Test Cricket Tours - Zimbabwe to Pakistan 1998-99

Test Cricket Tours - Zimbabwe to Pakistan 1998-99

Tour of Pakistan 1998-99 Captain: Alistair Campbell

Zimbabwe’s eighth Test tour

Third Test-playing tour of Pakistan by Zimbabwe

(November -

December 1998)

Zimbabwe had an eight-week schedule planned, taking in a number of limited-overs tournaments en route to the tour of Pakistan. However, the early part was curtailed, so the tour was preceded only by a Triangular Tournament in Sharjah for the Champions Trophy.

Once in Pakistan Zimbabwe seized the initiative in the First Test and held on to win the series, with some assistance from the weather.

This was Zimbabwe's first series victory, all the more impressive for being achieved away from home in Pakistan where few other teams have prevailed.

The final Test match against Pakistan being abandoned because of fog but the Zimbabweans were delighted and there was no sense of anti-climax winning the series in this way

Other Zimbabwe tours

Previous tour

New Zealand 1997-98

Next tour

South Africa 1999-2000

Next tour of Pakistan

2004-05 cancelled

Members of the Test tour party (14)

Opening batsmen: Grant Flower, Gavin Rennie

Middle order Alistair Campbell, Craig Evans, Craig Wishart, Murray Goodwin

Wicket-keeper: Andy Flower

Spin bowlers: Paul Strang, Adam Huckle, Andy Whittall.

Fast bowlers: Henry Olonga, Heath Streak, Neil Johnson, Pommie Mbangwa

A D R Campbell	Msh	26	LHB captain	ODI

A Flower	Msh	30	LHB WK vice-captain	ODI

G W Flower	Msh	27	RHB SLA	ODI

M W Goodwin	Msh	25	RHB	ODI

A G Huckle	Mat	27	LBG	ODI

N C Johnson	Mat	28	LHB RFM	ODI

E Z Matambanadzo	Msh	22	RMF

M Mbangwa	Mat	22	RFM	ODI

H K Olonga	Mat	22	RF	ODI added

G J Rennie	Msh	22		ODI

P A Strang	Msh	28	LBG	ODI

H H Streak	Mat	24	RHB RFM	ODI

A R Whittall	Mat	25	OB	ODI

C B Wishart	Msh	24	RHB	ODI

			E A Brandes (Msh)	ODI
			C N Evans (Msh) 28	ODI

District representation:

Mat - Matabeleland

Msh - Mashonaland (8)

CD - Country Districts (6)

Average age of team at time of first Test match

(27 November 1998):

25 yrs 7 months

Key to type:

RHB Right-handed bat

RM Right arm medium-paced bowler

RFM Right-arm fast medium

OB Off break

WK Wicket-keeper

ODI member of Coca Cola Champions Trophy squad

Test Appearances made before the tour

Campbell 31, A Flower 31, G Flower 30, Streak 24, Wishart 9, Olonga 8, G J Rennie 8, AR Whittall 8, Goodwin 7, Huckle 7, Mbangwa 7, Johnson 1, Matambanadzo P A Strang

Tour Officials

Babu Meman	Tour manager in Pakistan
David Houghton	Coach / manager in Sharjah
Amato Machikicho	Physiotherapist

Selectors

Selection

Unavailable: Guy Whittall injured a ligament.He needed to have it operated on in September 1998. Eddo Brandes was unfit.

The team for the knockout tournament in Bangladesh (Wills International Cup) was announced on 9 October, including the eleven from the current Test match at Harare against India, plus Grant Flower, Paul Strang and Andy Whittall.

A fourteen-man squad for the Champions Trophy in Sharjah and the limited-overs matches in Pakistan was announced on 27 October 1998.

From the Bangladesh party, Olonga was oimitted and Brandes came in, though Olonga was soon brought back to strengthen the bowling attack.

Tout Party announced:

Not selected: Trevor Madondo.

Time between selection of Champions Trophy squad and departure from Zimbabwe

x days

(27 October? - 17? October)

Travel

(Harare Q Dhaka)

Harare Q Dubai

Dubai Q Karachi

Arrangements were in place for the team to go to their Pakistan tour by way of Perth, Bangladesh and Sharjah.

Those selected for the World Super Max - Campbell, G Flower, A Flower, Goodwin, Evans, Wishart, P Strang, Mbangwa, Streak with David Houghton as manager - would have gone ahead to Perth, Australia, to play between 16-18 October but the event was cancelled. The team for the nine-nation Wills International Cup in Bangladesh, flew from Harare to Dubai, and from there to Dhaka, landing on Sunday morning 18 October. The Zimbabweans unfortunately lost their only match (on 24 October) and returned home.

The tour party took off again on 3 November, flying to Sharjah via South Africa and Dubai, to take part in the three-nation Coca-Cola Trophy triangular championship.

The day after playing their final against India, the 15-player squad left Dubai  and landed in Karachi on 15 November.

Everton Matambanadzo joined the squad in December when Brandes and Evans returned to Zimbabwe after the ODI series.

Time spent in Pakistan

37 days

(15 November - 22 December)

On-tour selection panel

Reinforcements

Henry Olonga was added to the one-day party for the Champions Trophy and Pakistan one-day internationals

Fixtures/Results

a	§ Sharjah	Sri Lanka(Coca Cola ODI)	Won 7 w
b	§ Sharjah	India(Coca Cola ODI)	Lost 7 w
c	§ Sharjah	Sri Lanka(Coca Cola ODI)	Won 24 r
d	§ Sharjah	India(Coca Cola ODI)	Won 13 r
e	§ Sharjah	India(Coca Cola ODI final)	Lost 10 w

f	† Karachi	Karachi City CA	Won 5 w
g	§ Gujranwala	Pakistan (1st ODI)	Lost 4 w
h	§ Sheikhpura	Pakistan (2nd ODI)	Won 6 w
i	§ Rawalpindi	Pakistan (3rd ODI)	Lost 111 r
j	PESHAWAR	PAKISTAN First Test	WON 7 w
k	† Lahore	Lahore City CA(4-day)	Lost 1 w
l	LAHORE	PAKISTAN Second Test	DRAWN
m	RAWALPINDI	PAKISTAN Third Test	ABANDONED

§ ODI Series

† not first-class

Time spent in Pakistan before First Test:

12 days

(15 November - 27 November)

Test appearances on tour

2 - Campbell, A Flower, G Flower, Goodwin, Johnson, Mbangwa, Olonga, G Rennie, Streak, Wishart.

1 - Huckle, A Whittall.

0 - Matambanadzo, P Strang.

No teams had been announced for the third Test at Rawalpindi before it was abandoned.

Highlights

• Neil Johnson, opening both batting and bowling in one-day cricket, as well as hitting an exhilarating Test century off Pakistan.

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Tour Summary

	P	W	L	D	Aban
Test Matches	3	1	0	1	1
Other first-class matches	0	-	-	-	-
ϯ Minor matches	2		1		-
§ One-day internationals	3	1	2	0	-
§ ODIs played in Sharjah	5	3	2	0
All Matches	13	5	5	1	1

Return to Zimbabwe

Lahore Q Harare

Brandes and Evans returned to Zimbabwe after the ODI series.

After airport delays because of fog, the Zimbabweans left Pakistan on Tuesday 22 December 1998, and had a four-month break before playing the World Cup in England.

Time away from Zimbabwe

51 ? days

(3 November to 24? December

Finances

Accounts of the tour

Postscript