Zimbabwe Suspend Their Own Test Status

[Nate]

Not that this is where this is for, but Bangladesh are easily a step above Zimbabwe, not to mention Bangladesh cricket is going up, while Zimbabwean cricket obviously is not.

 

[brockley]

Wonder how their one day side will go,wonder if the tests cancelled against pakistan and the west indies,that the one day components of zimbabwes' tour goes on there,australia india meant to hold a tri series in september when zimbabwe are due in pakistan.
If the one day components of these 2 tours get cancelled don't see zimbabwe getting much one day cricket before the next world cup.

 

[Scweej]

I doubt that Zimbabwean Cricket made this decision purely on their own, Malcolm Speed and Ehsan Mani apparently met with them a week ago ..

http://content-usa.cricinfo.com/zimbabwe/content/story/233593.html

I agree, this is a good decision for Zimbabwean Cricket, saves further embarassment and prolonging the ICC from making any decision on their Test status.

Zimbabwe and Bangladesh are completely different ... The problems of Zimbabwe lie in the nation's instability and politiking . . .Bangladesh possibly suffer from insufficient resources and this seems to be getting addressed. The Bangladesh youth sides are making significant impressions . ..

In hindsight ppl say that the ICC were rash in giving Bangladesh test status, so i can't see anyother nation being admitted to the Test Arena in the near future .. .

 

[SJS]

Oh no.

There goes Ganguly's major argument for being deserving of a test spot

 

[mavric41]

I doubt that Zimbabwean Cricket made this decision purely on their own, Malcolm Speed and Ehsan Mani apparently met with them a week ago ..

http://content-usa.cricinfo.com/zimbabwe/content/story/233593.html

I agree, this is a good decision for Zimbabwean Cricket, saves further embarassment and prolonging the ICC from making any decision on their Test status.

Zimbabwe and Bangladesh are completely different ... The problems of Zimbabwe lie in the nation's instability and politiking . . .Bangladesh possibly suffer from insufficient resources and this seems to be getting addressed. The Bangladesh youth sides are making significant impressions . ..

In hindsight ppl say that the ICC were rash in giving Bangladesh test status, so i can't see anyother nation being admitted to the Test Arena in the near future .. .

I agree Bangladesh are on the way up (slowly) and Zimbabwe are on the fast track to oblivion. Lets not forget the Bangas did beat Australia not that long ago. With quite a few A team tours to gain experiance the next generation of Bangladesh cricketers will conduct themselves more creditably.

 

[Neil Pickup]

I think the Zimbabwean ODI side would still perform better than the likes of Namibia, Holland, Canada and USA, so its a silly thing to whinge about, really.

Namibia, Holland and Canada don't host and tour the rest of the world on a regular basis.

 

[Langeveldt]

Namibia, Holland and Canada don't host and tour the rest of the world on a regular basis.

Neither do Kenya.. Remember them?

 

[Neil Pickup]

Neither do Kenya.. Remember them?

Point?

 

[Langeveldt]

Point?

Kenya appeared to have been totally forgotten when arguing about who could replace Zimbabwe.. Not that they should play test cricket at the moment either..

 

[Neil Pickup]

Relevance to original point (post #3)?

 

[Prince EWS]

Namibia, Holland and Canada don't host and tour the rest of the world on a regular basis.

They still play ODIs though - ODIs much more farcical than those that will be played by Zimbabwe.

 

[Craig]

So is anybody going to replace Zimbabwe for their tour of the West Indies (Tests?).

The likes of Gayle and Sarwan are probably disappionted about this.

 

[Scweej]

Kenya appeared to have been totally forgotten when arguing about who could replace Zimbabwe.. Not that they should play test cricket at the moment either..

A lot of that must be due to the authorities who administer cricket in Kenya. .. After the 2003 World Cup there should have been enough momentum to develop a decent domestic first class competition and one day tournemants . I think the ICC were keen on Kenya being a future Test nation. Its quite disappointing . . .

 

[Neil Pickup]

They still play ODIs though - ODIs much more farcical than those that will be played by Zimbabwe.

But far fewer of them. Hence the use of the word "legion" in my original post...

 

[Langeveldt]

Relevance to original point (post #3)?

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[brockley]

Pakistan has said it will not play its one dayers against the zimbabwe,and if the west indies cancel the one dayers against zimbabwe,they will have no cricket tests or one dayers this year.I doubt they will play many A sides either considering how weak their team is.

 

[Smudge]

Something like this...

malcolm speed: ERR hey zimbabwae we were wondering if

chingoka: aaaaaaaaaaaah. haya haya haya mabuutoooooo

malcolm speed: UMM ok we are gonna go somewhere else now

chingoka: hala hala hayaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa. we suspend ourselves.

Can you email me when the punchline arrives?