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secretzimbo wrote: ↑

Wed May 15, 2024 10:21 am

This will be the biggest white elephant in the country.

Second only to the VIP mega stadium in the middle of fucking Gweru of course

Donald wrote: ↑

Wed May 15, 2024 10:18 am

Backdrop is amazing and hopefully will be well used.

Well it will either be next to the falls and have a stunning backdrop but the mist will make the ground unplayable half the time, OR it will be nowhere near the falls themselves and therefore not have a backdrop.

The fact the president has given it his seal of approval is the biggest alarm bell of all

And that’s before we mention just how much this is going to cost when we have significantly more pressing issues in our cricket.

This is absolute madness. It really could be the straw that breaks the camels back and kills cricket in this country once and for all.

Can someone explain issue with Vic falls stadium. When county sides come and their staff they can really tap into tourism aspect of falls as well as when international sides come over. Backdrop is amazing and hopefully will be well used. The only countries likely to bring any significant tourists w...

I saw someone on social media justifying this (and the wider surrounding development) as ‘look at Dubai in the 90’s….it was nothing’.

As if Vic Falls is the next fucking Dubai

I nearly spat my sadza out

The argument for not playing first class matches outside of Harare is that ZC can’t justify the cost to bus players to e.g. Kwekwe. So are they really going to fly players down to Vic falls?!? This will be the biggest white elephant in the country. It will get used for the 2027 WC (I hope there are ...

Vic Falls is going ahead and they’ve got Mnangagwa doing a ground breaking ceremony for it next week. Lord help us.


I think the only people who think it is a good idea are either; a) personally benefitting from it or b) have never been to Vic Falls.

Zimbabwe ‘A’ playing two one dayers against Jersey national team in Yorkshire on 1st and 2nd of August Only other confirmed fixture I know of is a match against Kent 2nd XI at Beckenham on 17th July. Not sure if anything else is confirmed yet for this A/U25 tour. Update: Zimbabwe ‘A’ tour of Englan...

Zimbabwe ‘A’ playing two one dayers against Jersey national team in Yorkshire on 1st and 2nd of August

Only other confirmed fixture I know of is a match against Kent 2nd XI at Beckenham on 17th July.

Not sure if anything else is confirmed yet for this A/U25 tour.