Charles Coventry

This day that year: Tendulkar becomes first male player to score 200 in ODIs

Just a few months after he scored an excellent 175 off 141 balls in an ODI against Australia, Tendulkar broke a barrier that had not been breached in over 40 years on this day. On a flat track in Gwalior, he stunned the South Africans to become ODI cricket's first male double-centurion.

Former Zimbabwe cricketer Charles Coventry has humorously thanked South Africa's Aiden Markram for the direct hit which ended Pakistan opening batsman Fakhar Zaman's sensational innings in the second ODI on Sunday.

Chris Gayle bludgeoned his way into the record books by becoming the first player to score a double century in the World Cup.

The Heath Streak Academy in Bulawayo, Zimbabawe is up and running. The academy threw open its doors to budding, aspiring and upcoming professional cricketers from Bulawayo and across Zimbabwe on Monday.

India rested Harbhajan Singh to get in Sanju Samson as Zimbabwe won the toss and elected to bat first in the 2nd T20I on Sunday.

Chamu Chibhabha continued his rich vein of form with the bat by slamming his third fifty of the tour and helped Zimbabwe post 145 for seven on a sluggish Harare Sports Club track.

Glenn Maxwell fought through cramps to smash an unbeaten 201 off 128 balls, single-handedly guiding Australia to an improbable three-wicket win over Afghanistan in a World Cup match on Tuesday and sealing the team's spot in the semi-finals. Afghanistan appeared set for a famous victory against five-time champions Australia at the floodlit Wankhede Stadium, reducing them to 91 for seven wickets after setting them a victory target of 292.

Dean du Plessis has never 'seen' a game of cricket in his life as he was born with tumours on his retinas but that hasn't stopped him from doing commentary.

Indian captain Ajinkya Rahane won the toss and chose to bat against Zimbabwe in the first T20 International at the Harare Sports Club on Friday.

Zimbabwe-born Dean du Plessis, 32, is probably the most hard-working man in the cricket world. He doesn't bat or bowl, but vividly describes sporting action he has never seen.

His first ODI century and he converted it into a double ton. India might have lost the 3 match ODI series vs Bangladesh, but Ishan Kishan's incredible heroics with the bat, which also made him the youngest to accomplish the feat.

In our first instalment, we look back at May 21, 1997 when Saeed Anwar - with the benefit of a runner - punished India’s bowlers in Chennai.

Zimbabwe took the fight to the Indians and managed to register a win in the tour, beating India by 10 runs in the second and the final T20I.

India's second string team will be tested when they take on Zimbabwe in the first ODI on Friday with the youngsters hoping to capitalise on the opportunity.

Axar Patel (3/17) and Harbhajan Singh (2/29) bowled India to a convincing 54-run victory against Zimbabwe in the first Twenty20 International in Harare.

From Tendulkar's Hero Cup strangle to Joshi's record six and a Laxman classic, a look at some of India's most memorable defeats of South Africa.

Statistical highlights of the Cricket World Cup match between India and South Africa on Sunday.