Zimbadwe Suspended for 12 months

[Twizzle]

Zimbadwe have suspended their test status for 12 months.

The Zimbabwe saga

Zimbabwe suspend themselves from Tests

Cricinfo staff

January 18, 2006

The interim board that is currently in charge of Zimbabwe cricket has chosen to suspend the national team from Test cricket until early next year.

The decision, which was announced at a meeting in Harare on Wednesday, means that Zimbabwe's two-Test tour of the Caribbean, scheduled for April and May, will now not take place, despite earlier assurances to the contrary from Peter Chingoka, the chairman.

Given that Chingoka met with the ICC chairman and chief executive, Ehsan Mani and Malcolm Speed, last week, it is inconceivable that this course of action was not discussed. As was the case when Zimbabwe excused themselves from Test cricket in 2004, it is likely to have been done with the ICC's blessing and been welcomed at their headquarters in Dubai.

Though they are to sit out of Test cricket for the foreseeable future, Zimbabwe Cricket remains hopeful that the five-match one-day leg of their Caribbean tour will go ahead as planned. The news, however, will not go down well the West Indies board who less than a week ago were assured by Chingoka the full tour was on.

"While the side goes through the programme to prepare it adequately for the rigours of Test cricket, ZC has no doubt that the team will be competitive in its ODI commitments under the Future Tours Programme," added Chingoka, who hoped that the team would resume its Test status on the tour to Sri Lanka in February 2007.

According to a ZC press release, the decision to suspend its participation in Test matches was reached after consideration of the recent performances by the national and A teams. "The young teams remain full of potential and hopes abound for their development into a strong and competitive performer on the Test arena.

"ZC is now putting in place a programme to galvanise the development of the Zimbabwe squads," the release concluded. "It will work with other Test nations and the ICC itself to realise this objective."

© Cricinfo

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[wittyfan]

Who will Murali now get wickets against???

 

[lockyno1]

Oh bugger now Murali will have to play Bagladesh every series!:lol:

 

[The_MaFeeLi_Tiger]

Don't worry, Bangladesh will still be there.

How about they just suspend themselves till their country is worth living in and Mugabe is gorrnneeskies.

 

[JJ]

brilliant - wittyfan and locky are resuming their battle for the most consistently moronic posts... locky, that's a big effort, but witty's still well ahead, he's utterly astonishing

Zimbabwe should have been banned if the ICC had any courage

 

[sunny]

good.

 

[IanG]

brilliant - wittyfan and locky are resuming their battle for the most consistently moronic posts... locky, that's a big effort, but witty's still well ahead, he's utterly astonishing

Zimbabwe should have been banned if the ICC had any courage

Exactly Let's not forget that South Africa were banished for 21 years. As I keep saying the Zimbot board is in Mugabe's pocket so why not just kick 'em out all together?

 

[ozbash]

sad really, there was a bit of tradition there,,

sooner robert is assasinated, the better.

 

[S2H]

I saw an idea a few weeks ago about creating a combined African team (excluding SA) in the same mould as the Windies.

The idea was that combining Kenya, Zimbabwe, and the other African countries who play cricket it might add to the competativeness and increase the exposure of cricket in Africa.

Not sure how it would go but it would be better than the current situation.

 

[JJ]

I saw an idea a few weeks ago about creating a combined African team (excluding SA) in the same mould as the Windies.

The idea was that combining Kenya, Zimbabwe, and the other African countries who play cricket it might add to the competativeness and increase the exposure of cricket in Africa.

Not sure how it would go but it would be better than the current situation.

maybe, but IMO this shouldn't be about how strong Zimbabwe is - they've been given test status, it shouldn't be revoked because they're weak... it should be revoked because the Govt and the human rights abuses sanctioned there are a disgrace

 

[choc_soldier]

I don't think the ICC were going to do anything about it, given their recent attitude towards it all, so kudos I guess to Zimbabwe for imposing the ban themselves.

But until there is positive regime change within the ZCU, nothing will change, irrespective of how long the ban is for.

As a cricket fan, what is going on there is very sad and an absolute disgrace.

 

[wittyfan]

brilliant - wittyfan and locky are resuming their battle for the most consistently moronic posts... locky, that's a big effort, but witty's still well ahead, he's utterly astonishing

That's right, we can only bash Australian cricketers here!

 

[Manu Vatuvei]

witty, can you just stick to the social bar please. Your posts at 4C and the cricket forum really damage your rep imho.

 

[Timbo]

Sad day for a once promising cricket nation.

 

[Iafeta]

Wittyfan has a rep? I'm sure he does, but one that could be damaged? He'd have to get the nospam49 award for most mystifying, puzzling, deluded posts of all time. Its a sad day when Lockyno1 starts trying to get on his bandwagon.

Pity Murali does pretty well against the teams that traditionally play spin well, including India.

 

[IanG]

I just wonder though, would they benefit from playing those new ODI countries in the meantime?