In Focus
The Zimbabwe crisis
As Zimbabwe itself descended into chaos under the increasingly draconian rule of Robert Mugabe, the cricket structure in the country disintegrated, leading to many top players – mostly white – leaving for greener pastures, and the increasing politicisation of the board under Peter Chingoka.
Aug 7, 2008
Brown ousted as Zimbabwe coach
News:
Although official confirmation had proved hard to come by, Cricinfo has learned that Robin Brown has been fired from his position as national coach by Zimbabwe Cricket
Jul 8, 2008
ECB name Sri Lanka as Zimbabwe replacement
News:
Sri Lanka will tour England in April and May in 2009 after England's decision to suspend bilateral ties with Zimbabwe
Jul 6, 2008
ICC out of control
Ian Chappell:
The game's governing body has surpassed itself with its moves over Zimbabwe and the Oval Test forfeiture
Jul 5, 2008
World Twenty20 pullout a one-off decision
News:
Zimbabwe's decision to pull out of the ICC World Twenty20 in England next year is just a one-off decision, the ICC has said
Jul 4, 2008
Playing the power game
Dileep Premachandran:
For India, the Zimbabwe issue is less a moral one and more one of realpolitik
Teflon kings survive another day
Martin Williamson:
How the ICC has once again compromised over Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe pull out of World Twenty20
News:
Zimbabwe have agreed to pull out of next year's Twenty20 World Cup in England, clearing the roadblocks for the competition to be staged there, but will retain their status as Full Member of the ICC and receive funding as usual
No half-measures
Snap Poll:
It's the thorniest issue of recent times: should Zimbabwe be allowed to continue as a Full Member of the ICC? We asked three notable voices
Jul 3, 2008
Zimbabwe issue spills over to third day
News:
The ICC executive board's discussion on Zimbabwe was finally "put on hold overnight to enable offline discussions" and will resume at 9 am on Friday.
The politics of morality
Mukul Kesavan:
The West's hypocrisy over Zimbabwe may feel obnoxious, but the BCCI has to decide whether it wishes to be the patron-in-chief of a dysfunctional and compromised cricket body
Jul 2, 2008
Consensus on Zimbabwe remains elusive
News:
A compromise has been identified - that Zimbabwe stay out of the World Twenty20 to be held in England next year but retain its Full Member status - but has not yet found acceptance
Jul 1, 2008
Issue is cricket, not politics - Mali
News:
The Zimbabwe issue is not about politics in the country or their ICC membership but concerns the development of cricket there, Ray Mali, the ICC president, told Cricinfo
Don't punish cricket for Mugabe's sins
Guest Column:
Why banning Zimbabwe from the game for political reasons isn't the way to go
Jun 30, 2008
Chingoka slams ICC decision as unethical
News:
Peter Chingoka, the chairman of Zimbabwe Cricket, has criticised Ray Mali for tabling a motion to discuss the future of Zimbabwe when the ICC meets in Dubai this week
Zimbabwe Cricket chief questions other boards' tough actions
News:
Ozias Bvute, the Zimbabwe Cricket chief, has questioned why several cricket bodies are taking a hard-line position against his country's board when no other sporting organisation has opted for such a stance
Jun 29, 2008
UK minister explains Zimbabwe decision
News:
Andy Burnham, the British culture secretary, has gone into more detail about the government's decision to instruct the ECB to cut bilateral ties with Zimbabwe
Jun 28, 2008
BCCI 'would like to fully support' Zimbabwe
News:
In its first official reaction to the Zimbabwe issue, which tops the agenda for the ICC's annual meeting in Dubai next week, the Indian board has said it "would like to fully support" Zimbabwe Cricket on the issue of full membership of the world
Jun 27, 2008
Chingoka urges ICC not to make political decision
News:
Peter Chingoka, Zimbabwe Cricket's chairman, has written to all the members of all the ICC executive claiming that any move to ban Zimbabwe would be made for political and not cricketing reasons
'Worsening' Zimbabwe situation tops ICC agenda
News:
A two-thirds majority vote within the ICC board - seven out of 10 votes - is needed for any resolution to be moved on Zimbabwe
India likely to back Zimbabwe
News:
The BCCI is unlikely to support any stringent action against Zimbabwe at the ICC's annual meeting in Dubai next week, a top Indian board official has indicated
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