Zimbabwe A tour of Kenya unlikely

Zimbabwe A's tour of Kenya next month has been thrown into doubt by continuing squabbles inside Kenya, according to a report in the Zimbabwe Independent.

"That tour won't probably materialize," Qhubekani Nkala, Zimbabwe Cricket's operations manager, admitted. "It was an idea that was mooted largely because of the problems in Kenya and we also looked at our domestic cricket and we thought it was not going to be wise to tour there."

Kenya has been rocked by internal disputes, and although a breakthrough was brokered by Peter Chingoka last weekend, it will take some time before the cricketing infrastructure returns to normal.

Earlier this week several senior officials of the Kenya Cricket Association were arrested, and on Thursday Sharad Ghai, the chairman, was charged with theft.

But Nkala did confirm that the one-day series involving Zimbabwe, New Zealand and India would take place in August. "It's 95% confirmed," he said. "At my level everything is set, we are just waiting to confirm the venues. Basically, it's now left for the board to finalise details of the triangular series." New Zealand will tour Zimbabwe in August to play in two Test matches and will then be joined by India for the one-day tournament. India will remain to play two Tests.