The International Cricket Council (ICC) on Thursday suspended Zimbabwe cricket with immediate effect, saying that the full members have failed to prevent government intervention in the administration of sport in the country.

Over 700 deaths have been reported in an African cyclone around the Southern Africa that had left people stranded on the rooftop and trees due to flood in the region.

Senior Zimbabwe opposition leader Tendai Biti has been arrested on allegations of inciting violence after the country's presidential elections, officials said on Wednesday.

Zimbabwe's incumbent leader Emmerson Mnangagwa narrowly won the nation's presidential election on Friday as the ruling party garnered a two-thirds majority in parliament in the first vote since the fall of long-time ruler Robert Mugabe.

Zimbabwean first lady Auxillia Mnangagwa has relinquished her Chirumanzu-Zibagwe parliamentary seat to concentrate on her new role, President Emmerson Mnangagwa said on Saturday.

Zimbabwe's ruling party Zanu-PF on Sunday sacked President Robert Mugabe as its leader.

Zimbabwe remained in political limbo a day-and-a-half after the military takeover that appears to have put an end to Robert Mugabe's 37-year grip on power.

President Robert Mugabe, who has ruled Zimbabwe for nearly four decades, was under house arrest on Wednesday, hours after the military announced it had taken him into custody in what appeared to be a coup.

Dav Whatmore, a hugely successful cricket coach who coached four international teams, on Saturday took over as the coach of the Kerala cricket team for a period of six months.