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"Why is nobody asking any questions about the political situation in Zimbabwe?" asks Andy Bull in The Guardian.

Cricket is the only activity in which Zimbabwe has an international presence. If the ever-deteriorating social, economic and political situation there is going to get any wider attention it is now. Why, then, is the silence on the matter so complete? Partly it is because most sports journalists like to keep sport and politics in separate boxes: "It is not my concern, it is not my area of knowledge and it is not my job".