#ZCBOARD MUST GO

And it’s the same old story where I’m almost prepared to bet that the ICC allocated money specifically for the women, and what’s been allocated, what’s been spent and what remains will not add up.

$1.9million a year is supposed to be set aside for womens cricket in Zim. They will be lucky if they get 50k!

As for tapsc saying SRC broke the rules, ZC have been breaking rules, the law and players hearts and peoples livlihoods for years. DIdn't hear you whinging and whining then

We all knew that ZC would burn the place down to the ground rather than cede power. Just like we all know Zanu will do the same in government.

Your continued backing of corruption and enabling the muku morons has led us here.

I doubt you will get that because your ability to see is blinded by misguided loyalty.

Of course the players had the real power but dollar signs destroyed their souls.

Let me sum up the stupid morons at ZC with a story...langton the umpire who has worked hard on his skills and put in own time and money went of to West Indies a few years ago after our season had finished to umpire for their tourney and was paid real well by WI.

ZC refused to pay him what he was owed from his Zim umpiring as he made enough money already overseas.

Special kind of stupid.

For the game of cricket and the shambles Zim has been and will continue to go down...better off getting a competing nation involved than us.

Muuhlani has been in charge since 2015. Guys I am begging you to drop 1 piece of corruption from then until now? Then maybe I will change my opinion. If not you guys are barking. Show me how he stole then we can talk? What actual evidence do you have over the last 4 years of theft? Are you saying Taibu Streak and the ICC appointed MD saw these guys steal and said nothing? If we had qualified last year and Streak was still there would you have been complaining? Would you have been ok with ZC being suspended right after we qualified?

This is where I think you guys are hypocrites. When Mukuhlani accused Alistair Campbell of being corrupt and wanting ZC to pay his child's falcon school fees did you ever investigate? I am pretty sure it was ZIMDOGGY who asked where this evidence of AC corruption is? Why does he keep going back to work with the same thieves if he is a clean man?

You guys all choose to talk about this corruption ignoring the strict measures the ICC put in place to stop it. Over the last year how much money was stolen by Mukhuhlani Jimmy? Dont forget there is a difference between the board and admin. Bvute is already feeling the heat.

The SRC are not a God annointed body and an agreement is already there so I heard. They were never going to follow through.

I really honestly did believe the corruption stories about Mukuhlani specifically until now guys. Im sorry to disappoint you. I couldnt believe it when I saw the police not arresting 1 person with the SRC in a position of power and the president's son in law in charge also with police sealing off the ICC offices

Dont get me wrong I hate corruption with every bone in my body. I dont even pay to jump fuel lines. The problem I have here with this is that the strategy was all wrong and people backed us doing the wrong thing to achieve an outcome they want. Do you think those police officers guarding the highlands office were not corruptly paid to do that? Supporting 1 form of corruption to stop another.

I feel like hatred for the current board has blinded peoppe to the point where you want us to self destruct. Before you say I dont offer an alternative here is what I would have done. Get them arrested FIRST.

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BRM, ZIMDOGGY, Jemisi and jaybro waiting in Melbourne for sloandog, Crimson and maehara ahead of Zimbabwe's first Test back.

"We finally got Full Membership back. It was worth the wait. That Mukuhlani guy got what he deserved." says ZIMDOGGY defiantly

"Yeah. Although I'm told the new Chairman Utseya who was appointed by Sports Minster Chigumbura, totally rejected Nick Welch's offer to see off his years with the side, and Coach Maruma was ok with it." remarks BRM

"Really?" exclaims Jemisi

"#%@!%@# #!@%#" retorts jaybro. "We need to get Cremer and Williams in there quick."

"I believe Williams has been the MD for the past year." says BRM sharply. "He's arranging security for the team in Lahore. They're off there next."

ZIMDOGGY wrote: ↑Tue Jul 09, 2019 3:07 pm

zimbos_05 wrote: ↑Tue Jul 09, 2019 12:55 pm

Why does Africa insist on destroying itself. Even South Africa is doing it. The insistence on quotas in sport. No other country in the world does it. Only Africa. The continent with the greatest potential continually insists on shooting itself in the foot.

The answer is actually very simple.

Look at this map below of IQ scores around the world and this will tell you all you need to know.

Cmon ZimDoggy you’re better than that.

The old race card 39years after rhodesia. :D 😂

How old is Sinbanda ? 45 .

Was WC2003 success in Zim the catalyst that brought all the pigs to the trough?

What pharmacies does Muks own?Bvutes wife is a doctor?

Interesting fraud in Masvingo where doctors and pharmacists been busted taking government paid medicines from hospitals and selling through pharmacies. Also taking free medicines from NGO's and selling through pharmacies for US$.

Perhaps these crack downs will happen all around the country :D :D

https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/_/id ... we-cricket

What now, Zimbabwe? What would Dambudzo Marechera do? "When all else fails, don't take it in silence: scream like hell, scream like Jericho was tumbling down, serenaded by a brace of trombones, scream," wrote the quintessential Zimbabwean writer in The House of Hunger, the seminal work of the Zimbabwean condition. The Zimbabwean cricket community, players and fans alike, have let out a collective scream in the past 24 hours.

It's not the end of the world, but the ICC's announcement that Zimbabwe's spots at the men's and women's World T20 Qualifiers have been handed to Nigeria and Namibia effectively removes the raison d'être for the country's national squads. It's impossible to escape the feeling that this is an ending. That a door has been slammed shut.

The full wrath of the collective punishment meted out to Zimbabwean administrators, players and umpires alike is just one more thing that these people now have to deal with, along with everything else in this beguiling, broken nation.

Zimbabwe is a country of contradictions that will break your heart with its cruelty and mend it with its beauty. The malfeasance of its politics is beyond satire, the resilience of its citizens beyond reproach. It is both the best and the worst place in the world to live.

When the apocalypse hits, it will be months before anything actually changes in Zimbabwe. "Off-grid" is a fact of life rather than a luxury here. There are parts of the capital city, Harare, that have not seen running municipal water this millennium. Residents endure daily blackouts that last up to 18 hours at a time. There are shortages of medicine, fuel and banknotes, and inflation is out of control. Still, if you've got a bit of cash, it's a wonderful place to live. Head uptown and you might see a Lamborghini cruising up a potholed street, or queuing for fuel, like everyone else.

ALSO READ: Explainer: Zimbabwe's suspension and its implications

In 2017 there was a coup, joyfully received by the public, who took to the streets en masse to fist-bump soldiers on armoured vehicles and pose for selfies. In 2018, six people were shot dead on the same streets by the same soldiers when the celebration turned into protest.

This is the reality that Zimbabwean cricketers (now possibly ex-cricketers) live with. Although they are among the 1% in their country, their situation is almost unthinkable for most players in other Full Member nations, let alone the likes of David Warner or Virat Kohli at the top end of the game.

Kohli played 14 IPL games last season. For that, he was paid roughly US$2.5 million. That works out to about $178,000 per game. Last season Zimbabwean franchise cricketers were paid a daily stipend of $10. Under suspension, Zimbabwe will not be able to stage a domestic season this year and those meagre amounts will also be taken away, along with everything else, in a country where most are living hand to mouth. Already, no one has been paid since June. It's hard to envisage a better way to kill the game outright in Zimbabwe.

In fact, I couldn't have devised a better way if I'd sat down and planned it myself. It did not have to be like this. Ask Nepal. Ask the USA. While you're at it, it's also worth asking how many members there really are, especially in Asia, where governments aren't in some way involved in cricket administration.

"There is not limited space in international cricket. There is not a shortage of money. But there is elitism, duplicitousness, wagon-circling and massive concentration of wealth"

Closer to home, when Cricket South Africa chief executive Thabang Moroe was asked about the reasons for South Africa's restructure earlier this week, he remarked that one of the motivations for it was that the South African government's push to transform their sport had resulted in him fielding awkward questions and offering lengthy explanations at ICC chief executives' meetings as to why CSA should not themselves be suspended or penalised over transformation selection guidelines. Evidently some types of political interference are more acceptable than others.

The ICC works with members "to grow the sport", reads the very first line of the About section on their website. "We will grow the sport by creating more opportunities for more people and nations to enjoy it," adds their vision statement. If someone could show me how making hundreds of people unemployed, making damn sure no Zimbabwean cricketers get paid for half a year, disinvesting millions of dollars from an already impoverished nation, and stopping a squad of trailblazing women from fighting their way into their first global tournament is growing cricket, I'd be happy to hear from you.

Yes, Zimbabwe's demise means that Namibia's women will be given a chance, and that Nigeria's rapid rise in Associate cricket continues apace. But the progress of one nation need not come at the expense of the other. There is not limited space in international cricket. There is not a shortage of money. But there is elitism, duplicitousness, wagon-circling and massive concentration of wealth. The story of our time, right?

If this is the end, then - friends, cricket fans, Zimbabweans - what are we left with? We've seen things you wouldn't believe. Olonga's triple-wicket miracle in the 1999 World Cup, which marks the exact moment, 20 years ago, that I fell in love with this game. Andy Flower's double (and Andy and Grant's double trouble). Eddo's hat-trick. Prosper Utseya's too, hanging them on the breeze and then dropping to the ground to revel in the moment with arms and legs in the air, like an upturned beetle.

ALSO READ: 'There has been no government interference' - Zimbabwe minister of sport

And more. Utseya, again, shellacking Mitchell Starc miles over wide long-on, and holding the pose, to turn the Aussies over in an ODI for the first time since '83. And speaking of '83: Duncan Fletcher and his mulleted, flannelled pioneers. Taylor's rapturous last-ball six off Mashrafe at HSC back in '06. The whole squad arm in arm at the boundary's edge as Taylor took them home and the heavens opened at Newlands in '07. Streaky's outswinger. Strangy's wrong'un. Vusi Sibanda's cover drive, all clear lines and torque, like an Italian supercar. Hamilton's teenage ton. The parsimonious purity of a Traicos offbreak. Harare Sports Club in full voice. You had to be there. All those moments will be lost in time, like tears in rain.

Between times, there have been many, many bad decisions made in the running of Zimbabwean cricket over the years. Countless instances of government, politicians and politics twisting the sport to suit changing agendas, of self-interest overtaking unity among the players. In hindsight, the SRC's recent decisions, riding roughshod to sort it all out, don't look great either. And nor do the ICC's, which have heaped trouble on trouble.

It's time for everyone to start making good decisions. Zimbabwe's absence from the World T20 is not the end of the world. But expulsion will be.

ZIMDOGGY wrote: ↑Tue Jul 09, 2019 3:07 pm

zimbos_05 wrote: ↑Tue Jul 09, 2019 12:55 pm

Why does Africa insist on destroying itself. Even South Africa is doing it. The insistence on quotas in sport. No other country in the world does it. Only Africa. The continent with the greatest potential continually insists on shooting itself in the foot.

The answer is actually very simple.

Look at this map below of IQ scores around the world and this will tell you all you need to know.

And just our luck to get all the 65s in government and running - well, certain organizations!!!

It's been 14months since this #ZCBOARDMUSTGO started.

Thank you for all that sent through their ....knowledge :) It has been a real team effort by players, fans, tech staff and concerned citizens.

Its been a mix of men,women, white, black, mixed,indian,sunday league to National players that have come together with one common goal---to restore Zimbabwe Cricket and Zimbabwe Pride.

That is the common goal that transcends all prejudices.

I thank you.

BT,Jarvis,PJ,Streak,Sluggo,Cremer,and willow are our whites and we have the best whiteys in the world :W:

SRC lifts suspension, why was it even done in the first place. one wonders if they even had a plan in place.

https://twitter.com/Gomorezvidinha/stat ... 1042082816

Liam Brickhill

@Gomorezvidinha

BREAKING: just received info that SRC has lifted the suspension of the Directors of ZC, including Acting MD, with immediate effect.

"The Interim Committee accordingly ceases to administer the affairs of Zimbabwe Cricket forthwith."

ZIMDOGGY wrote: ↑Tue Jul 09, 2019 3:07 pm

zimbos_05 wrote: ↑Tue Jul 09, 2019 12:55 pm

Why does Africa insist on destroying itself. Even South Africa is doing it. The insistence on quotas in sport. No other country in the world does it. Only Africa. The continent with the greatest potential continually insists on shooting itself in the foot.

The answer is actually very simple.

Look at this map below of IQ scores around the world and this will tell you all you need to know.

Like seriously is this even necessary.