If the management of ZC is not prepared to act in the national interest then the Minister of Sport and the Sport and Recreation Commission must act.
Coltart obviously has an understanding, and he is not wrong it what he says. However, if this was to happen, Mukhulani would just run to the iCC again and be like, "oh no, they are politically interfering, kick them out, wah wah". Ignoring the fat that he himself is a ZANU MP and far more politically entrenched than the people they last tried to instil.
ICC will be like, "sure, we don't actually care about you, so let's ban you and not give you money"
Congratulations @ProteasMenCSA . This was indeed a dominant performance especially considering that you were missing some of your key players from the Test Championship Final team.
However what South African supporters need to understand is that you didn't play our strongest team either - in fact aside from a few players who deserve their place in our side there are numerous other players who do not deserve to be in this side. Whilst some of this was caused by the non availability of some key players, most of the problem is a self inflicted wound.
A quick read of the scorecards for the two Tests instantly explains what I am writing about. A more detailed examination of Zimbabwean players' objective statistics reveals more. There are players who do not deserve to be in this side and there are other players who deserve to at least be given a chance.
Sadly because of certain destructive personal, racial and regional policies we are not selecting teams on merit and this last Test has made that glaringly obvious.
It is time for Cricket Zimbabwe to have some serious introspection. Before we play New Zealand in the next Test series there needs to be a change in policy - our teams must be chosen solely on merit. The decision regarding "merit" must be based on actual performances and historical track records of players, irrespective of what Club they play for, where they come from or their race.
If the current selectors are unable to implement this policy professionally then they should be removed and replaced with former players who have the Nation and game at heart - rather than the pursuit of their own agendas.
If the management of ZC is not prepared to act in the national interest then the Minister of Sport and the Sport and Recreation Commission must act.
This is spot on, but they will attack him on a racial level.
Cricinfo profile of the 'James Bond' of cricket:
FULL NAME: Angus James Mackay
BORN: 13 June 1967, Harare
KNOWN AS: Gus Mackay
