It was ironic that Zimbabwe’s most promising season to date (1998/99) was followed by the most disappointing and frustrating. After winning Test series against India at home and Pakistan away, and a Super Six place in the World Cup in England in 1999, Zimbabwe cricket seemed to go backwards, and it was impossible to find a satisfactory explanation for the decline.

In their earliest years of Test cricket, an inexperienced and limited Zimbabwe team never failed to put up a plucky fight, even when totally outclassed by their opponents. But now, after seven years of Test cricket and much experience, the team too frequently rolled over limply and there were several defeats far more humiliating than had been encountered in those early years. Too often there was a disturbing lack of spirit; however by the time of the tour of England, although there were still some dreadful matches, there were also enough good ones to arouse hope that things were on the mend.

Injuries played a part, with Heath Streak the most notable omission from the Tests against South Africa and Sri Lanka with a recurrence of his knee injury. He bowled well against the Australians at home, taking five wickets, but the effort aggravated his problem and he was unable to return until the triangular tournament in South Africa in January. He then turned in fine performances against West Indies and England.

Guy Whittall was another with knee problems who missed the West Indian Tests, and his bowling was badly affected until the tour to England; Neil Johnson was also unable to bowl very little until an operation in December.

Key players lost form dramatically, and the selectors kept faith in them perhaps longer than they should, partly because their class was known and partly because it was hard to find better replacements. The most notable failures were Alistair Campbell and Grant Flower, who averaged just over 10 in Tests during the season and critics tried in vain to find an adequate explanation. Flower seemed to have technical problems, losing his sense of off stump, but much of it was clearly in the head for both players. They did show some improvement in confidence during the triangular tournament in England at the end of the season.

The fragility of the team was not helped by the fact that Zimbabwe began their home season playing against stronger opposition than ever before. The full Australian team visited the country for the first time, but Zimbabwe might have made them work hard for victory in the only Test match had they not dropped Steve Waugh twice during his monumental 151 not out, and also allowed an eighth-wicket partnership with Damien Fleming to prosper. In the three-match one-day series, they lost with honour in Bulawayo, but then had too disastrous matches in Harare. On both occasions the pitch was too damp at the start, giving an inordinate advantage to the team bowling first; as was their habit, Zimbabwe lost the toss on both occasions. In these circumstances they had no chance and, with the exception of Andy Flower’s superb 99 not out in the final match, they played like it.

The hatred of the players for Harare Sports Club was increased still further when, after an innings defeat away to South Africa, their home match began with the pitch in similar condition. Inevitably they lost the toss and had to face Allan Donald and Shaun Pollock in the sort of conditions those great bowlers dream of; inevitably they suffered their first innings defeat at home, and with a further massive 219 runs in hand as well.

In between the two South African Tests, Alistair Campbell resigned as captain after a reign of three years. He had suffered vicious criticism in the all-informed local press for both his poor batting form and his captaincy, and he had had enough. At short notice, his predecessor Andy Flower was asked to take over again, initially in a caretaker role.

When Campbell first took over as captain, the team seemed to respond well to his more relaxed regime, and his own batting flourished with the responsibility. Now, however, with the team struggling a firmer hand was needed, and Flower, despite already shouldering the double burden of leading batsman and wicket-keeper, willingly took on the responsibility of raising the standards of a demoralized team.

A year later, members of that team were to speak glowingly of his leadership qualities and the way in which he restored pride and self-discipline to the side. But by then he was no longer captain. As he saw the gradual response to his leadership, Flower wanted to stay in the job - only to have the Zimbabwe Cricket Union strip him of it after the England tour.

They cited several reasons for this, most notably his leadership of a threatened players’ strike for better pay in England during 2000, his failure to support coach Dave Houghton when problems between coach and team arose in the West Indies (following which tour Houghton resigned), and his insistence in a greater say on team selection. The players had no doubt, though, that he was being victimized for his part in the players’ revolt over pay, which was undeniably very poor by international standards. However, it could be argued that many of the players were doing little to earn or deserve better terms.

After South Africa came Sri Lanka, meaning that Harare Sports Club, with its increasingly bad reputation, hosted a unique four Test matches within two months. Rain saved Zimbabwe more than once when they had their backs to the wall, and ironically the only Test match to be lost out of the three saw Andy Flower at his greatest, with two fighting innings of 74 and 129; none of his colleagues scored 60 in the match. With three Tests and five one-day internationals, this was the busiest single tour ever hosted by Zimbabwe; rain saved Zimbabwe from probable defeat in the first one-day match, after which they lost three and gained a final consolation victory.

There were two good victories in the triangular tournament in South Africa that took place in the New Year. An inspired spell of pace bowling from Henry Olonga brought victory over England, while the skill and nerve of Andy Flower did most to bring a thrilling last-ball victory by two wickets over South Africa. It took run rate to push England into the final against South Africa over Zimbabwe.

England then came up to Zimbabwe to play a four-match one-day series, winning the first three while the fourth was abandoned due to rain. They thus exacted revenge for their own three-nil defeat three years earlier.

Then came Zimbabwe’s first-ever tour of West Indies, where they threw away a golden opportunity to win the inaugural Test against the former world champions. They were set 99 to win and West Indies bowled magnificently on a difficult pitch, but the bottom line was that Zimbabwe’s nerve cracked and they knew they should have won. Instead, they were bowled out for 63, their first Test total below 100. They went on to lose the Second Test and all four matches in the one-day triangular tournament that included Pakistan.

Their first Test-playing tour of England followed. It began with the pay dispute, with the players effectively holding ZCU to ransom as they threatened to abandon the tour unless their demands were met. They got most of what they wanted, but it was not a happy atmosphere, and the Lord’s Test was a disaster as they went down by an innings. However, they fought back and had the upper hand in a draw in the rain-ruined Second Test at Trent Bridge, Nottingham.

The one-day triangular tournament also involving West Indies gave Zimbabwe the brightest spell of the year under review. West Indies were beaten (for the first time in any international matches) in all three of the teams’ preliminary encounters, with a magnificent 186-run partnership between Murray Goodwin and Grant Flower at Chester-le-Street the most stimulating match. By then, though, the players knew that Goodwin was to reject a new contract and return to Western Australia; soon afterwards Johnson too decided to leave Zimbabwe for Western Province. Both had been at odds with ZCU over payment, knowing first-hand the far better rewards available elsewhere, and the political turmoil developing in Zimbabwe at the time no doubt also had much to do with it.

Zimbabwe did less well against England after winning their opening encounter in the triangular series, losing twice in the preliminaries and then, once again, losing the toss in the final at Lord’s when the conditions were greatly in favour of the side bowling first; again, defeat seemed inevitable before the match started.

Soon after Zimbabwe returned home came the news of the controversial sacking of Andy Flower as captain. Two months later the 2000/01 season was due to start with the players seething with resentment and the team deprived of the valued services of Goodwin and Johnson. A season that had begun with such hope ended in gloom.

On the domestic front, ZCU expanded the Logan Cup competition to form five teams, bringing in the smaller provinces Manicaland and Midlands, and also admitting the CFX Academy. Each province benefited from the presence of former Academy students who were still fulfilling their three-year contracts, with the smaller provinces being especially reliant on them.

Manicaland, captained by former Test all-rounder Mark Burmester, caused a surprise by heading the table, but the ZCU decision to stage a final cost them the Cup, as they were weakened by the absence of several players as the farm invasions started and outclassed by the much more powerful Mashonaland side, which had perhaps been overconfident in the round-robin stage of the competition and certainly annoyed opponents and spectators by their attitude and noisy behaviour on the field.

ONE-DAY TRIANGULAR TOURNAMENT IN SINGAPORE

Zimbabwe finished third behind India and West Indies.

At Singapore; 2 September 1999. ZIMBABWE 244 (A D R Campbell 80, A Flower 89). WEST INDIES 247/4 (S L Campbell 63, R L Powell 51*). West Indies won by six wickets.

At Singapore; 4 September 1999. INDIA 245/6 (S R Tendulkar 85, A D Jadeja 88 retired hurt). ZIMBABWE 130 (A Flower 63*). India won by 155 runs.

ONE-DAY QUADRANGULAR TOURNAMENT IN KENYA

Zimbabwe finished third behind India and South Africa, and ahead of Kenya.

At Nairobi; 25 September 1999. KENYA 199/8. ZIMBABWE 200/7. Zimbabwe won by three wickets.

At Nairobi; 28 September 1999. ZIMBABWE 216. SOUTH AFRICA 217/1 (L Klusener 101*). South Africa won by nine wickets.

At Nairobi; 1 October 1999. INDIA 277/6 (S C Ganguly 139). ZIMBABWE 170. India won by 107 runs.

AUSTRALIAN TOUR OF ZIMBABWE

At Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo; 9-11 October 1999. AUSTRALIANS 335/7 dec (J L Langer 148) and 304/5 dec (S R Waugh 161, M E Waugh 139). ZCU PRESIDENT’S XI 219 (G D McGrath 5/36) and 176. Australians won by 244 runs.

(Test match) At Harare Sports Club; 14-17 October 1999. ZIMBABWE 194 and 232. AUSTRALIA 422 (S R Waugh 151*; H H Streak 5/93) and 5/0. Australia won by ten wickets.

(1ST ODI) At Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo; 21 October 1999. AUSTRALIA 303/6 (M E Waugh 106). ZIMBABWE 220 (N C Johnson 110). Australia won by 83 runs.

(2ND ODI) At Harare Sports Club; 23 October 1999. ZIMBABWE 116. AUSTRALIA 117/1. Australia won by nine wickets.

(3RD ODI) At Harare Sports Club; 24 October 1999. ZIMBABWE 200 (A Flower 99*). AUSTRALIA 201/1. Australia won by nine wickets.

TESTS AGAINST SOUTH AFRICA

(Test in South Africa) At Bloemfontein; 29 October-1 November 1999. ZIMBABWE 192 (S M Pollock 5/39) and 212. SOUTH AFRICA 417. South Africa won by an innings and 13 runs.

(Test in Zimbabwe) At Harare Sports Club; 11-14 November 1999. ZIMBABWE 102 and 141. SOUTH AFRICA 462 (J H Kallis 115, M V Boucher 125). South Africa won by an innings and 219 runs.

SRI LANKAN TOUR OF ZIMBABWE

At Bulawayo Athletic Club; 7-9 November 1999. PRESIDENT’S XI 325 (G J Rennie 127; I S Gallage 6/60). SRI LANKA 438 (A R Whittall 6/151). Match drawn.

At Kwekwe Sports Club; 12-13 November 1999. SRI LANKA 302 (G B Brent 6/84). CFX ACADEMY 126 and 44. Sri Lankans won by an innings and 123 runs.

(1ST TEST) At Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo; 18-22 November 1999. ZIMBABWE 286 (G P Wickremasinghe 6/60) and 136/3. SRI LANKA 428 (M S Atapattu 216*). Match drawn.

(2ND TEST) At Harare Sports Club; 26-30 November 1999. ZIMBABWE 174 (D N T Zoysa 3/22 including hat-trick) and 292 (A Flower 129). SRI LANKA 432 (T M Dilshan 163*) and 38/4. Sri Lanka won by six wickets.

(3RD TEST) At Harare Sports Club; 4-8 December 1999. ZIMBABWE 218 (K R Pushpakumara 5/56) and 197/7 dec. SRI LANKA 231 (R P Arnold 104*) and 36/1. Match drawn.

(1ST ODI) At Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo; 11 December 1999. SRI LANKA 284. ZIMBABWE 65/1. Match drawn (drawn).

(2ND ODI) At Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo; 12 December 1999. SRI LANKA 213 (R P Arnold 103). ZIMBABWE 200. Sri Lanka won by 13 runs.

(3RD ODI) At Harare Sports Club; 15 December 1999. SRI LANKA 248/7. ZIMBABWE 150. Sri Lanka won by 98 runs.

(4TH ODI) At Harare Sports Club; 18 December 1999. ZIMBABWE 260/4 (S V Carlisle 121*). SRI LANKA 262/4 (R S Kaluwitharana 99). Sri Lanka won by six wickets.

(5TH ODI) At Harare Sports Club; 19 December 1999. SRI LANKA 202. ZIMBABWE 206/4. Zimbabwe won by six wickets.

ONE-DAY TRIANGULAR TOURNAMENT IN SOUTH AFRICA

Zimbabwe finished third (on net run rate) behind South Africa and England.

At Johannesburg; 21 January 2000. ZIMBABWE 226. SOUTH AFRICA 229/4. South Africa won by six wickets.

At Cape Town; 28 January 2000. ZIMBABWE 211/7. ENGLAND 107 (H K Olonga 6/19). Zimbabwe won by 104 runs.

At Kimberley; 30 January 2000. ZIMBABWE 161/9 (M A Ealham 5/15). ENGLAND 162/2. England won by ten wickets.

At Durban; 2 February 2000. SOUTH AFRICA 222/7. ZIMBABWE 223/8. Zimbabwe won by two wickets.

At Port Elizabeth; 6 February 2000. SOUTH AFRICA 204/7. ZIMBABWE 151. South Africa won by 53 runs.

At Centurion; 9 February 2000. ZIMBABWE v ENGLAND. Match abandoned (rain).

TOUR BY ENGLAND

(1ST ODI) At Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo; 16 February 2000. ZIMBABWE 194/7. ENGLAND 199/5. England won by five wickets.

(2ND ODI) At Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo; 18 February 2000. ZIMBABWE 131 (C White 5/21). ENGLAND 134/9. England won by one wicket.

(3RD ODI) At Harare Sports Club; 20 February 2000. ENGLAND 248/7. ZIMBABWE 163 (G A Hick 5/33). England won by 85 runs.

(4TH ODI) At Harare Sports Club; 23 February 2000. ZIMBABWE v ENGLAND. Match abandoned (rain).

ZIMBABWE IN WEST INDIES

At St George’s, Grenada; 4-6 March 2000. ZIMBABWEANS 428 (A D R Campbell 116*; K C B Jeremy 6/81) and 24/0. WEST INDIES BOARD XI. Match drawn.

At Pointe-a-Pierre; 10-13 March 2000. PRESIDENT’S XI 349 (S C Joseph 100, R R Sarwan 100) and 417 (R R Sarwan 111). ZIMBABWEANS 394 (A D R Campbell 158*). Match drawn.

(1ST TEST) At Port-of-Spain; 16-20 March 2000. WEST INDIES 187 and 147 (H H Streak 5/27). ZIMBABWE 236 (A Flower 113*) and 63. West Indies won by 35 runs.

(2ND TEST) At Kingston; 24-28 March 2000. ZIMBABWE 308 (M W Goodwin 113; R D King 5/51) and 102. WEST INDIES 339 (J C Adams 101*) and 75/0. West Indies won by ten wickets.

At St George’s, Grenada; 8-10 April 2000. WEST INDIES XI 257. ZIMBABWEANS 170/4. Match drawn.

TRIANGULAR TOURNAMENT IN WEST INDIES

Zimbabwe finished third behind West Indies and Pakistan.

At Kingston; 1 April 2000. WEST INDIES 237 (S L Campbell 103). ZIMBABWE 150. West Indies won by 87 runs.

At Kingston; 2 April 2000. WEST INDIES 280/3 (W W Hinds 116*). ZIMBABWE 239/8. West Indies won by 41 runs.

At St John’s, Antigua; 5 April 2000. ZIMBABWE 199/9. PAKISTAN 200/5. Pakistan won by five wickets.

At St George’s, Grenada; 15 April 2000. ZIMBABWE 204/7. PAKISTAN 205/4 (Imran Nazir 105*). Pakistan won by six wickets.

ZIMBABWE TOUR OF ENGLAND

At Southampton; 27-30 April 2000. HAMPSHIRE 131 and 234/4. ZIMBABWEANS 364/7 dec (A D R Campbell 150*). Match drawn.

At Canterbury; 3-5 May 2000. ZIMBABWEANS 159 and 165 (D D Masters 5/37). KENT 487/8 dec (R S Dravid 182). Kent won by an innings and 163 runs.

At Chelmsford; 11-14 May 2000. ZIMBABWEANS 315 (R S G Anderson 5/69) and 75/0 dec. ESSEX 249. Match drawn.

(1ST TEST) At Lord’s; 18-21 May 2000. ZIMBABWE 83 (E S H Giddins 5/15) and 123. ENGLAND 415 (G A Hick 101, A J Stewart 124*). England won by an innings and 209 runs.

At Leeds; 24-27 May 2000. ZIMBABWEANS 235 and 68 (G M Hamilton 5/22). YORKSHIRE 124 (M Mbangwa 6/14) and 147. Zimbabweans won by 32 runs.

(2ND TEST) At Nottingham; 1-5 June 2000. ENGLAND 374 (M A Atherton 136) and 147. ZIMBABWE 285/4 dec (M W Goodwin 148*) and 25/1. Match drawn.

At Arundel; 10-12 June 2000. WEST INDIANS 407 (S L Campbell 146, B C Lara 176; B C Strang 5/68) and 200/5 dec (S Chanderpaul 103*). ZIMBABWEANS 275/8 dec (M W Goodwin 126) and 108/1. Match drawn.

At Gloucester; 16-19 June 2000. ZIMBABWEANS 568 (M W Goodwin 194; J Lewis 8/95) and 258/2 dec (A Flower 116*). GLOUCESTERSHIRE 167 (H H Streak 5/72) and 135 (M Mbangwa 5/23). Zimbabweans won by 524 runs.

At Cambridge; 21-23 June 2000. BRITISH UNIVERSITIES 261/8 dec. ZIMBABWEANS 441/6 dec (C B Wishart 116). Match drawn.

ONE-DAY TRIANGULAR TOURNAMENT IN ENGLAND

Zimbabwe finished second, ahead of West Indies, and losing the final to England.

At Bristol; 6 July 2000. WEST INDIES 232/7. ZIMBABWE 233/4. Zimbabwe won by four wickets.

At The Oval; 8 July 2000. ENGLAND 207. ZIMBABWE 210/5. Zimbabwe won by five wickets.

At Canterbury; 11 July 2000. ZIMBABWE 256/4. WEST INDIES 186/8. Zimbabwe won by 70 runs.

At Manchester; 13 July 2000. ZIMBABWE 114. ENGLAND 115/2. England won by eight wickets.

At Chester-le-Street; 16 July 2000. WEST INDIES 287/5 (S L Campbell 105). ZIMBABWE 290/4 (M W Goodwin 112*). Zimbabwe won by six wickets.

At Birmingham; 18 July 2000. ENGLAND 262/8 (A J Stewart 101). ZIMBABWE 210/9. England won by 52 runs.

(Final) At Lord’s; 22 July 2000. ZIMBABWE 169/7. ENGLAND 170/4. England won by six wickets.

TEST MATCH RECORDS DURING 1999/2000 AND 2000
     (* = Test debut)

BATTING AND FIELDING

                    M   I   NO   Runs   HS     Av.    100 50   Ct/St
A Flower           10   19   3   752   129    47.00    2   4   33/0
M W Goodwin        10   20   2   610   148*   33.88    2   2    4
G J Whittall        8   15   2   374    85    28.76    -   3    -
N C Johnson        10   19   1   406    75    22.55    -   4    8
S V Carlisle        3    4   0    71    44    17.75    -   -    1
G J Rennie          4    8   0   128    34    16.00    -   -    1
B C Strang          8   14   1   166    41    12.76    -   -    1
A D R Campbell     10   17   0   216    36    12.70    -   -   11
*T R Gripper        7   14   0   175    60    12.50    -   1    4
G W Flower         10   20   0   226    48    11.30    -   -   12
H K Olonga          8   14   7    69    24     9.85    -   -    1
H H Streak          5    7   0    29    20     4.14    -   -    2
*B A Murphy         4    7   3    15    14     3.75    -   -    5
M Mbangwa           5    8   4    13     8     3.25    -   -    -
*G B Brent          2    3   0     3     3     1.00    -   -    -

     Played in one Test: E A Brandes 9 and 1*; C B Wishart 1 and 9; A R Whittall 8;
     E Z Matambanadzo 6 and 0; *R W Price 2 and 4; *M L Nkala did not bat.


BOWLING

                     O       M     R    W     Av.     Best   5wI 10wM
H H Streak          159.5   52   347   23    15.08    6/87    3   -
E A Brandes          21      5    65    4    16.25    3/45    -   -
M L Nkala            42     11   104    5    20.80    3/82    -   -
G B Brent            61.2   19   144    5    28.80    3/21    -   -
B A Murphy          114     35   266    9    29.55    3/32    -   -
H K Olonga          242     48   710   22    32.27    4/93    -   -
G J Whittall        162.4   44   480   14    34.28    3/14    -   -
N C Johnson         117     33   329    8    41.12    4/77    -   -
E Z Matambanadzo     31      6    95    2    47.50    2/95    -   -
B C Strang          270.4   82   681   14    48.64    3/9     -   -
M Mbangwa           142     47   336    6    56.00    2/40    -   -
G W Flower          103.3   29   206    3    68.66    1/34    -   -
T R Gripper          20.4    3    81    1    81.00    1/28    -   -
A R Whittall         35      6   105    1   105.00    1/105   -   -

     Also bowled: R W Price 8-3-22-0; M W Goodwin 2-0-11-0.



CONSOLIDATED ONE-DAY INTERNATIONAL RECORDS DURING 1999/2000 AND 2000
     (* = ODI debuts)

BATTING AND FIELDING	

                    M   I   NO   Runs   HS     Av.    100 50   Ct/St
N C Johnson        26   26   1   812   110    32.48    1   6   11
A Flower           32   31   3   885    99*   31.60    -   8   22/3
G W Flower         32   32   6   810    96*   31.15    -   5    6
M W Goodwin        32   31   3   771   112*   27.53    1   3    8
A D R Campbell     29   29   2   634    80    27.18    -   5    9
G J Whittall       24   21   5   388    83    24.24    -   1    7
S V Carlisle       25   23   1   512   121*   23.27    1   1    9
H H Streak         17   14   3   192    45    17.45    -   -    4
G J Rennie          9    6   1    72    22    14.40    -   -    2
T N Madondo         4    4   1    41    29    13.66    -   -    -
C B Wishart         9    9   0   100    45    11.11    -   -    3
J A Rennie         11    8   2    62    23    10.33    -   -    1
*D T Mutendera      5    4   2    20    10    10.00    -   -    1
*A M Blignaut       7    7   1    53    27     8.83    -   -    1
M L Nkala           6    3   0    19    17     6.33    -   -    1
G B Brent          17   12   6    46    13*    7.66    -   -    5
B C Strang          8    3   1    14    13     7.00    -   -    3
M Mbangwa           4    2   1     4     4     4.00    -   -    1
H K Olonga         16    9   3    22    11     3.66    -   -    4
D P Viljoen        13    8   2    21     6     3.50    -   -    6
P A Strang          7    5   2    10     7*    3.33    -   -    1
A R Whittall       15   10   2    25    11*    3.12    -   -    5
C N Evans           2    2   0     2     2     1.00    -   -    -

     Played in one match: *B A Murphy 1*; E A Brandes did not bat.


BOWLING
                     O      M     R    W     Av.     Best   S/R   4wI

H K Olonga          133.5   7   681   26    26.19    6/19   5.08   2
D P Viljoen          97     5   403   15    26.86    3/20   4.15   -
H H Streak          147.1   8   616   21    29.33    3/26   4.18   -
G B Brent           144     2   731   24    30.45    4/53   5.06   1
G J Whittall        135     4   655   20    32.75    4/35   4.90   1
N C Johnson         108     1   521   14    37.21    2/16   4.83   -
J A Rennie           90     7   354    9    39.33    3/27   3.93   -
A M Blignaut         39.4   1   212    5    42.40    2/35   5.34   -
P A Strang           39.3   0   239    5    47.80    3/36   6.05   -
G W Flower          160.2   4   688   13    52.92    3/9    4.35   -
B C Strang           76    10   274    5    54.80    2/36   3.60   -
D T Mutendera        33     2   179    2    85.00    1/42   5.15   -
M L Nkala            37     3   191    2    95.50    1/36   5.13   -
A R Whittall        113     2   543    4   135.75    1/8    4.80   -

     Also bowled: E A Brandes 10-0-52-1; A D R Campbell 7.2-0-46-2; C N Evans 11-0-78-1; 
     M W Goodwin 7-0-37-1; M Mbangwa 32-1-210-0; B A Murphy 10-0-30-0.

ZIMBABWE A TO SRI LANKA (first-class matches)

At Colombo; 19-21 April 2000.  ZIMBABWE A 344 (M A Vermeulen 152) and 105/4.  SRI LANKA BOARD XI 283/7 dec (L P C Silva 100*).  Match drawn.

At Kurunegala; 24-27 April 2000.  ZIMBABWE A 306 and 174/8.  SRI LANKA A 474 (D A Gunawardene 129, R P Hewage 135).  Match drawn.

At Moratuwa; 30 April-2 May 2000.  SRI LANKA BOARD XI 212 and 229/6 dec.  ZIMBABWE A 173 and 81/4.  Match drawn.

At Galle; 5-8 May 2000.  SRI LANKA A 431/8 dec (D A Gunawardene 140, T T Samaraweera 106*).  ZIMBABWE A 221 (C B Wishart 103) and 76.  Sri Lanka A won by an innings and 134 runs.

At Matara; 11-14 May 2000.  ZIMBABWE A 126 and 97 (T T Samaraweera 5/25).  SRI LANKA A 244 (S I de Saram 143).  Sri Lanka A won by an innings and 21 runs.



LOGAN CUP

At Country Club, Harare; 3-5 March 2000.  CFX ACADEMY 245 and 221/7 dec.  MASHONALAND 272 (G J Rennie 152).  Match drawn.

At Kwekwe Sports Club; 3-5 March 2000.  MIDLANDS 95 and 258.  MANICALAND 357/7 dec (N R Ferreira 133).  Manicaland won by an innings and 4 runs.

At Kwekwe Sports Club; 10-12 March 2000.  MIDLANDS 183 and 247 (D A Marillier 149; G A Lamb 7/73).  CFX ACADEMY 343 and 90/2.  CFX Academy won by eight wickets.

At Harare Sports Club; 10-12 March 2000.  MATABELELAND 175 and 150.  MANICALAND 116 and 213/6.  Manicaland won by four wickets.

At Mutare Sports Club; 17-19 March 2000.  MANICALAND 287 (N R Ferreira 106; D P Viljoen 6/73) and 77/2.  MASHONALAND 353/9 dec.  Match drawn.

At Kwekwe Sports Club; 17-19 March 2000.  MIDLANDS 204 (D A Marillier 133) and 282.  MATABELELAND 292 (M A Vermeulen 197) and 180 (G D Ferreira 5/45),  Midlands won by 14 runs.

At Bulawayo Athletic Club; 24-26 March 2000.  MASHONALAND 170 (J A Rennie 5/70) and 448/4 dec (D P Viljoen 173*, C N Evans 153).  MATABELELAND 256 and 86.  Mashonaland won by 276 runs.

At Mutare Sports Club; 24-26 March 2000.  CFX ACADEMY 191 (G A Lamb 100*; A R Whittall 5/47) and 250/5.  MANICALAND 288 (N R Ferreira 121).  Match drawn.

At Harare Sports Club; 31 March-1 April 2000.  MASHONALAND 165 and 173/8 dec.  MIDLANDS 31 (A J Mackay 6/16) and 56 (A J Mackay 5/19),  Mashonaland won by 251 runs.

At Country Club, Harare; 31 March-2 April.  MATABELELAND 176 and 207/2 (M A Vermeulen 103*).  CFX ACADEMY 316 (K M Dabengwa 5/76).  Match drawn.

FINAL: At Harare Sports Club; 7-9 April.  MASHONALAND 345 and 275/5 dec.  MANICALAND 123 (B C Strang 7/20) and 240 (G J Rennie 7/66).  Mashonaland won by 257 runs.