his international debut for the Zimbabwe cricket team in April 2021. Career Marumani made his first-class debut on 18 March 2021, for Rocks, in the 2020–21 Logan Cup. Prior to his first-class debut, he was named in Zimbabwe's squad for the 2020 Under-19 Cricket World Cup. He made his Twenty20 debut on 11 April 2021, for Rocks, in the 2020–21 Zimbabwe Domestic Twenty20 Competition. In April 2021, Marumani was named in Zimbabwe's squad for their Twenty20 International (T20I) series against Pakistan. He made his T20I debut on 21 April 2021, against Pakistan. He made his List A debut on 26 April 2021, for Rocks, in the 2020–21 Pro50 Championship. In July 2021, Marumani was named in Zimbabwe's One Day International (ODI) squad for their series against Bangladesh. Marumani made his ODI debut on 16 July 2021, for Zimbabwe against Bangladesh. In February 2022, during the 2021–22 Logan Cup The 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wesley Madhevere
Wesley Nyasha Madhevere (born 4 September 2000) is a Zimbabwean cricketer. He made his international debut for the Zimbabwe cricket team in March 2020. Career Madhevere made his List A debut on 8 February 2020, for Mashonaland Eagles in the 2019–20 Pro50 Championship. Prior to his List A debut, he was named as the vice-captain of Zimbabwe's squad for the 2020 Under-19 Cricket World Cup. He was also part of Zimbabwe's teams for the 2016 Under-19 Cricket World Cup and the 2018 Under-19 Cricket World Cup, with the International Cricket Council (ICC) naming him as the rising star of the squad following the 2018 tournament. He made his first-class debut on 20 February 2020, for Mashonaland Eagles in the 2019–20 Logan Cup. In February 2020, Madhevere was named in Zimbabwe's One Day International (ODI) and Twenty20 International (T20I) squads for their tour against Bangladesh. He made his ODI debut for Zimbabwe, against Bangladesh, on 1 March 2020. He made his T20I debut for Zim ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brandon Mavuta
Brandon Anesu Mavuta (born 4 March 1997) is a Zimbabwean cricketer who plays for the Zimbabwe national cricket team. In January 2016, he was named in Zimbabwe's squad for the 2016 Under-19 Cricket World Cup. He made his international debut for Zimbabwe in July 2018, against Australia, in a Twenty20 International. Domestic career Mavuta made his first-class debut on 2 March 2016 in the Logan Cup tournament. He made his Twenty20 debut for Zimbabwe against Eastern Province in the 2016 Africa T20 Cup on 30 September 2016. He made his List A debut for Zimbabwe A against Afghanistan A during Afghanistan's tour to Zimbabwe on 5 February 2017. Mavuta was the leading wicket-taker in the 2017–18 Logan Cup for Rising Stars, with 27 dismissals in seven matches. He was also the leading wicket-taker in the 2017–18 Pro50 Championship for the Rising Stars, with fifteen dismissals in nine matches. This included taking eight wickets for 38 runs in the final of the tournament, leadi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brad Evans (cricketer)
Brad Evans (born 24 March 1997) is a Zimbabwean cricketer. He made his first-class debut on 1 April 2018 for Cardiff MCCU against Gloucestershire as part of the Marylebone Cricket Club University fixtures. In December 2020, he was selected to play for the Eagles in the 2020–21 Logan Cup. He made his Twenty20 debut on 10 April 2021, for Eagles, in the 2020–21 Zimbabwe Domestic Twenty20 Competition. He made his List A debut on 18 April 2021, for Eagles, in the 2020–21 Pro50 Championship. Evans was also named as a standby player in Zimbabwe's squad for their Twenty20 International (T20I) series against Pakistan. Career In May 2022, Evans was named in Zimbabwe's T20I squad for their five-match home series against Namibia. Evans made his T20I debut on 21 May 2022, against Namibia. In August 2022, he was named in Zimbabwe's ODI squad, for their series against Bangladesh. He made his ODI debut on 7 August 2022, for Zimbabwe against Bangladesh Bangladesh (}, ), off ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wicket-keeper
The wicket-keeper in the sport of cricket is the player on the fielding side who stands behind the wicket or stumps being watchful of the batsman and ready to take a catch, stump the batsman out and run out a batsman when occasion arises. The wicket-keeper is the only member of the fielding side permitted to wear gloves and external leg guards. The role of the keeper is governed by Law 27 of the Laws of Cricket. Stance Initially, during the bowling of the ball the wicket-keeper crouches in a full squatting position but partly stands up as the ball is received. Australian wicket-keeper Sammy Carter (1878 to 1948) was the first to squat on his haunches rather than bend over from the waist (stooping). Purposes The keeper's major function is to stop deliveries that pass the batsman (in order to prevent runs being scored as 'byes'), but he can also attempt to dismiss the batsman in various ways: * The most common dismissal effected by the keeper is for him to '' catch'' a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luke Jongwe
Luke Mafuwa Jongwe (born 6 February 1995) is a Zimbabwean cricketer. He is a right-handed batter and right-arm medium pace bowler. Jongwe was selected for three ODIs against South Africa. He made his One Day International debut at Harare Sports Club against South Africa on 17 August 2014, where he bowled six overs and gave away 45 runs without taking a wicket and then scored 19 runs in a losing cause. He made his Twenty20 International debut against Pakistan on 27 September 2015. In December 2020, Jongwe was selected to play for the Tuskers in the 2020–21 Logan Cup. In April 2021, Jongwe was named in Zimbabwe's squad for their Twenty20 International (T20I) series against Pakistan, more than five years since his last international match. On 26 April 2021, Jongwe was named in Zimbabwe's Test squad, also for the series against Pakistan. He made his Test debut for Zimbabwe, against Pakistan Pakistan ( ur, ), officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan ( ur, , label= ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nyasha Mayavo
Nyasha Mayavo (born 1 October 1992) is a Zimbabwean first-class cricketer who plays for Mid West Rhinos. He was the leading run-scorer in the 2017–18 Logan Cup for Mid West Rhinos, with 550 runs in seven matches. In June 2018, he was named in a Board XI team for warm-up fixtures ahead of the 2018 Zimbabwe Tri-Nation Series. In December 2020, he was selected to play for the Rhinos in the 2020–21 Logan Cup. In May 2023, he was named in Zimbabwe A's squad for their first class match series against Pakistan A. He made his T20I debut against Namibia Namibia (, ), officially the Republic of Namibia, is a country in Southern Africa. Its western border is the Atlantic Ocean. It shares land borders with Zambia and Angola to the north, Botswana to the east and South Africa to the south and ea ... in October 2023. References External links * 1992 births Living people Zimbabwean cricketers Mid West Rhinos cricketers Cricketers from Bulawayo {{Zimbabwe-cricket ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roy Kaia
Roy Kaia (born 10 October 1991) is a Zimbabwean cricketer. He plays first-class cricket for Mountaineers. He made his international debut for the Zimbabwe cricket team in May 2015. Domestic career Kaia was part of the 2010 Zimbabwe U19 team that lost to the South Africa U19 team. He took 4 wickets for 49. He was also in the losing side against the same side a few months later in 2011 scoring 60 not out off 56 balls in a T20 match. Kaia played first-class cricket for Southern Rocks and is currently part of Mountaineers team. He has the most Pro50 Championship List A runs in the season leading the second-placed player by more than 100 runs with an average score of 76.40 in nine games, also taking 6 wickets at an economy of 4.79. In December 2020, he was selected to play for the Southern Rocks in the 2020–21 Logan Cup. International career The performance earned him a national selection when Zimbabwe toured Pakistan in May 2015. He made his One Day International debut for Z ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
