New Zealand tour to Zimbabwe
Re: New Zealand tour to Zimbabwe
To be honest half the stuff posted on cricinfo is very one sided and, they dont look at both sides of the story, its a really pathetic excuss to not tour zimbabwe because of politics (which very slowly things will improve) and cholera!!! other countries are doing it, the bottom line is New Zealand are just soft!
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they have now included Coltart's responsemaehara wrote:I note that CricInfo are quite happy to give front-page coverage of Key's outrage, while they've so far failed to cover Coltart's response. Grr.
12.4 Odhiambo to Vermeulen, FOUR, that's an appalling long hop, Vermulen had plenty of time to get into position, drink a cup of tea, and pull the ball towards the long leg boundary- his first boundary today
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It is here:
http://content-ind.cricinfo.com/zimbabw ... 91646.html
http://content-ind.cricinfo.com/zimbabw ... 91646.html
New Zealand in Zimbabwe 2009
New Zealand obliged to tour Zimbabwe, says minister
Cricinfo staff
February 21, 2009
Zimbabwe's sports minister, David Coltart, has said New Zealand have an obligation to tour his country and that if needed, he will travel to New Zealand to persuade the government. New Zealand prime minister John Key this week said he was prepared to order the team not to tour in July on safety and health grounds, but Coltart said the tour would benefit Zimbabwe.
"My call to the New Zealanders is clear and unequivocal," Coltart told AP. "People have to give this coalition government a chance, and that applies to all levels, cricket included. I would like to see the New Zealand team touring Zimbabwe. If it need be I will go to New Zealand to persuade them to come.
"I am not turning a blind eye to the inadequacies in our cricket and our country," Coltart said. "My call must not be interpreted that way. My call is in the interest of the public, the players and cricket in Zimbabwe. My call is in terms of sportsmanship."
Coltart was hopeful that the new coalition government, led by Morgan Tsvangirai, would improve the political climate. "We will look at the wider political issues seriously. My wish is that by the time they [New Zealand] are scheduled to come in July these issues would have been addressed," he said.
New Zealand toured Zimbabwe in 2005 despite public comments from the then prime minister Helen Clark that she did not want the trip going ahead. She stopped short of barring the team from going, although John Howard did ban the Australian side from travelling there in 2007, and it looks likely that Key will take the same course.
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Cricinfo has got an another updated news about the New Zealand tour:
http://content-ind.cricinfo.com/newzeal ... 91864.html
http://content-ind.cricinfo.com/newzeal ... 91864.html
New Zealand in Zimbabwe 2009
NZ government considers options on Zimbabwe ban
Cricinfo staff
February 23, 2009
John Key, New Zealand's prime minister, gave his clearest message yet that he was prepared to step in to prevent the tour of Zimbabwe in July go ahead.
"I'm pretty reluctant for the Black Caps to travel," Key said. "There are very real, genuine security risks for our players." Asked if he was willing to go further than his predecessor and actually ban the players from going he said that he was. "There are some options that I am working through at the moment.
"We don't support that regime. We don't support what is happening in that country, and we don't want to give a signal that we do."
If Key does step in, then it will free New Zealand Cricket from having to make a difficult choice.
"It's a political question and requires a political solution; it's not a decision NZC should have to make," Justin Vaughan, the board's CEO, said. "We are a group of cricket administrators. We might have strong feelings about the situation in Zimbabwe but judging international politics is not what we're about."
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Cancelled by mutual consent then
http://content-uk.cricinfo.com/zimbabwe ... 92092.html
I certainly hope that the New Zealanders will have nothing much to complain about by june 2010.
http://content-uk.cricinfo.com/zimbabwe ... 92092.html
I certainly hope that the New Zealanders will have nothing much to complain about by june 2010.
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I also do hope so...Train Driver wrote:Cancelled by mutual consent then
http://content-uk.cricinfo.com/zimbabwe ... 92092.html
I certainly hope that the New Zealanders will have nothing much to complain about by june 2010.