Mluleki Nkala

WHILE the Zimbabwe Under-19 players have returned home to school, their cricketing education has been enhanced by their five- week tour

Zimbabwe Cricket has been holding trials for a standby Zimbabwe A side to keep the senior team on their toes ahead of their return to Test cricket later this year

Mluleki Nkala, the 25-year-old allrounder, has been named captain of Zimbabwe A for their match against Bangladesh A tomorrow in Dhaka

Warren Carne takes a look at the Zimbabwe squad on the eve of their departure for Bangladesh

Zimbabwe have suffered a setback ahead of their Bangladesh tour later this month with news that Terrence Duffin has been ruled out of the tour due to a hand injury

A row over contracts between Zimbabwe Cricket and its players is threatening to develop into another ugly strike

Zimbabwe Cricket's player contracts debate took a surprise turn after the board withdrew contract offers to three players

Fast bowler Mluleki Nkala picked up four wickets and Mark Vermeulen cracked an unbeaten half-century to put Matabeleland in the driving seat on the first day of their Logan Cup match against Manicaland at Bulawayo Athletic Club

Mashonaland had scored 142 for 3 in their second innings, a lead of 250, after bowling Matabeleand out for 220 on the second day of their Logan Cup match

Dion Ebrahim has paid the price for his poor show with the bat in Bangladesh and has been left out of the 14-member squad to tour South Africa next week

An eighth-wicket stand of 123 between Mluleki Nkala and Tinashe Panyangara carried Zimbabwe A to the brink of an astonishing victory over South Africa A, but in the end they were forced to settle for the draw on the final day of their four-day match

Zimbabwe A made a better fist of their one-day encounter against India A at Harare, but they still lost, going down by 33 runs after India A scored 249 for 9 in their 50 overs

Five wickets from Jason Gillespie and an unbeaten hundred by Michael Clarke helped Australia to a comfortable eight-wicket win against Zimbabwe in the third one-dayer at Harare

Less than 24 hours after three of the current new-look Zimbabwe side issued a public denial of weekend reports that they were planning on joining the banned rebels, a local reporter has claimed that the three only did so under duress

Three non-white players are set to join the group of 15 white cricketers who have been sacked by the Zimbabwe Cricket Union, after speaking out about sacking of the captain Heath Streak, and the political interference that is undermining the national

Mashonaland completed their anticipated victory over Matabeleland in mid-afternoon on the fourth and final day of the match

Mluleki Nkala cracked an unbeaten century, his second in first-class cricket, and Heath Streak scored his fourth first-class hundred as Matabeleland raced to a commanding total on the third day of their Logan Cup clash against Midlands at Queens

Zimbabwe face one of their busiest seasons ever

Zimbabwe cricket did very well indeed at the annual Zimbabwe Sportsmen of the Year awards ceremony held last night