Blogs What is wrong with Zimbabwe cricket?
November 19th, 2006 by bhavyaEveryone is aware that Zimbabwe has been in a crisis ever since the 2003 World Cup. The fact that teams are refusing to play in Zimbabwe for security reasons has hit Zimbabwe cricket really hard. Over the years many senior players have either stepped down or were dropped. This obviously ignited a debate as to why Zimbabwe cricket is being targeted by political factors present within the country.
In the past month Zimbabwe cricket has been in the news for all the wrong reasons. It is a serious issue if a test player has been charged with attempt to sabotage the cricket board’s training academy. Mark Vermeulen is one of those players who have been kept out of the team even though he has performed consistently. Since the past 2 years he has not been given a contract to play for Zimbabwe. If it is proved that he was indeed guilty of the crime, was it because of this very reason?
In another event a domestic player punched the umpire 5 times because he disputed his decision to give him out. Cricket is becoming a mockery in Zimbabwe. There are many such events that occur regularly. One is forced to believe that these events are all related to the crisis in which Zimbabwe cricket has been for years.
Believe it or not even after analyzing the current state of Zimbabwe cricket ICC have decided to reinstate Zimbabwe with its Test status in 2007, provided that all the conditions are met. Only time will tell whether this is the right decision, but let us hope that Zimbabwe has a better future ahead of them. This would not only be good for Zimbabwe but it would also be good for the game.