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Tue Aug 25 - Fri Aug 28 Logan Cup
Central Provinces v Northern Provinces
Kwekwe Sports Club
Tue Aug 25 - Fri Aug 28 Logan Cup
Eastern Provinces v Southern Provinces
Mutare Sports Club
Sat Aug 29 Faithwear Clothing Inter-Provincial One-Day Competition
Central Provinces v Northern Provinces
Kwekwe Sports Club
Sat Aug 29 Faithwear Clothing Inter-Provincial One-Day Competition
Eastern Provinces v Southern Provinces
Mutare Sports Club
Tue Sep 1 - Thu Sep 3 Logan Cup
Central Provinces v Eastern Provinces
Kwekwe Sports Club
Tue Sep 1 - Thu Sep 3 Logan Cup
Western Provinces v Northern Provinces
Harare Sports Club
Sat Sep 5 Faithwear Clothing Inter-Provincial One-Day Competition
Central Provinces v Eastern Provinces
Kwekwe Sports Club
Sat Sep 5 Faithwear Clothing Inter-Provincial One-Day Competition
Western Provinces v Northern Provinces
Harare Sports Club
Tue Sep 8 - Thu Sep 10 Logan Cup
Central Provinces v Southern Provinces
Masvingo Sports Club
Tue Sep 8 - Thu Sep 10 Logan Cup
Northern Provinces v Western Provinces
Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo
Sat Sep 12 Faithwear Clothing Inter-Provincial One-Day Competition
Central Provinces v Southern Provinces
Masvingo Sports Club
Sat Sep 12 Faithwear Clothing Inter-Provincial One-Day Competition
Northern Provinces v Western Provinces
Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo
Tue Sep 15 - Fri Sep 18 Logan Cup
Eastern Provinces v Western Provinces
Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo
Tue Sep 15 - Fri Sep 18 Logan Cup
Northern Provinces v Southern Provinces
Harare Sports Club
Sat Sep 19 Faithwear Clothing Inter-Provincial One-Day Competition
Eastern Provinces v Western Provinces
Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo
Sat Sep 19 Faithwear Clothing Inter-Provincial One-Day Competition
Northern Provinces v Southern Provinces
Harare Sports Club
Tue Sep 22 - Fri Sep 25 Logan Cup
Central Provinces v Eastern Provinces
Mutare Sports Club
Tue Sep 22 - Thu Sep 24 Logan Cup
Eastern Provinces v Southern Provinces
Masvingo Sports Club
Sat Sep 26 Faithwear Clothing Inter-Provincial One-Day Competition
Central Provinces v Eastern Provinces
Mutare Sports Club
Sat Sep 26 Faithwear Clothing Inter-Provincial One-Day Competition
Eastern Provinces v Southern Provinces
Masvingo Sports Club
Tue Oct 6 - Thu Oct 8 Logan Cup
Central Provinces v Northern Provinces
Kwekwe Sports Club
Tue Oct 6 - Fri Oct 9 Logan Cup
Eastern Provinces v Southern Provinces
Mutare Sports Club
Sat Oct 10 Faithwear Clothing Inter-Provincial One-Day Competition
Central Provinces v Northern Provinces
Kwekwe Sports Club
Sat Oct 10 Faithwear Clothing Inter-Provincial One-Day Competition
Eastern Provinces v Southern Provinces
Mutare Sports Club
Tue Oct 13 - Fri Oct 16 Logan Cup
Central Provinces v Western Provinces
Kwekwe Sports Club
Tue Oct 13 - Fri Oct 16 Logan Cup
Eastern Provinces v Northern Provinces
Harare Sports Club
Sat Oct 17 Faithwear Clothing Inter-Provincial One-Day Competition
Central Provinces v Western Provinces
Kwekwe Sports Club
Sat Oct 17 Faithwear Clothing Inter-Provincial One-Day Competition
Eastern Provinces v Northern Provinces
Harare Sports Club
Tue Oct 20 - Fri Oct 23 Logan Cup
Central Provinces v Southern Provinces
Masvingo Sports Club
Tue Oct 20 - Fri Oct 23 Logan Cup
Northern Provinces v Western Provinces
Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo
Sat Oct 24 Faithwear Clothing Inter-Provincial One-Day Competition
Central Provinces v Southern Provinces
Masvingo Sports Club
Sat Oct 24 Faithwear Clothing Inter-Provincial One-Day Competition
Northern Provinces v Western Provinces
Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo
Tue Oct 27 - Fri Oct 30 Logan Cup
Eastern Provinces v Western Provinces
Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo
Tue Oct 27 - Fri Oct 30 Logan Cup
Northern Provinces v Southern Provinces
Harare Sports Club
Sat Oct 31 Faithwear Clothing Inter-Provincial One-Day Competition
Eastern Provinces v Western Provinces
Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo
Sat Oct 31 Faithwear Clothing Inter-Provincial One-Day Competition
Northern Provinces v Southern Provinces
Harare Sports Club
Tue Nov 3 - Fri Nov 6 Logan Cup
Central Provinces v Southern Provinces
Masvingo Sports Club
Tue Nov 3 - Fri Nov 6 Logan Cup
Northern Provinces v Western Provinces
Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo
Sat Nov 7 Faithwear Clothing Inter-Provincial One-Day Competition
Central Provinces v Southern Provinces
Masvingo Sports Club
Sat Nov 7 Faithwear Clothing Inter-Provincial One-Day Competition
Northern Provinces v Western Provinces
Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo
Tue Nov 17 - Fri Nov 20 Logan Cup
Central Provinces v Northern Provinces
Kwekwe Sports Club
Tue Nov 17 - Fri Nov 20 Logan Cup
Eastern Provinces v Southern Provinces
Mutare Sports Club
Sat Nov 21 Faithwear Clothing Inter-Provincial One-Day Competition
Central Provinces v Northern Provinces
Kwekwe Sports Club
Sat Nov 21 Faithwear Clothing Inter-Provincial One-Day Competition
Eastern Provinces v Southern Provinces
Mutare Sports Club
Tue Nov 24 - Fri Nov 27 Logan Cup
Central Provinces v Western Provinces
Kwekwe Sports Club
Tue Nov 24 - Fri Nov 27 Logan Cup
Eastern Provinces v Northern Provinces
Harare Sports Club
Sat Nov 28 Faithwear Clothing Inter-Provincial One-Day Competition
Central Provinces v Western Provinces
Kwekwe Sports Club
Sat Nov 28 Faithwear Clothing Inter-Provincial One-Day Competition
Eastern Provinces v Northern Provinces
Harare Sports Club
Tue Dec 1 - Fri Dec 4 Logan Cup
Central Provinces v Southern Provinces
Masvingo Sports Club
Tue Dec 1 - Fri Dec 4 Logan Cup
Northern Provinces v Western Provinces
Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo
Sat Dec 5 Faithwear Clothing Inter-Provincial One-Day Competition
Central Provinces v Southern Provinces
Masvingo Sports Club
Sat Dec 5 Faithwear Clothing Inter-Provincial One-Day Competition
Northern Provinces v Western Provinces
Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo
Tue Dec 8 - Fri Dec 11 Logan Cup
Eastern Provinces v Western Provinces
Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo
Tue Dec 8 - Fri Dec 11 Logan Cup
Northern Provinces v Southern Provinces
Harare Sports Club
Sat Dec 12 Faithwear Clothing Inter-Provincial One-Day Competition
Eastern Provinces v Western Provinces
Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo
Sat Dec 12 Faithwear Clothing Inter-Provincial One-Day Competition
Northern Provinces v Southern Provinces
Harare Sports Club
Tue Dec 15 - Fri Dec 18 Logan Cup
Central Provinces v Eastern Provinces
Mutare Sports Club
Tue Dec 15 - Fri Dec 18 Logan Cup
Southern Provinces v Western Provinces
Masvingo Sports Club
Sat Dec 19 Faithwear Clothing Inter-Provincial One-Day Competition
Central Provinces v Eastern Provinces
Mutare Sports Club
Sat Dec 19 Faithwear Clothing Inter-Provincial One-Day Competition
Southern Provinces v Western Provinces
Masvingo Sports Club
Tue Jan 12 - Fri Jan 15 Logan Cup
Central Provinces v Northern Provinces
Kwekwe Sports Club
Tue Jan 12 - Fri Jan 15 Logan Cup
Eastern Provinces v Southern Provinces
Mutare Sports Club
Sat Jan 16 Faithwear Clothing Inter-Provincial One-Day Competition
Central Provinces v Northern Provinces
Kwekwe Sports Club
Sat Jan 16 Faithwear Clothing Inter-Provincial One-Day Competition
Eastern Provinces v Southern Provinces
Mutare Sports Club
Tue Jan 19 - Fri Jan 22 Logan Cup
Central Provinces v Western Provinces
Kwekwe Sports Club
Tue Jan 19 - Fri Jan 22 Logan Cup
Eastern Provinces v Northern Provinces
Harare Sports Club
Sat Jan 23 Faithwear Clothing Inter-Provincial One-Day Competition
Central Provinces v Western Provinces
Kwekwe Sports Club
Sat Jan 23 Faithwear Clothing Inter-Provincial One-Day Competition
Eastern Provinces v Northern Provinces
Harare Sports Club
Tue Jan 26 - Fri Jan 29 Logan Cup
Central Provinces v Southern Provinces
Masvingo Sports Club
Tue Jan 26 - Fri Jan 29 Logan Cup
Northern Provinces v Western Provinces
Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo
Sat Jan 30 Faithwear Clothing Inter-Provincial One-Day Competition
Central Provinces v Southern Provinces
Masvingo Sports Club
Sat Jan 30 Faithwear Clothing Inter-Provincial One-Day Competition
Northern Provinces v Western Provinces
Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo
Tue Feb 2 - Fri Feb 5 Logan Cup
Eastern Provinces v Western Provinces
Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo
Tue Feb 2 - Fri Feb 5 Logan Cup
Northern Provinces v Southern Provinces
Harare Sports Club
Sat Feb 6 Faithwear Clothing Inter-Provincial One-Day Competition
Eastern Provinces v Western Provinces
Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo
Sat Feb 6 Faithwear Clothing Inter-Provincial One-Day Competition
Northern Provinces v Southern Provinces
Harare Sports Club
Tue Feb 9 - Fri Feb 12 Logan Cup
Central Provinces v Southern Provinces
Masvingo Sports Club
Tue Feb 9 - Fri Feb 12 Logan Cup
Northern Provinces v Western Provinces
Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo
Sat Feb 13 Faithwear Clothing Inter-Provincial One-Day Competition
Central Provinces v Southern Provinces
Masvingo Sports Club
Sat Feb 13 Faithwear Clothing Inter-Provincial One-Day Competition
Northern Provinces v Western Provinces
Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo
Mon Mar 1 Metropolitan Bank Twenty20
Central Provinces v Northern Provinces
Venue TBC
Mon Mar 1 Metropolitan Bank Twenty20
Central Provinces v Western Provinces
Venue TBC
Mon Mar 1 Metropolitan Bank Twenty20
Eastern Provinces v Northern Provinces
Venue TBC
Mon Mar 1 Metropolitan Bank Twenty20
Eastern Provinces v Southern Provinces
Venue TBC
Tue Mar 2 Metropolitan Bank Twenty20
Central Provinces v Southern Provinces
Venue TBC
Tue Mar 2 Metropolitan Bank Twenty20
Eastern Provinces v Western Provinces
Venue TBC
Tue Mar 2 Metropolitan Bank Twenty20
Northern Provinces v Southern Provinces
Venue TBC
Tue Mar 2 Metropolitan Bank Twenty20
Northern Provinces v Western Provinces
Venue TBC
Wed Mar 3 Metropolitan Bank Twenty20
Central Provinces v Eastern Provinces
Venue TBC
Wed Mar 3 Metropolitan Bank Twenty20
Central Provinces v Northern Provinces
Venue TBC
Wed Mar 3 Metropolitan Bank Twenty20
Eastern Provinces v Southern Provinces
Venue TBC
Wed Mar 3 Metropolitan Bank Twenty20
Southern Provinces v Western Provinces
Venue TBC
Thu Mar 4 Metropolitan Bank Twenty20
Central Provinces v Western Provinces
Venue TBC
Thu Mar 4 Metropolitan Bank Twenty20
Eastern Provinces v Northern Provinces
Venue TBC
Thu Mar 4 Metropolitan Bank Twenty20
Northern Provinces v Western Provinces
Venue TBC
Thu Mar 4 Metropolitan Bank Twenty20
Northern Provinces v Western Provinces
Venue TBC
Fri Mar 5 Metropolitan Bank Twenty20
Central Provinces v Eastern Provinces
Venue TBC
Fri Mar 5 Metropolitan Bank Twenty20
Eastern Provinces v Western Provinces
Venue TBC
Fri Mar 5 Metropolitan Bank Twenty20
Southern Provinces v Northern Provinces
Venue TBC
Fri Mar 5 Metropolitan Bank Twenty20
Southern Provinces v Western Provinces
Venue TBC

With these fixtures, I hope are going to have a lot of cricket and less politics for a change and it changes our cricket fortunes

The list is at http://www.cricinfo.com/zimbabwedomesti ... e=fixtures

Some of the scheduling doesn't make sense. Some of the matches are 4 days long, while some are 3 days long. There's no pattern to it (ie. the Oct 6 games, both different lengths?) so I guess it is a mistake. Also, it appears the Faithwear matches should be taking place the day after the Logan Cup match has concluded... so I think those 3 day affairs should be 4 days long? Hey, it is Cricinfo.

One thing I would be very interested to know is how this amount of cricket will affect the players. A lot of domestic players, I assume, would have jobs outside of cricket. How are they going to get so much time off? There's probably about 90 days of cricket per player in that calender, only some of it on weekends. Where are the franchises going to find the money to get around 15 players on contract (probably this is the minimum number required to ensure a competitive team can take the field in any situation), paid well enough that they do not need to have other jobs? Obviously the greater national team squad (~30 players) will be distributed to the different provinces, but even then a further 40-50 full time domestic players will be required.

In theory this is fantastic, the more full time professionals we have playing in the country the higher the standard of cricket will be which will make positions in the national team more competitive. But in order to achieve this the franchises need money to pay the players and herein lies the dilemma; in recent years the national team has lost Bata and Old Mutual (?) as sponsors - international companies where the real money comes from. So how can a domestic team hope to attract them?

brmtaylor.com admin wrote:Some of the scheduling doesn't make sense. Some of the matches are 4 days long, while some are 3 days long. There's no pattern to it (ie. the Oct 6 games, both different lengths?) so I guess it is a mistake. Also, it appears the Faithwear matches should be taking place the day after the Logan Cup match has concluded... so I think those 3 day affairs should be 4 days long? Hey, it is Cricinfo.

There were some of the same glitches in last year's schedule - I think it's a ZC thing, and not CricInfo's fault. For once.

All Logan Cup matches are 4 days, so adjust accordingly.

One thing I would be very interested to know is how this amount of cricket will affect the players. A lot of domestic players, I assume, would have jobs outside of cricket. How are they going to get so much time off?

Given the unemployment rate in Zim, I wouldn't be too quick to make that assumption. There was a report I saw last year somewhere that a lot of provincial players, while technically under full-time contract to their provinces (as would be required with the franchises, too), were moonlighting in the "unofficial economy" when not playing to get their earnings up to a living wage. I wouldn't be surprised if that was the norm.

Being a professional cricketer, they must and should play more and more. It will make the base strong. The fixture is good with many matches. So, the players will be able to bag some domestic cricket under their belt in the forward which will somehow help them appearing in the national level. They will find international cricket a bit easier although they are can't be a comparity between the standard of domestic and international cricket.

As far as the job is concerned, I guess some players have jobs outside cricket and some don't even though I don't know the rate, just guessed. So, probably it's balanced. Anyways, I think the franchises will be known of it and reckon they will rotate the players. I mean they won;t use the same players matches after matches, they will be given a break/rest on the basis of fixture and form/performance.