Britain has called on the ICC to ban Zimbabwe from playing international matches because of its human rights record
Mahendra Singh Dhoni will lead the Indian team for the limited overs tour of Zimbabwe starting June 11, while top stars like Virat Kohli and Ajinkya Rahane have been rested.
Peter Chingoka denied suggestions that Flower had faced the sack over human rights protests.
Zimbabwe were seven wickets away from their maiden Test win over Sri Lanka on Monday after setting the hosts a target of 388 in their one-off match at the R. Premadasa Stadium.
United Arab Emirates secured a surprise three run win via the Duckworth/Lewis method to end Zimbabwe's hopes of reaching the 2019 World Cup on Thursday.
Photos from the match between West Indies and Zimbabwe played on Tuesday.
The president of the ICC told New Zealand on Tuesday that the sport's governing body will not exclude Zimbabwe from future tours.
Australia were skittled for only 73 as Tinashe Panyangara claimed six wickets for 31 runs in a devastating nine-over spell.
India's captain for the One-day series in Zimbabwe addressed the media prior to the team's departure. Harish Kotian/Rediff.com reports.
The travel-weary Indian cricketers will have an extended period of rest at the conclusion of the short ODI series in the West Indies, till the commencement of the ICC Champions Trophy in September, following the Board of Control for Cricket in India's decision to drop plans for the team's visit to Zimbabwe in between.
Flintoff will undergo further tests later this week after being ruled out of Lancashire's county championship match against Essex at Old Trafford, which started on Wednesday.
Solid fifties by Hamilton Masakadza and Vusi Sibanda enabled Zimbabwe dominate the opening day of its return to Test cricket, against Bangladesh, in Harare, on Thursday. Masakadza was unbeaten on 88 as Zimbabwe ended the day on 264-2, at the Harare Sports Club.
Test captain Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma and Shikhar Dhawan are likely to be rested for India's tour of Zimbabwe, but there is no confirmation on Mahendra Singh Dhoni's availability for the short series, starting June 11. India will play three ODIs and two T20 Internationals during the series which marks the end of the season.
England's five-match cricket tour of Zimbabwe will go ahead after a ban on 13 British journalists was rescinded.
Pacer Pankaj Singh, who contributed in Rajasthan's two Ranji Trophy triumphs and briefly played for India, on Saturday announced his retirement from all forms of cricket.
Australia captain Ricky Ponting is aiming for a quick finish to the two Tests against a depleted Zimbabwe side later this month.
Matheesha Pathirana returned to Sri Lanka to recover from a hamstring injury.
The former Zimbabwe batsman was reported for making detrimental comments about his country's selection policy.
The ECB said it would send a team to check safety before the tour, which consists of five ODIs from November 26 to December 5.
The BCCI had invited applications for positions of head coach, batting coach, bowling coach and fielding coach and had set July 30 as the deadline.
The pitch at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad which hosted the ODI World Cup final between India and Australia on November 19 has been rated "average" by the International Cricket Council (ICC).
Angelo Mathews reflected on a difficult 2024 T20 World Cup and issued an apology to Sri Lanka on behalf of his teammates
Lead men's team selector Desmond Haynes said Holder and Joseph are key players for the West Indies and the decision was taken in the best interest of the side.
Andy Flower paid tribute to his former team mate, saying he's the perfect role model for youngsters.
Sikandar Raza closed in on his maiden hundred and put Zimbabwe in sight of a first Test victory against Sri Lanka on the third day of their only match at the R Premadasa Stadium in Colombo on Sunday.
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Yashasvi Jaiswal, Sarfaraz Khan and Dhruv Jurel stole the show in India's record-breaking victory in the Rajkot Test.
David Miller and J P Duminy scored centuries as South Africa overcame a real challenge from Zimbabwe to record a 62-run victory in their opening World Cup Pool B game in Hamilton on Sunday.
Ray Price captured six wickets to lead an unexpected Zimbabwe fightback in the second Test against Australia on Sunday.
Opening batsman Fakhar Zaman became Pakistan's first double centurion in one-day internationals, when he smashed 210 off 156 deliveries against Zimbabwe at Bulawayo on Friday.
Rangana Herath grabbed Zimbabwe's final three wickets to return figures of 8-63 as Sri Lanka wasted little time in finishing off the hosts on the final morning of the second test at the Harare Sports Club on Thursday. The home side, teetering on 180 for seven overnight, survived 13 overs before being bowled out for 233 as Sri Lanka won by 257 runs to compete a sweep of the two-match series. Herath, standing in as captain for the injury-hit Sri Lankan side, finished with 13 wickets in the match as he fully exploited a turning surface to dominate the test with his spin.
Pakistan captain Shahid Afridi on Monday patted his teammates for their all-round show in the seven-wicket win over Zimbabwe to qualify for the quarter-finals of the cricket World Cup.
Batting at No. 9, Wahab Riaz struck a quickfire half-century before he returned to claim four wickets with the ball to lift Pakistan to a narrow 20-run victory.
Ross Taylor and BJ Watling shared an unbeaten sixth-wicket stand of 220 as New Zealand went to tea in complete command on 543 for five and a lead of 379 on day three of the first Test against Zimbabwe on Saturday.
Sri Lanka spinner Rangana Herath took five wickets for the second time in the match as they moved to the brink of victory on the fourth day of the second and final test against Zimbabwe on Wednesday.
Lara became the West Indies' all-time leading Test run scorer on Thursday in the second Test against Zimbabwe. \n\n
Sri Lanka, Zimbabwe, Scotland and Netherlands are in the race to secure two qualifying spots
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