Zimbabwe national cricket team
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Zimbabwe cricket crest
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| Test status acquired | 1992 | |||||||||
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| Captain | Graeme Cremer (interim) | |||||||||
| Coach |
 Heath Streak
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| Test Matches | ||||||||||
| First Test | v  India at Harare Sports Club, Harare; 18–22 October 1992 |
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| Last Test | v  Sri Lanka at Harare Sports Club, Harare; 6–10 November 2016 |
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| First ODI | v  Australia at Trent Bridge, Nottingham; 9 June 1983 |
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| Last ODI | v  Afghanistan at Harare Sports Club, Harare; 26 February 2017 |
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| World Cup Appearances | 9 (first in 1983) | |||||||||
| Best result | Super Sixes (1999, 2003) | |||||||||
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| First T20I | v  Bangladesh at Sheikh Abu Naser Stadium, Khulna; 28 November 2006 |
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| Last T20I | v India at Harare Sports Club, Harare; 22 June 2016 |
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| World Twenty20 Appearances | 5 (first in 2007) | |||||||||
| Best result | Group stage (2007, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016) | |||||||||
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| ICC Rankings | Current | Best-ever |
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10th 11th 12th |
9th 8th 10th |
| Tests | Played | Won/Lost |
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| Total | 101 | 11/64 (26 draws) |
| This year | 0 | 0/0 (0 draws) |
| ODIs | Played | Won/Lost |
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| Total | 484 | 125/342 (6 ties, 11 no result) |
| This year | 5 | 2/3 (0 ties, 0 no result) |
| T20Is | Played | Won/Lost |
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| Total | 54 | 13/40 (1 tie, 0 no result) |
| This year | 0 | 0/0 (0 ties, 0 no result) |
The Zimbabwean cricket team is the team that represents Zimbabwe in international cricket. It is administered by Zimbabwe Cricket (formerly known as the Zimbabwe Cricket Union or ZCU). Zimbabwe is a full member of the International Cricket Council (ICC) with Test and One Day International status.
As of 15 August 2016, Zimbabwe is ranked tenth in Tests, eleventh in ODIs and twelfth in Twenty20 Internationals by the ICC.
Zimbabwe – known as Rhodesia until independence from the United Kingdom in 1980 – had a national cricket team before it achieved Test status.
A brief summary of key moments:
Zimbabwe's first World Cup campaign in 1983 ended in the group stage, as they lost five of their six matches. However, they threw a surprise against Australia. Batting first, Zimbabwe reached a total of 239 for 6 in the allotted 60 overs, with skipper Duncan Fletcher top-scoring with 69 not out. Fletcher then produced career-best figures of 4 for 42 to restrict Australia to 226 for 7, thereby recording a stunning upset in cricket history.
In the 1987 World Cup, Zimbabwe lost all six of their group-stage matches, though they came very close to winning against New Zealand. Chasing 243 to win from 50 overs, wicketkeeper-batsman David Houghton scored 142, but Zimbabwe were all out for 239 in the final over, thus losing by three runs.
In the 1992 tournament, Zimbabwe failed to progress beyond the round-robin stage, losing seven of their eight matches, though there were two notable achievements. Against Sri Lanka in their first match, Zimbabwe posted their then-highest total of 312 for 4, with wicketkeeper-batsman Andy Flower top-scoring with 115 not out. However, the Sri Lankans chased this total down with four balls to spare, winning by three wickets.
In their final match, Zimbabwe faced England in an inconsequential encounter, England having already made the semi-finals. Batting first, Zimbabwe were all out for 134. Eddo Brandes then produced a stunning spell of 4 for 21, including dismissing Graham Gooch first ball, to help restrict England to 125 all out and thus give Zimbabwe a shock nine-run victory.
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