Tristan Holme

Kolpak beyond the headlines

Kolpak beyond the headlines

Why and how do white South African cricketers migrate to England? The players, agents and clubs tell you

10-Jul-2017•Tristan Holme

Highfield of dreams

Highfield of dreams

How a high-density suburb in Harare pushed cricket in Zimbabwe across the racial divide

02-Feb-2017•Tristan Holme

A blind love for cricket

A blind love for cricket

Visually impaired commentator Dean du Plessis talks about how he fell for the game, his phone conversations with Dave Houghton, and life behind the microphone

19-Nov-2016•Dean du Plessis

Zimbabwe cricket needs help to overcome hurdles

Zimbabwe cricket needs help to overcome hurdles

Change in personnel at the top means there's lot to be optimistic about, but the cricketing fraternity at large needs to steps in to prevent Zimbabwe from going Kenya's way

10-Nov-2016•Tristan Holme

Sri Lanka's fringe players make their mark

Sri Lanka's fringe players make their mark

Though tours of Zimbabwe are potential banana skins for fringe players, Dhananjaya de Silva and Asela Gunaratne have put in clutch performances and made themselves hard to ignore

07-Nov-2016•Tristan Holme in Harare

Zimbabwe Cricket set to embrace DRS

Zimbabwe Cricket set to embrace DRS

Some last-minute additions to the available technology have made the implementation of DRS possible for the second Zimbabwe-Sri Lanka Test in Harare

05-Nov-2016•Tristan Holme in Harare

Zimbabwe channel spirit of '92

Zimbabwe channel spirit of '92

Forcing Sri Lanka to strain every sinew on a slow pitch with little help for either seam or spin, Zimbabwe came agonisingly close to a draw in their 100th Test match

02-Nov-2016•Tristan Holme in Harare

Cremer's leap out of obscurity

Cremer's leap out of obscurity

He was out of Test cricket for three years before he became Zimbabwe's captain. He had a batting average of 10.75 before he made a century

31-Oct-2016•Tristan Holme in Harare

Hope rises again for Zimbabwe cricket

Hope rises again for Zimbabwe cricket

Though financial and administrative hurdles continue to hinder the team's progress, Zimbabwe inspire a sense of optimism as they approach a landmark Test

27-Oct-2016•Tristan Holme in Harare

The Zimbabwe lesson

The Zimbabwe lesson

A decade and a half ago, the country embarked on steps to increase the representation of black players in cricket - raising questions of the sort that South Africa are struggling with now

12-Sep-2016•Tristan Holme

'I think Zimbabwe will end up like Kenya'

'I think Zimbabwe will end up like Kenya'

Dav Whatmore talks about how things went downhill fast during his curtailed stint as Zimbabwe's coach

28-Jul-2016•Tristan Holme

Zimbabwe's new centres of learning

Zimbabwe's new centres of learning

The country's next generation of talent may emerge from two contrasting academies in Harare

08-Jul-2016•Tristan Holme

The life and death of Nawaaz Khan

The life and death of Nawaaz Khan

The story of an intellectually impaired cricketer from South Africa was inspiring - until it turned tragic

02-May-2016•Tristan Holme

The world according to Prosper

The world according to Prosper

Meet the author of cricket's wildest letter, Zimbabwe's former captain Utseya

02-Oct-2015•Tristan Holme

Zimbabwe's decade of hurt

Zimbabwe's decade of hurt

Ten years ago 15 white Zimbabwean cricketers went on strike. The game has not been the same since

03-Dec-2014•Tristan Holme

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