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New Zealand win T20, Zimbabwe’s winless tour

No Comments 15 February 2012

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New Zealand secured a dramatic five-wicket victory over Zimbabwe in the final Twenty20 international Tuesday to condemn the visitors to a winless tour. Kane Williamson (20) scored 14 runs in the final over to seal the win with just two balls to spare after half centuries from openers James Franklin (60) and Rob Nicol (56). [...]

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NZ cap Zimbabwe whitewash

No Comments 10 February 2012

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New Zealand crushed Zimbabwe by 202 runs in the final one-day international in Napier on Thursday to complete a 3-0 series whitewash over the out-classed tourists. Zimbabwe again failed to fire as New Zealand, inspired by a century from skipper Brendon McCullum, plundered 373-8 in 50 overs and then routed the Africans for 171 with [...]

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Zimbabwe mulls ban on raw platinum exports

No Comments 29 December 2011

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Zimbabwe plans to ban the export of raw minerals, including platinum, in the next five years to encourage local processing to maximise the resources’ value, a deputy mines minister said. “It is a process. What we are doing is that we are looking at the goals of the Ministry of Mines that we must ensure [...]

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Zimbabwe firm in maiden diamond sales

No Comments 07 December 2011

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A diamond mining firm jointly owned by China and Zimbabwe started auctioning diamonds after a ban was lifted by the Kimberley Process, state media reported on Tuesday. The anouncement came a day after a campaign group that helped set up the global diamond watchdog pulled out of the Process over its removal of the ban. [...]

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Zimbabwe to get diamond boost

No Comments 03 November 2011

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Zimbabwe could earn billions of dollars a year selling diamonds from a region scarred by army abuse, officials said on Wednesday after a crisis that left the global “blood diamond” watchdog badly tarnished. Opponents slammed the decision by the Kimberley Process (KP) to let the country resume sales of diamonds from Marange, saying it risked [...]

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Zimbabwe to aid Mauritius boost trade

No Comments 25 October 2011

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Enterprise Mauritius and the Zimbabwe National Chamber of Commerce (ZNCC) signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to promote exchange of information, exhibition, skill transfer and market collaboration. The MoU was signed during the buyers and sellers meet that was held in Harare from October 12 to 14. The island was represented by the minister of [...]

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Pakistan whitewash Zimbabwe

No Comments 16 September 2011

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Pakistan won the one day international (ODI) series against Zimbabwe with a 3-0 whitewash by taking the closing match with 28 runs to spare at Harare Sports Club here on Wednesday. Pakistan, having been put to bat by Brendan Taylor, set a target of 270-5 with Zimbabwe making 242-9 in reply. Pakistan captain Ul Haq [...]

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Misbah vows to defeat Zimbabwe

No Comments 26 August 2011

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Pakistan captain Misbah-ul-Haq said he hoped his team would put on a winning performance against Zimbabwe to give outgoing coach Waqar Younis a befitting farewell. The new-look team left for Zimbabwe after Waqar announced he will step down as head coach following the 24-day tour due to health problems. “We were shocked by the announcement [...]

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Zimbabwe win in return

No Comments 09 August 2011

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Zimbabwe beat Bangladesh by 130 runs in a one-off Test at Harare Sports club on Monday to claim their first victory since making their return to cricket after a six-year absence. Zimbabwe had set Bangladesh a victory target of 375 runs in their second innings having declared at 291-5 at tea. However, the tourists were [...]

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