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But, on his election in 1980, Zimbabwe’s new leader, Robert Mugabe, called for reconciliation between black and white, words that defined the spirit of the country’s first decade of independence.
Rhodesia became Zimbabwe in 1980, and less than a decade later, the Sunrise management committee began actively recruiting African players for the team, hoping to take part in a post colonial sporting culture as well as aid Zimbabwe’s play for test status with the International Cricketing Council.
On 1981, 21st July, Zimbabwe was part of ICC as the associate member.
After the 1983 World Cup, wicketkeeper-batsman Dave Houghton became the only full-time employee of the ZCU, which tasked him with setting up development programmes.
Fast bowler Ethan Dube toured England in 1990 and would have become Zimbabwe's first black representative but for injury.
In July 1992, ICC provided Zimbabwe with the test affiliation.
The only real income it received prior to Test status in 1992 was when its team qualified for World Cups - itself a long and expensive exercise, usually paid for through fundraising.
Their first test match came against India in 1992 at Harare.Similar to the test greatness, Zimbabwe was very good in ODIs.
Zimbabwe drew a three-match Test series against a good Sri Lankan team in 1994/95.
In 1995, Henry Olonga was elected the first black player to the international team.
In 1995, they won their first-ever Test match against Pakistan.
They then toured New Zealand in 1995/96 and drew the two-match Test series.
In 1995, Henry Olonga played in the country's first Test win.
They also invited England in 1996/97 and drew the two-match Test series.
Further, they drew a two-match Test series at home against New Zealand in 1997/98.
Britain had initially committed to funding land resettlement projects, but in 1997 that changed when Tony Blair's Labour Party came to power and support was withdrawn.
Here, the players celebrate thrashing England 3-0 at home in 1997 © Getty Images
When, in February 2000, a new constitution - that would have allowed the government to acquire land compulsorily without compensation - was blocked by a referendum, there was only one way that Mugabe could placate the war veterans' demand for land: simply tell them to invade it.
In 2000/01, they invited Bangladesh for a two-Test series, winning both matches.
They then toured Bangladesh in 2001/02 for a two-Test series.
Taibu and Streak in Australia in 2003.
During the 2003 Cricket World Cup, senior team members Andy Flower and Henry Olonga staged their "black armband protest" at the "death of democracy" in Zimbabwe, a reference to the country's political situation.
In 2004, the majority of the remaining senior players quit the international game following a player protest triggered by the removal of then-captain Heath Streak, resulting in a very young and inexperienced side being fielded in subsequent series against Sri Lanka and Australia.
In November 2005, Taibu began receiving threatening phone calls for standing up for those rights, forcing him and his young family into hiding.
In 2007, Zimbabwe prepared to play their first-ever T20 World Cup.
After upsetting Australia in their maiden T20 World Cup, Zimbabwe couldn’t qualify for the second T20 World Cup in 2009.
The revival began as they announced building a new stadium and sports club. It was their first-ever series win against Sri Lanka and their first-ever away series win since 2009.
In the 2010 World Cup, they were placed in a group that included world-class teams like New Zealand and Sri Lanka.
Zimbabwe entered the 2011 World Cup with no expectations.
In the 2012 World Cup, they were placed in a group that had the likes of South Africa and Sri Lanka.
In 2013, they drew a Test series against a formidable Pakistan side.
Their 2014 World Cup was decent.
Their 2016 T20 World Cup wasn’t great.
They drew a two-Test series against Bangladesh in 2017.
Their 2017 tour of Sri Lanka was memorable.
In September 2018, the former national team coach Heath Streak submitted an application to the court to have Zimbabwe Cricket liquidated, in relation to outstanding debts.
Nevertheless, due to the improvement shown by other associate teams and the format being reduced to just 10 teams, Zimbabwe failed to qualify for the 2019 World Cup.
As of 2021, the director of cricket for Zimbabwe is former batsman Hamilton Masakadza.
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