“Where are you?” said the message on Skype from a cricket friend in India. He was at the first test in Nagpur and couldn’t believe he couldn’t find me, anywhere.
“Zimbabwe” was my reply. Then he was really curious.
I love touring India, it really is one of my favourite countries, I have been nine times and was almost booked on a flight to make it double digits but instead I accepted an invitation to return to Zimbabwe after a prolonged absence of seven years. I am about to start work on the inaugural ‘Zim 20’ domestic cricket tournament involving the five local Franchise teams as well as the Namibian ‘Desert Vipers.’
Harare Sports Club has never looked so good and, to be absolutely honest, Zimbabwe Cricket has never had more of a buzz. Sponsors who abandoned the game during a decade of decay during the 2000s have returned and along with virtually all of the players who felt alienated enough to leave the game, and often the country, at some point in the last ten years.
Everywhere there is talk of ‘drawing a line in the sand’ and moving on for the good of the players and sake of the game. What is the point in dwelling on past disagreements and continuing to hold onto grudges that are past their sell-by dates?
I have an open mind at this stage but the administrators at Zimbabwe Cricket have not only invited me to speak to whomever I wish but actively encouraged me to do so. Not only am I free to write and broadcast my findings, I have been requested to do so. All in good time…
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