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Rain
predicted for one-day series
Lankans
may find Zimbabwe more than pushovers
Top-level
cricket returns to troubled Zimbabwe from Thursday this
week after Sri Lanka sent a 15-player squad to play
a series of five one-day internationals.
The irony is that it was Sri Lanka, as much as any Test
nation, which saw the end of Test cricket here four
years ago.
It was they who, having won two Tests by an innings
and more than 200 runs in 2004, were the first to declare
they would not play five-day matches against Zimbabwe
again.
England, New Zealand and Australia quickly followed
suit.
Zimbabwe were then limited to 50-overs matches against
other full members of the ICC plus four-dayers against
such as Kenya and Namibia.
The
last incoming tour of substance here was by Bangladesh
15 months ago and the visitors won all three ODI matches.
However, there are signs that Sri Lanka may find the
locals rather more than pushovers. They held Mahela
Jayewardene’s side to a draw in Bulawayo last week
and on Monday they skittled the Sri Lankans out for
235 runs in fewer than the allotted 50 overs. Unfortunately
heavy rain prevented the home side, Zimbabwe ‘A’,
from batting in reply.
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