New low for world cricket
Zimbabwe was all out for 35 last night in the one-day international at Harare. That’s the lowest ever score in international cricket.
Apparently there were only about 500 spectators present. Sponsors are threatening to pull out and there’s no immediate hope of the dispute with players being resolved.
It’s a debacle that threatens the future of cricket in Africa. Surely it’s a wake-up call for those who want to purge the game in Zimbabwe of white players.
The report on www.cricinfo.com last night was scathing. It’s interesting though that the article appears to have been edited overnight.
I liked the original closing paragraph about Mugabe’s henchmen being more interested in power than consequences. The paragraph has been cut from the revised version. I wonder why?
I'm a 41-year-old father of four working as a newspaper editor at Mount Gambier in South Australia.
