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Flower, whose brother Grant will join Butcher’s staff after the English season, told Telegraph Sport: “There are some strong parallels in what has happened in the cricket scene and what has happened in the country.
“The Mugabe regime cannot last forever and already Morgan Tsvangirai and David Coltart [minister of sport] have a foot in the door in government, though I know it’s a tricky situation. At least their influence means there is constitutional debate and things have started to move in the right direction again on both those fronts.
“I think they are doing their best to resurrect cricket after a period of mismanagement and I’m glad there is this energetic push to get Zim back on the international stage. There are some very good people getting involved again.”
Once a Zimbo, always a Zimbo, Flower keen to see Zim doing well again. The positive thing is an England side touring Zim, sends a good message about cricket in Zim. At the moment we need games so as to build our team, big gaps are not good, it's like starting all over again.
"The political situation is fractious but the one person urging us to have a look is Andy Flower and we believe greatly in his judgments," said Tony Lewis, the chairman of the committee.
"We feel unless we start an inquiry it would be too easy to let the situation freeze. It is very difficult for more established governing bodies to make the leap but with MCC's independence and global reach, it is easier for us to go and look, find out and recommend. We don't run cricket but can act as Polyfilla in tricky situations."
