Fun Trivia : Zimbabwe

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Zimbabwe

In 1898-99 season, Zimbabwe (then Rhodesia) were toured by an English team. Who led the team?

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Lord Hawke. The main domestic match during those times used to be the one between Salisbury (Harare) and Bulawayo.



In the 1931-32 season, Rhodesia took part in the Currie Cup (South Africa). However, they were robbed of the Cup because of what?

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Points System. The points system for this competition was quite weird. It awarded the same points for a first innings lead and an outright victory. Rhodesia had 4 outright victories and a defeat. The eventual winner was Western Province.



On July 23, 1981, Zimbabwe was made an associate member of the ICC?

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t. They had to wait another 11 years to gain Test status.



Zimbabwe lost their inaugural test match by an innings and 12 runs?

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f. Zimbabwe drew their inaugural test match against India. They impressed a lot of people during this match, having scored 456 in their first innings.



Against what team did Zimbabwe achieve their first ever Test match win?

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Pakistan. It came in their 11th match at Harare (1994-95). Pakistan was routed by an Innings and 64 runs.



Zimbabwe had a domestic cricket tournament (for the longer version of the game). This cup was started as early as 1903. What is the name of the Premier Domestic tournament of Zimbabwe?

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Logan Cup. Logan Cup is played amongst the various provinces of the country including Mashonaland, Manicaland, Matabeleland, Midlands, etc.