History of Zimbabwe cricket

• In common with all the other full members of the ICC, Zimbabwe – known as Rhodesia until independence from the United Kingdom in 1980 – had a national cricket team before it achieved Test status.
• Rhodesia was represented in the South African domestic cricket tournament, the Currie Cup, sporadically from 1904 to 1932, and then regularly from 1946 until independence.

• Following independence, the country began to play more international cricket.
• On 21 July 1981, Zimbabwe became an associate member of the ICC.
• Zimbabwe participated in the 1983 Cricket World Cup, as well as the 1987 and 1992 events.
• Zimbabwe's first World Cup campaign in 1983 ended in the group stage, as they lost five of their six matches. However, they threw a surprise against Australia. 
• Batting first, Zimbabwe reached a total of 239-6 in the allotted 60 overs, with skipper Duncan Fletcher top-scoring with 69 not out. Fletcher then produced career-best figures of 4-42 to restrict Australia to 226-7, thereby recording a stunning upset in cricket history.
• Zimbabwe was granted Test status by the ICC in July 1992 and played its first Test match in October that year, against India at Harare Sports Club.