Zimbabwe national cricket team

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Zimbabwe national cricket team
Nickname(s)The Chevrons[1][2]
AssociationZimbabwe Cricket
Personnel
Test captainSean Williams
One Day captainCraig Ervine
T20I captainCraig Ervine
CoachDave Houghton
History
Test status acquired1992
International Cricket Council
ICC statusAssociate Member (1981)
Full Member (1992)
ICC regionACA (Africa)
ICC Rankings Current[3] Best-ever
Test 10th 7th
ODI 12th 8th
T20I 11th 9th
Tests
First Testv.  India at Harare Sports Club, Harare; 18–22 October 1992
Last Testv.  Bangladesh at Harare Sports Club, Harare; 7–11 July 2021
Tests Played Won/Lost
Total[4] 117 13/75
(29 draws)
This year[5] 0 0/0 (0 draws)
One Day Internationals
First ODIv.  Australia at Trent Bridge, Nottingham; 9 June 1983
Last ODIv.  Australia at Riverway Stadium, Townsville; 3 September 2022
ODIs Played Won/Lost
Total[6] 553 143/390
(8 ties, 12 no results)
This year[7] 15 4/11
(0 ties, 0 no result)
World Cup appearances9 (first in 1983)
Best resultSuper Sixes (1999, 2003)
World Cup Qualifier appearances4 (first in 1982)
Best resultChampions (1982, 1986, 1990)
Twenty20 Internationals
First T20Iv.  Bangladesh at Sheikh Abu Naser Stadium, Khulna; 28 November 2006
Last T20Iv.  Bangladesh at The Gabba, Brisbane; 30 October 2022
T20Is Played Won/Lost
Total[8] 118 36/79
(2 ties, 1 no result)
This year[9] 22 12/9
(0 ties, 1 no result)
T20 World Cup appearances6 (first in 2007)
Best resultSuper 12 (2022)

Test kit

ODI kit

T20I kit

As of 30 October 2022

The Zimbabwe national cricket team, also known as Chevrons represents Zimbabwe in men's international cricket.[10] Zimbabwe Cricket (earlier known as the Zimbabwe Cricket Union) controls the cricket team. Zimbabwe has been a Full Member of the International Cricket Council (ICC) since 1992. [11]

As of March, 2022, Zimbabwe is currently ranked 10th in Tests,[12] 13th in One Day Internationals (ODIs)[13] and 11th in Twenty20 Internationals (T20Is)[14] by the ICC.

References[change | change source]

  1. "How our cricketers became Chevrons", Zimbabwe Independent, 7 July 2017, archived from the original on 31 July 2022, retrieved 20 March 2021 {{citation}}: |archive-date= / |archive-url= timestamp mismatch; 31 July 2021 suggested (help)
  2. "Chevrons stars Happy to be back playing cricket again", New Zimbabwe, 28 September 2020, retrieved 20 March 2021
  3. "ICC Rankings". International Cricket Council.
  4. "Test matches - Team records". ESPNcricinfo.
  5. "Test matches - 2022 Team records". ESPNcricinfo.
  6. "ODI matches - Team records". ESPNcricinfo.
  7. "ODI matches - 2022 Team records". ESPNcricinfo.
  8. "T20I matches - Team records". ESPNcricinfo.
  9. "T20I matches - 2022 Team records". ESPNcricinfo.
  10. Falola, Toyin; Jean-Jacques, Daniel (2016). Africa : an encyclopedia of culture and society. Toyin Falola, Daniel Jean-Jacques. Santa Barbara, California: ABC-CLIO. p. 1316. ISBN 978-1-59884-665-2. OCLC 900016532.
  11. "ICC Men's Test Team Rankings | ICC". ICC. Retrieved 2022-09-06.
  12. "Records | Test matches | Team records | Results summary | ESPNcricinfo.com". Cricinfo. Retrieved 2022-09-06.
  13. "Records | One-Day Internationals | Team records | Results summary | ESPNcricinfo.com". Cricinfo. Retrieved 2022-09-06.
  14. "Records | Twenty20 Internationals | Team records | Results summary | ESPNcricinfo.com". Cricinfo. Retrieved 2022-09-06.

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