Elton Chigumbura has stepped down as Zimbabwe cricket captain following sharp criticism for the team's poor showing at the recently concluded World Cup.

Chigumbura said he took the decision to work o

A Zimbabwean woman killed her infant son and sold one of his ears for $20 to a traditional healer wanted for ritual murders in neighbouring Mozambique, the police said on Thursday.

Indian captain Suresh Raina collected both the man of the match and the series awards at Harare Sports Club on Sunday as his side completed a weekend double over Zimbabwe in their short T20 series here.

India needed only 15 overs to inflict a crushing six wicket defeat on Zimbabwe at Queens Sports Club here on Saturday in the first of two Twenty-20 matches over the weekend.

After the humiliation they suffered in the ODI tri-series, India will look to make amends and take revenge against giant-slayers Zimbabwe in the first of the two T20 Internationals here on Saturday

A dominant Sri Lanka came to within a freak run-out of whitewashing Zimbabwe in the final of the Tri-nations tournament at Harare Sports Club here on Wednesday.
The Sri Lankans scored a leisurely 203-1 in 34.4 overs to win with ease in reply to Zimbabwe’s effort of 199 all out in 49 overs.

Giant-killers Zimbabwe will hope to cap their fairytale campaign with another win while revenge will be high on Sri Lanka’s agenda in the final of the tri-series here on Wednesday.

Assured of a slot in the final after knocking India out, Sri Lanka and Zimbabwe square off in the last preliminary match of the ODI tri-series here on Monday hoping to get a measure of each other before the summit clash.

India were shut out of the Wednesday’s tri-series final here on Saturday when Dinesh Chandimal led Sri Lanka to victory with just 10 balls to spare. India needed a win to stay in the tournament, which would have given them a slender chance to play in the final on Wednesday.

With their chances of making the final hanging by a thread, a beleaguered India need a big win when they take on Sri Lanka here on Saturday.
Smarting from the ignominy of being beaten twice by Zimbabwe — their first back-to-back defeats against the minnows — Suresh Raina and his teammates have their backs to the wall.