'A tale of Harare and Bulawayo'
Zimbabwe are a side slowing regaining their footing on the world stage
Tariq Engineer
25-Feb-2013
Zimbabwe are a side slowing regaining their footing on the world stage. In the Sydney Morning Herald, Peter Roebuck delves into the cricketing journeys of two of their brightest prospects - Christopher Mpofu and Graeme Cremer - and discovers that though have taken very different paths, the moral of their stories is the same.
It has been a long journey for contrasting characters, black and white, struggling and farming, Rasta and reserved. It is a tale of Harare and Bulawayo, backyards and gardens, cricket balls and lemons, a tale of peoples jostling for position.
Let's not talk of politics - the suffering has been bad enough. Was not Christopher Mpofu ordered to cut off his dreadlocks or lose his place? Even now he can scarcely bring himself to look at his pictures on Facebook. Did not Graeme Cremer's sister secure selection for the primary-school team before him. Are not these sufficient traumas?
Tariq Engineer is a former senior sub-editor at ESPNcricinfo