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Zimbabwean domestic first-class cricket involves the following teams:
The ZCU became a full member of the ICC on 6 July, 1992. Zimbabwe played its first Test match on 18 October- 22 October the same year, against IndiaThe Republic of India is a large multicultural country in South Asia, with a population of over one billion. The Indian economy is the fourth largest in the world, in terms of purchasing power parity, and is the world's second-fastest growing economy. at the Harare Sports Club in HarareHarare (formerly Salisbury , estimated population 1,485,615 ( 1992), is the capital of Zimbabwe. The city is Zimbabwe's largest and its administrative, commercial, and communications center. It is a trade center for tobacco, maize, cotton, and citrus frui. The match was drawn.
During the 2003 cricket World CupThe 2003 Cricket World Cup was played in South Africa, Zimbabwe and Kenya from February 9 to March 24. Going into the tournament, Australia were generally regarded as the warm-to-hot favourite to defend their title, with co-host South Africa and the enigm, the political situation in Zimbabwe came to the fore on the cricket field. Two Zimbabwean players, Andy FlowerAndrew "Andy" Flower (born 28 April, 1968 in Cape Town, South Africa) was a cricket player for Zimbabwe. He made his international debut in a one-day international against Sri Lanka at New Plymouth, New Zealand in the 1992 cricket World Cup. He was Zimbab and Henry OlongaHenry Khaaba Olonga (born 3 July, 1976 in Lusaka, Zambia) was a cricket player for Zimbabwe. He made his international debut in a Test match against Pakistan at Harare in 1995, at age 18 years, 212 days, becoming the youngest player to represent Zimbabwe., defied orders and wore black armbands during matches in protest against the "death of democracy in Zimbabwe" - a reference to their concern over the political actions of Zimbabwean President Robert MugabeRobert Gabriel Mugabe (born February 21, 1924) has been the head of government in Zimbabwe, first as Prime Minister and later as first executive President, since 1980. United Nations General Assembly on 10 September 2000, Mugabe defended his efforts to "r. Both players subsequently retired from cricket and emigrated from Zimbabwe.
On 2 April, 20042004 is a leap year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 2004 calendar), and has also been designated the: International Year of Rice International Year to Commemorate the Struggle against Slavery and its Abolition Elections are to be held in 73 co, the ZCU announced that Test captain Heath Streak had resigned the captaincy and retired from cricket. Over the following days it became clear that Streak had been dismissed. Fourteen fellow white players submitted a list of demands to the ZCU including the reinstatement of Streak and a review of the team selection process with a view to eliminating political and racial bias imposed by the Mugabe government. The ZCU ignored the demands and fielded a team of inexperienced youths in two Tests and three ODIs against the touring Sri Lankan side. The understrength Zimbabwe team was resoundingly defeated, resulting in calls from many players, ex-players, commentators, and fans for the ICC to strip the ZCU of Test status until the internal crisis could be resolved.
The matter reached a climax when ICC Chief Executive Malcom Speed flew to Harare on 17 May to meet with ZCU officials and discuss the crisis. The ZCU refused to see him. Speed called an emergency meeting of the ICC Board to vote on the issue of Zimbabwe's suspension as a Test nation. On 21 May, with the vote just hours away, the ZCU contacted Cricket Australia with an offer to cancel the two Test matches against Australia, due to begin the next day. Cricket Australia accepted the offer, thus averting the vote against the ZCU.
On 10 June, representatives of the ZCU, Cricket Australia, the United Cricket Board of South Africa , and the Board of Control for Cricket in India met and agreed that all remaining Test matches involving Zimbabwe for 2004 would be cancelled.
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