That is almost an admission, at the very least an acceptance, that time is running out!Lovemore Banda, the spokesperson for Cricket Zimbabwe, told the Mail & Guardian that Zimbabwe are committed to future tours around the world. He said: "Why should we be isolated? We don't understand why people would want to mix what is happening in our country politically with sport.
"We will continue to tour around the world to nations whom we are used to playing against. We will always fulfil our fixture [obligations] as per mandate of the ICC.
"When we are isolated we can talk more about it; for now we are focusing on playing more cricket. We are going to visit countries that come to visit us."
Ardense's words not too positive either. If South Africa boycott Zimbabwe, it's pretty safe to say the rest of the world will follow. If South Africa start the trend, ZC won't be able to play the race card like they can with Australia, England and New Zealand... but the cancellation of the West Indies A tour saw that stop really.Norman Arendse, president of CSA, said: "The Zimbabwean issue was on our agenda but there was no time to discuss it.
"For now CSA will continue to support Zimbabwean cricketers until a decision whether to isolate them or not is taken at the next board meeting. We will see if we can't get to the issue at our next meeting. For now we still stand by the ICC policy that we should support the Zimbabwean cricketers," Arendse said.
It doesn't look like great times ahead. A lot rests on this weeks election, but I think we all know what to expect. Cricket will be the least of anyone's worries in Zimbabwe after June 27.