As our Team of the Week feature continues we are in Zimbabwe to chat to The Mountaineers, one of five franchises competing in the three Zim domestic competitions. The Mountaineers play their homes matches at the Mutare Sports Club and represent the Manicaland and Mashonaland East area of the African country.
Ben Stokes, the Durham and England allrounder, is this year’s recipient of the Cricket Writers’ Club Young Cricketer of the Year award. Derbyshire captain Wayne Madsen has won the William Hill County Player of the Year Award.
New Zealand’s Kane Williamson has been recruited by Yorkshire to bolster their batting options for their LV County Championship title challenge after having their squad decimated by England calls.
It won’t be to everyone’s taste when Zimbabwe-born Gary Ballance makes the seemingly inevitable move up to the full England international ranks. Born in Harare, he will be another ‘import’ following Pietersen, Trott, Prior et al to wear the three lions.
