This article describes the history of cricket in Zimbabwe from the 1992–93 season when the country was promoted to full ICC membership.

Events

Zimbabwe was elected to full membership of the ICC in 1992, and played its inaugural Test match versus

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at the

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on 18–22 October 1992. The match was drawn, and thus

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became the first team to avoid losing its inaugural Test match since Australia beat England in the very first Test in 1877. The main domestic competition is the

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which has a long history but which did not acquire first-class status until the 1993–94 season. Cricket in Zimbabwe was severely impacted by the country's political situation in the early years of the 21st century and the situation has become critical since 2005. See:

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National championships

Winners of the

from 1993 have been: * 1992–93 – not a first-class competition * 1993–94 – Mashonaland Under-24 * 1994–95 –

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* 1995–96 –

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* 1996–97 – Mashonaland * 1997–98 – Mashonaland * 1998–99 – Matabeleland * 1999–00 – Mashonaland * 2000–01 – Mashonaland * 2001–02 – Mashonaland * 2002–03 – Mashonaland * 2003–04 – Mashonaland * 2004–05 – Mashonaland

Leading players by season

The lists below give the leading runscorers and wicket-takers in each domestic season.

Batsmen

* 1992–93 – KJ Arnott – 281 @ 56.20 (HS 101*) * 1993–94 – A Flower – 620 @ 68.88 (HS 215) * 1994–95 – GW Flower – 983 @ 57.82 (HS 201*) * 1995–96 – DL Houghton – 599 @ 85.57 (HS 160) * 1996–97 – GW Flower – 477 @ 53.00 (HS 243*) * 1997–98 – GW Flower – 742 @ 74.20 (HS 156*) * 1998–99 –

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– 469 @ 156.33 (HS 194*) * 1999–00 – GJ Rennie – 666 @ 47.57 (HS 152) * 2000–01 – GJ Whittall – 532 @ 88.66 (HS 188*) * 2001–02 – BB Sijapati – 692 @ 230.66 (HS 199*) * 2002–03 – MA Vermeulen – 696 @ 49.71 (HS 153) * 2003–04 – GM Strydom – 681 @ 61.90 (HS 216) * 2004–05 – DD Ebrahim – 710 @ 54.61 (HS 188)

Bowlers

* 1992–93 – AJ Traicos – 11 @ 34.18 (BB 5-86) * 1993–94 – JA Rennie – 23 @ 28.30 (BB 6-34) * 1994–95 – HH Streak – 49 @ 19.77 (BB 6-90) * 1995–96 – BC Strang – 36 @ 21.41 (BB 6-96) * 1996–97 – PA Strang – 36 @ 25.16 (BB 5-45) * 1997–98 – AG Huckle – 22 @ 31.31 (BB 6-109) * 1998–99 – AR Whittall – 16 @ 27.31 (BB 4-49) * 1999–00 – GB Brent – 30 @ 17.86 (BB 6-84) * 2000–01 – BT Watambwa – 34 @ 17.82 (BB 5-36) * 2001–02 – RW Price – 36 @ 22.63 (BB 8-35) * 2002–03 – RW Price – 32 @ 33.18 (BB 8-78) * 2003–04 – RW Price – 42 @ 21.30 (BB 6-73) * 2004–05 – NB Mahwire – 45 @ 18.33 (BB 7-64)

Events

National championships

Leading players by season

Batsmen

Bowlers

International tours of Zimbabwe from 1992-93 to 2005-06

India 1992-93

New Zealand 1992-93

Pakistan 1992-93

Sri Lanka 1994-95

Pakistan 1994-95

South Africa 1995-96

England 1996-97

India 1996-97

New Zealand 1997-98

Pakistan 1997-98

India 1998-99

Australia 1999-2000

England 1999-2000

South Africa 1999-2000

Sri Lanka 1999-2000

Bangladesh 2000-01

New Zealand 2000-01

India 2001

West Indies 2001

South Africa 2001-02

England 2001-02

Australia 2002

Pakistan 2002-03

Kenya 2002-03

Bangladesh 2003-04

West Indies 2003-04

Sri Lanka 2004

Australia 2004

England 2004-05

New Zealand 2005-06

India 2005-06

Kenya 2005-06

Bibliography

External sources