ಕ್ಷಣಪ್ರಭಾ - Kshanaprabhaa

Here are the links to all 8 parts of the alphabetical review of Zimbabwean Cricket in the year 2009: A - Alistair and Co. Back in Business B - Business as Usual for "Boom Boom" Chigumbura C - Charles Coventry's Coveted Innings Part 1 (A, B, C) D - Dylon's Dream Domestic Debut E - England's Ashes Win has Zimbabwean Flavour, Again F - Franchise Cricket Brightens Future Part 2 (D, E, F) G - Graeme Cremer creams Kenya H - Hamilton's Merry I - Injury woes of Utseya and Co. Part 3 (G, H, I) J - Jarvis Junior Jumps in from Nowhere! K - Kenya Marauded - Not Once, But Twice L- Lock Locked Out Part 4 (J, K, L) M - Maruma Stakes Claim N - No Sight, but Great Vision - du Plessis Continues to Impress and Inspire O - Ozias Bvute becomes the Face of ZC Part 5 (M, N, O) P - Priceless Price Scales New Heights Q - Queens Sports Club Roars Back to Life R - Ripped Apart in Chittagong Part 6 (P, Q, R) S - Sibanda's Bradmanesque First Class Season T - Tatenda Taibu's Troubl...

V - Vermeulen is Back With a history of unbelievable run ins against the establishment, including the burning down of the National Cricket Academy of Zimbabwe in 2006, former test cricketer Mark Vermeulen was all set for 25 years of imprisonment with hard labour. But in a curious turn of events, he was acqutted on the basis of the fact that he was suffering from a medical condition known as Partial Complex Epilepsy, which had led to the sudden surge of erratic behavior. Given a chance against all odds to mend himself, Vermeulen showed that he had not lost any of his cricketing class, by piling up huge scores one after another in the 2008-09 first class season in Zimbabwe, and staked claim for a national team call up. One of the most unlikely comebacks of sport history was complete when Vermeulen scored a magnificient 92 in his comback to international arena, representing Zimbabwe against Bangladesh on 9th august, 2009 . He did participate in many useful opening partnerships after that ...

S - Sibanda's Bradmanesque First Class Season Opening Batsman Vusimuzi Sibanda had ended 2008 in a dismal fashion, looking clueless against the Srilankan attack, and the year 2009 too began on the same lines. Apart from a half century against Kenya in the away series, he did nothing much with the bat, which led to him getting dropped from the national team soon after. With a lot of yesteryear players making a comeback to the Zimbabwean cricketing arena, for a batsman of Sibanda's class and calibre, the situation looked very bleak at that point. Another set of failures at domestic level, and he could very well have disappeared into obscurity at the end of the 2009/10 season. But the fighter in Sibanda wanted to prove his worth, and proving himself is what he did for the rest of the season, in a spectacular fashion. The inclusion of a Zimbabwe XI in the ICC Intercontinental Cup meant that Sibanda got a chance to lead the XI against Kenya, and that was when fun started, with Siban...