Chingoka declares MCA executive unconstitutional
The dispute between Mashonaland Cricket Association and Zimbabwe Cricket continues to rumble on, and ZC have upped the ante by refusing to recognise the new MCA executive
Steven Price
18-Jun-2007
Mashonaland at loggerheads with Zimbabwe Cricket
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Although the warring factions sat down together, Peter Chingoka, the ZC chairman, insisted that his board refused to ackowledge the authority of the current MCA board and that he was speaking to Cyprian Mandenge and Elvis Sembezeya, the new MCA chairman and deputy chairman, purely as members of the association rather than as officials.
An emergency meeting of the MCA in December kicked out the existing committee and elected a new board who were seen as being far more prepared to confront the board.
However, ZC refused to acknowledge the election and has been refusing the new association officials access to their offices at Harare Sports Club. "We are supposed to be using the offices but we have been facing difficulties in this regard and how do they expect us to carry out the day to day running of the sport for our province?, Mandenge explained. "We are not trying to oust the ZC board but all we are saying is that the ZC should address the issue of the rebranding from ZCU and do it constitutionally."
It is not known at the moment what the outcome of yesterday's meeting was.
Although a number of clubs boycotted last weekend's matches, Cricinfo understands that all but three - Alexandra, Old Georgians and Takashinga - have agreed to resume playing this week largely for financial reasons. Mashonaland itself is still refusing to participate in the Logan Cup.