Zimbabwe Cricket still suspect

Despite the gradual integration of Zimbabwe in the cricketing mainstream and the return of former players taking up coaching roles, there are still serious problems with governance, writes Simon Briggs in the Daily Telegraph.

And yet, despite all these improvements, the people at the top of Zimbabwe cricket have not changed. In this respect, at least, cricket really is a microcosm of Zimbabwe, for the sport is still governed by Peter Chingoka and Ozias Bvute, a pair of deeply discredited plutocrats who have been accused of embezzling International Cricket Council money.

The question we should really be asking is cui bono – who benefits – from Zimbabwe’s resurrection as a cricket power?