36-711: The Pro50 Championship , formerly known as the Faithwear Metbank One-Day Competition , Metbank Pro40 Championship , Faithwear Inter-Provincial Tournament , and Coca-Cola Metbank Pro50 Championship is the premier List A cricket tournament in Zimbabwe , organized by Zimbabwe Cricket . This tournament was started after the Zimbabwean cricket crisis , recommended by the International Cricket Council (ICC). It
72-586: A 'List A' game was played between Lancashire and Leicestershire in May 1963, in the preliminary round of the Gillette Cup . Each side batted for 65 overs, and bowlers were restricted to 15 overs each. This article about cricket terminology is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Mark Vermeulen Mark Andrew Vermeulen (born 2 March 1979) is a former Zimbabwean cricketer , who played Test matches and One Day Internationals . He
108-562: A call up to the Zimbabwe squad for the One Day International Series against Bangladesh . In the first match of the series, played at Queens Sports Club , Bulawayo , Vermeulen scored 92 in Zimbabwe's score of 207, before being dismissed by being run out. He has had a number of disciplinary problems. He was sent home from Zimbabwe's tour of England in 2003 after ignoring management instructions to travel with
144-637: A much more competitive team, posting 3 scores over 200; Easterns, Northerns and Westerns only reached 200 twice. Despite this, Centrals won the wooden spoon. It was Easterns who continued their domestic dominance with 5 wins from their 6 matches (the other match was abandoned), winning the Faithwear cup. The big news from this series was Mark Vermeulen's return to cricket. After burning down the Zimbabwe Cricket Academy in late 2006 his cricket career appeared to be over. But after being granted
180-466: A second chance by Zimbabwe Cricket, he made his comeback in the 2008-09 Faithwear series. Many players missed the beginning of the tournament due to the Zimbabwe A tour of Namibia and South Africa. The following tournaments happened after the reorganization of Zimbabwean cricket: List A First-class cricket One Day International Limited overs (domestic) Twenty20 International Twenty20 (domestic) Other forms List A cricket
216-406: A top score of 105. Christopher Mpofu also rose to prominence by being the top wicket-taker with 11 wickets. This was the last tournament played with the traditional teams, with Masvingo being an additional team now. Masvingo repeated Namibia's newcomer success the previous season by finishing at the same second place behind champions Matabeleland. Matabeleland once again retained the title they won
252-458: Is a classification of the limited-overs (one-day) form of the sport of cricket , with games lasting up to eight hours. List A cricket includes One Day International (ODI) matches and various domestic competitions in which the number of overs in an innings per team ranges from forty to sixty, as well as some international matches involving nations who have not achieved official ODI status. Together with first-class and Twenty20 cricket, List A
288-470: Is a right-handed opening batsman and occasional off spin bowler. He was a former captain of the Zimbabwe Under-19 team . Despite his troubles Vermeulen had an excellent 2004–05 season in which he averaged 43.60 in domestic cricket but the rise in his numbers coincided with economic decline and political turmoil and he did not immediately have the opportunity to see if that could translate on
324-910: Is jointly sponsored by Metbank and Coca-Cola . This table lists all the champions of the Pro50 Championship. Before the reorganization of cricket in Zimbabwe, this tournament was known as the Faithwear Inter-Clothing Tournament or Faithwear Inter-Provincial One-Day Series. Four teams participated in this inaugural tournament (before the Zimbabwean cricket crisis). They included Mashonaland, Manicaland, Matabeleland and Midlands. Star players like Andy Flower , Grant Flower , Guy Whittall , Mluleki Nkala , Craig Wishart , Henry Olonga , Heath Streak , Stuart Carlisle , Craig Wishart , Sean Ervine and Brian Murphy took part in this tournament. Mashonaland won
360-573: Is one of the three major forms of cricket recognised by the International Cricket Council (ICC). In November 2021, the ICC retrospectively applied List A status to women's cricket, aligning it with the men's game. Most Test cricketing nations have some form of domestic List A competition. The scheduled number of overs in List A cricket ranges from forty to sixty overs per side, mostly commonly fifty overs. The categorisation of cricket matches as "List A"
396-399: Is unclear whether Zimbabwe Cricket approved their selection). Both Gripper and Ferreira led Mashonaland to victory, with Gripper scoring 71 and Ferreira 45. They beat Manicaland by 14 runs, but it was nothing more than just a consolation. Particularly, Matabeleland's Mark Vermeulen had a wonderful tournament being the top run-getter with 271 runs at a vastly impressive average of 90.33 and
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#1732798715136432-503: The 2003 World Cup . He was struck on the head by a ball bowled by Irfan Pathan during Zimbabwe's VB Series campaign in Australia in 2004. In 2009, Vermeulen made a brief comeback for ODIs against South Africa but then disappeared off the radar again while he made his way around Zimbabwe's domestic circuit. On the 2003–04 tour of Australia, Vermeulen fractured his skull during a One-Day International match against India . This
468-625: The Logan Cup with 580 runs in seven matches at an average of 64.44. A complete turnaround was achieved when he was selected for the Zimbabwe A tour of Namibia in February 2009. He was an attacking and naturally athletic player, who was first drafted into the Zimbabwe squad for the second Test against Pakistan in November 2002 at the expense of Guy Whittall . He made a few decent scores in one-day internationals and played three matches in
504-471: The "final". The final match of the series was between Northerns and Easterns, who both on equal number of wins, were essentially playing for the title. Easterns scored 9/249, the highest total of the series, which was too much for Northerns who struggled, scoring just 157. After the end of the tournament, Steven Price reported on Cricinfo about the state of cricket in Zimbabwe, where top Zimbabwean cricketers have resorted to black market hustling to survive. It
540-491: The Zimbabwean cricket season of 2005/06, Cricinfo reporter Steven Price wrote an article describing the season detail-by-detail. After the Faithwear Cup was over, John Ward wrote on Cricinfo an article named "A brief history of Zimbabwe cricket". Here, he ended the article by saying that,"The 2005-06 Logan Cup never took place after a disastrous Faithwear Trophy when sides were so feeble as to be embarrassing. ZC revamped
576-404: The class of Easterns too much for Southerns, who lost with 117 balls remaining, and Westerns 88 run win, bowling Northerns out for just 133. For 50 over matches, Zimbabwe Cricket would have been disappointed that the average score was in the low 200's. Centrals 8/263 from 43 overs, thanks to a 94 run slog from Solomon Mire – who smashed 5 sixes and 7 fours in his 67 balls – was the highest score of
612-561: The competition. However, the countries top cricketers were involved in the ICC World Cup in the West Indies, leaving the second tier – such as Tino Mawoyo, Graeme Cremer and Timycen Maruma – with more responsibility than they could handle. The absence of the big name players would have almost certainly been behind the series of low scores throughout the tournament. The Faithwear series ran successfully after many delays which saw
648-545: The cricket field. He spent time at the Matabeleland Tuskers , Mid West Rhinos , Mountaineers and Southern Rocks and completed a full house of playing for all the teams in the country when he returned to the Mash Eagles in his home-town of Harare . The domestic season was stalled by a player strike but once it got underway, Vermeulen made good on his commitment. He was the second-highest run scorer in
684-405: The damage. The Matabeles were given a solid start by Terry Duffin (20) and Tinashe Hove (56*) as Matabeleland romped to the win with more than 23 overs spare. The result meant that they won all the four matches they played. Elton Chigumbura was the top run-scorer with 116 runs from 2 games, while Christopher Mpofu was once again the leading wicket-taker with 9 wickets from 4 matches. After
720-411: The final. Midlands had a steady opening partnership only to see a middle-order collapse and were bowled out for 168. Mashonaland coasted to the victory with Elton Chigumbura scoring 49*. Piet Rinke top-scored in the tournament with 269 runs, while Blessing Mahwire was the top wicket-taker with 13 wickets. Mashonaland had also finished first in their group. For this season, Namibia was added to
756-714: The generation of career records and statistics for comparable one-day matches. Only the more important one-day competitions in each country, plus matches against a touring Test team, are included. The categorisation was the work of Philip Bailey. • Australia A cricket team • Afghanistan A cricket team • Bangladesh A cricket team • England A cricket team • India A cricket team • Ireland A cricket team • New Zealand A cricket team • Pakistan A cricket team • South Africa A cricket team • Sri Lanka A cricket team • West Indies A cricket team • Zimbabwe A cricket team Matches were divided into three categories: The first match retrospectively designated as
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#1732798715136792-403: The inaugural Faithwear One-Day Series champions, winning five of their matches, against three each by Matabeleland and Manicaland. Andy Flower was the highest run scorer with 482 runs at an average of 160.66, while Mluleki Nkala was the highest wicket-taker with 13 scalps. Mashonaland successfully retained their title in this tournament, coasting to victory by six wickets against Midlands in
828-457: The number of participating teams. They immediately made an impression, finishing runners-up finishing behind only champions Matabeleland. Matabeleland easily was the strongest team in the tournament, and the team particularly weakened was Mashonaland who finished bottom of the group league, as they were coupled by the loss of the Flower brothers, after the player walkout of 2004 . Matabeleland won
864-557: The previous season. Mashonaland's performances were better than it was last year, finishing in fourth place, but it was no where near the peaks it once ruled. In the series decider between Matabeleland and Masvingo, the Matabeles retained the title at a canter, crushing their opponents by eight wickets. Masvingo never recovered from the early heap of wickets and only Robertson Chinyengetere (34) built any substantial innings as Tawanda Mupariwa (3/29) and Greg Strydom (4/20) did most of
900-583: The rest of the squad. Then in 2006 he was banned from all cricket played under the auspices of the England and Wales Cricket Board after a violent altercation with spectators at a match between Ashton and his club, Werneth in the Central Lancashire League . The original ban imposed was ten years, but on appeal it was reduced to three years, two of which were suspended. The ban took effect from 1 April 2007. In November 2006, Vermeulen
936-496: The score to an imposing 300/5. Midlands began their fielding display well, dismissing both openers with the score at 31, but no match is won unless the Flower brothers are dismissed. Both the brothers struck centuries at better than a run-a-ball, in an unbroken partnership of 279 runs. So dominant were they that they still had 28 balls spare when the winning runs were scored. With Manicaland losing in Bulawayo, Mashonaland were crowned
972-543: The series postponed several months. Unfortunately, the quality of cricket was not all that high, with teams still struggling to score well. For the second year running, Zimbabwe Cricket would have been disappointed that the average score in these 50 over matches was just over 140. The only decent scores of the series came from Centrals and Easterns. Centrals scored 6/237 in their loss to Easterns, with Easterns scoring 2/197, thinks to Timycen Maruma's 83, from 31 overs due to Duckworth-Lewis. Easterns also brought their A game to
1008-658: The system, removed Mashonaland and Matabeleland (two of the leading opponents of the Chingoka regime) and unveiled a new competition for 2006-07." The Faithwear series went without any glitches in 2007, with the Mashonaland selection issues having been, for the most part, buried. While the quality of cricket wasn't all that high, there were some close contests, such as Centrals last ball win over Westerns, thanks to Solomon Mire's 79 not out, and Westerns 2 run victory over Southerns. But there were also some absolute drubbings, with
1044-407: The tournament after their fourth successive victory against Midlands by 58 runs. After Sean Williams 's 61 ensured they reached 222, Midlands were bowled out for 164, with Keith Dabengwa taking 4-20. On the other hand, a shell-shocked Mashonaland side who had finished bottom of the league, called back 2004 rebels Trevor Gripper and Neil Ferreira who had performed well in club cricket (although it
1080-429: The tournament, defeating Midlands chasing a target over 300. It was quite unsurprising considering that the Mashonaland team had both the Flower brothers on their side. When Midlands batted first, Craig Wishart led the way with 121. He got valuable support from the top order that included Terry Duffin , Travis Friend and Dougie Marillier . After Wishart's departure Sean Ervine hit a lightning unbeaten fifty that took
1116-666: Was held by police after apparently fleeing the scene of a suspicious fire at the Zimbabwean Cricket Academy in Harare . A fire had also been set at the Zimbabwe Cricket headquarters. ZCU Managing Director Ozias Bvute confirmed that Vermeulen was being held "for questioning" in the incident. Vermeulen was formally charged with arson in the incident on 2 November. In January 2008, he was cleared on grounds of mental illness, and in February announced that he
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1152-419: Was hoping to make a comeback. In May 2008, Vermeulen offered to help rebuild the academy he burnt by using a percentage of his earnings that he would get by playing for Zimbabwe again. In October 2015, Vermeulen was banned from all cricket by Zimbabwe Cricket after posting racist comments on social media, where he compared black Zimbabweans to apes. At his most comfortable against pace bowling, Vermeulen
1188-399: Was not officially endorsed by the International Cricket Council until 2006, when the ICC announced it, along with its member associations, would be determining this classification in a manner similar to that done for first-class matches. The Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians created this category for the purpose of providing an equivalent to first-class cricket, to allow
1224-463: Was picked for the Zimbabwe A side to play Afghanistan . He scored a century in the first four-day match and could not be overlooked for the one-off Test against South Africa which followed. Brendan Taylor described him as calm, for a change. A decade after last playing in whites for Zimbabwe, Vermeulen made a comeback in August 2014. In July 2009, the comeback was complete with Vermeulen earning
1260-458: Was the Faithwear series that kicked off the official domestic cricket season in Zimbabwe for 2008–09. This season saw the exclusion of Southerns, the feeling being that reducing the domestic competitions to 4 teams would increase the quality of cricket being played as a result of greater competition for squad places. This turned out to be very accurate with some very promising performances. Centrals, who gained many of Southerns former players, became
1296-472: Was the second time this had happened to him inside a year, after the identical injury occurred in February 2003 while practising. Successful surgery has limited the impact that these injuries have had on Vermeulen's cricketing career. Although he had a side career in golf, Vermeulen decided to make the 2013–14 season his final go at trying to be an international cricketer. In July 2014, he was given hope that his international career would be resurrected when he
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