South Africa in Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe frittered away the gains they made on day one of the third day of the second Test against South Africa at Bulawayo on Sunday by losing wickets in a heap just before tea.
After the entire second day's play was washed out by rain, the hosts resumed at 154-2. Zimbabwean batsmen Stuart Carlisle (49), Andy Flower (67), Grant Flower (44), Heath Streak (31), and Paul Strang (38) all got starts but failed to go on to a big score.
The hosts eventually declared their first innings closed at 419-9, their highest ever against South Africa. The visitors, then crawled to 26-0 in 13 overs at stumps. Earlier Andy Flower made his 12th score over fifty in his last 15 innings.

Miscellaneous

Former Pakistan captain and CBFS co-ordinator, Asif Iqbal has volunteered to appear before the Anti-Corruption Unit of the ICC. He was recently interviewed by the two members of the ACU. Asif has been involved in Sharjah cricket right from its inception in 1981.
Asif Iqbal is reported to have advised the ACU to look into the dramatic events surrounding the 1981 Headingley Test between England and Australia where he believed Australians Dennis Lillee and Rodney Marsh bet against their own side.
However this incident has been completely ignored by the ACU.

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The ACU will be visiting South Africa this week for a series of meetings linked to security planning for the World Cup in 2003.
Paul Condon, the chief of ACU, will be accompanied by senior investigator Jeff Rees and support manager Bob Smalley during the trip.

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Glamorgan and England spinner Robert Croft has called for a ban on overseas players participating in English county cricket.
He said he felt an overseas player stood in the way of a home player. Croft made the statement as he felt his county Glamorgan has some good players but miss out since greater emphasis is given to the overseas recruit.

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New Zealand may agree to play a seven-match ODI series in Pakistan to compensate for the cancellation of the Test and one-day tour earlier this month due to the terrorist bombings in the US.
However the dates for these matches will be decided later.

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Banned former South Africa skipper Hansie Cronje said he had a clear conscience as far as the entire match-fixing episode was concerned.
Cronje, whose case against a life ban will be heard in a Pretoria court towards the end of this month said he has revealed all he knew to his legal team.
Cronje, who is at present taking a masters degree in Business Administration said he had made some horrendous decisions in life and was keen to make up for them.

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The South African first class side, Natal appears to be eyeing former Pakistan skipper Wasim Akram to play for them. Their original choice was Javagal Srinath but with India's tight international schedule he is unlikely to be available.
West Indians Marlon Black and Nixon McLean and Englishmen Devon Malcolm and Dominic Cork were also being considered. With Pakistan having not much international cricket lined up for the moment and if Wasim confirms, it is likely he will join the team by mid October.

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India Cements XI lifted the Moin-ud-Dowla Gold Cup Trophy by defeating MRF XI by seven wickets in the final at Hyderabad.
Dashing all rounder Virender Sehwag did the star turn for the winners claiming 3-38 to restrict MRF to a score of 208 and later in tghe company of Rahul Dravid (51 not out) rattled up the required runs with an elegant 92 in just 91 balls.

Scores at a Glance

Zimbabwe vs South Africa (2nd Test)
Played at Bulawayo (3rd day)
Toss: Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe:419-9 decl (A Campbell 77, D Ebrahim 71, S Carlisle 49, A Flower 67, G Flower 44, H Streak 31, P Strang; C Henderson 4-143)
South Africa: 26-0 (Gibbs 15 not out, G Kirsten 11 not out)

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