For the recent involvement of Politics in Zimbabwe Cricket Board, the International Cricket Council set to take stricter action. Most probably, they would be banned by the apex body for defying the orders passed to the Zimbabwean cricket board.
The meeting regarding the same will be held within two weeks, where the officials will decide the future of Zimbabwe in International Cricket. Recently, the Zimbabwe cricket board has been suspended by a government body that oversees the sport in the country after allegations of corruption.
The sports and recreation commission last week ordered Zimbabwe Cricket not to hold elections for leadership positions until an investigation was conducted. Zimbabwe Cricket defied the order.
The meeting will be held in two weeks of time:
Tavengwa Mukuhlani’s election as chairman had put Zimbabwe Cricket in conflict with SRC. It had issued a directive last week to suspend the Zimbabwe Cricket’s electoral process. But the board went ahead and conducted the meeting which resulted in the election of Mukuhlani for a four-year term, leading to direct conflict between both organisations.
The SRC says officials at ZC are the subject of an investigation into fraud and the misuse of money. It also includes money received from the International Cricket Council.
If Zimbabwe were suspended, it is possible that the appearances of their men’s and women’s teams in the qualification tournaments for the next Twenty20 World Cup would be in jeopardy. The women’s qualifiers begin in August and the men’s in October respectively.
However, their fixtures would be continued in order to avoid disturbances for the players. Recently, Nepal and a few other boards were banned by ICC. However, the Apex body has taken temporary control of the board.
For now, an interim committee to run Zimbabwe cricket has been formed. It includes David Ellman-Brown, Ahmed Ibrahim, Charlie Robertson. And also, Cyprian Mandenge, Robertson Chinyengetere, Sekesai Nhokwara and Duncan Frost.