Board names provincial heads

Zimbabwe Cricket (ZC) has announced the interim committees of its 10 provincial associations.

The new provincial set-up follows the adoption by the ZC of the Sports and Recreation Commission (SRC) recommendation for national sporting associations to devolve along the country's administrative structure. In line with this recommendation, the ZC then affiliated the new provinces of Bulawayo Metropolitan, Harare Metropolitan, Mashonaland Central, East and West and Matabeleland North and South. It also dissolved the boards of its five old affiliates of Manicaland, Mashonaland, Masvingo, Matabeleland and Midlands as they were constituted under the old provincial set-up.

Crispen Tsvarai will chair the new Bulawayo Metropolitan Provincial Cricket Association, which, together with Matabeleland North and South, was formed from the dissolution of the old Matabeleland. His committee members are Victor Mhlanga, Vumindaba Moyo, Tivington Ncube and Stanley Staddon.

The Matabeleland North Provincial Cricket Association will be chaired by Brian Musumba, with Donald Khumalo, Brian Moyo, Alfred Ndlovu and Lazarus Ndlovu as committee members.

Julia Ndhlovu will chair the Matabeleland South Provincial Cricket Association with Ruth Zulu and Thulani Gumbo, Arthur Maphosa and Sifiso Sibanda as the committee members.

The new Harare Metropolitan Provincial Cricket Association, which is one of the four new provinces formed out of the old ZC Mashonaland province, will be headed by former Mashonaland Cricket Association chairman, Cyprian Mandenge. His committee members are Tendai Kuhlengisa, Elisha Kandi, Taurai Mapfunde and Mike Weeden.

Lavert Zungunde will chair the Mashonaland Central Provincial Cricket Association, which is one of the new affiliates from the dissolved Mashonaland. His committee comprises Maxwell Dzumbunu, Cleopas Ngwenya, Norman Nyawo and Herbert Sithole.

Mashonaland East will be chaired by Edward Matemai, with Jane Chimombe, Rhoda Gotora, Ben Rushambwa and Nicholas Tapfumaneyi as committee members.

Mashonaland West, the fourth affiliate from the old Mashonaland, will be chaired by Temba Mliswa. His committee members are Exodus Makumbe, Brian Mugota, Eberhard Tapera and Trevor Vambe.

Phillip Matiza will chair Manicaland, with Joyce Chizano, John Doka, Bill Taylor and Alistar Zowe as the committee members.

Masvingo will be chaired by Josphat Mbanda, with the other members of the committee being Flavian Kondo, Fanuel Mahembe, Walter Maweni and Richmore Murape.

Freddie Kapuya will chair the Midlands Provincial Cricket Association. His committee members are Liliosa Nyathi, Solomon Madzogo, Paul Mungofa and Charles Office.

The 10 interim boards will run the game in their provinces until such a time as substantive committees are in place. Further, they have been given the mandate to draw up new provincial constitutions, in conjunction with ZC. This will be followed by the adoption of the new ZC constitution, and subsequent implementation of its structures.