Taibu arrives in Dhaka

Tatenda Taibu arrived in Dhaka on December 8 to play in the premier division cricket league starting from December 12 for City Club, last year's runners-up. It will be Taibu's second visit to Bangladesh after leading Zimbabwe earlier this year in a three-match Test series and five-match one-day international series.

"I was supposed to play in South Africa in collaboration with Zimbabwe Cricket but after my retirement they just shut the window. There was no way out for me after the decision. It was painful for me that for quite sometime I couldn't think about cricket; rather I had to concentrate on other issues. Then I got the proposal from Mamun (Reazuddin Al Mamun). Without cricket, life was so difficult to me," Taibu told Dhaka-based Daily Star

For the past few days Taibu has been brushing up on his knowledge regarding the local league and his new club. "I came to know the domestic league here is very competitive. I spoke with Streaky [Heath Streak] as well as Steve Tikolo. I was told that players like Ganguly, Yuvraj Singh, and Akram played here. I thought that it would also be nice for me.

"I have little idea about my team but now I know that my team finished runners-up in the last two seasons and the club boasts five national players including Rajin [Saleh] and [Alok] Kapali. I have also been informed about the other sides."

He, however, clarified that his main priority would still be Zimbabwe cricket and that he hopes to get back in action for his country soon." I will return to my country after one month and come back to Bangladesh after three weeks. But you know my first priority is Zimbabwe cricket that's why I am looking forward to play for my country in our next tour of West Indies in May and I believe things will be okay by then.

"If Peter Chingoka and Ozias Bvute quit, the crisis will be resolved soon. I'm hopeful that everything will be back to normalcy. You know whenever Themba Mliswa [the man who made the threats against me] was involved in any sport he destroyed it. He destroyed rugby, soccer and a club and then came to cricket."

Replying to a query on whether the ICC should intervene, he said: "The crisis is so deep that there is no scope for them to do anything and it was already too late."