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ZC announces remaining appointments to the National Selection Panel

Start of domestic season moved to mid September

Zimbabwe Cricket has announced the appointment of two additional members to the national selection panel. David Mutendera and John Rennie will join the Chairman of Selectors, Alistair Campbell on the three man panel that will, starting 1 September 2009, select players to national duty.

David Mutendera was a seam bowler for the national team, making his ODI debut in 1999-2000 and playing his solitary Test the following season, while John Rennie was a fast-medium swing bowler who played for the national team between 1993 and 2002.

“We are tapping into all available resources to ensure that we get the best people for the job. Both David and John are seasoned cricketers who have played both domestic and international cricket, ” said Campbell.

Each of the five franchises will also appoint their own team selectors who will act as scouts for the national panel.

Meanwhile, the Cricket Committee, comprising Alistair Campbell (Chairman), Andrew Waller, Stanley Staddon, Jackie du Preez, Tavengwa Mukuhlani, Walter Chawaguta and Dirk Viljoen, has made the decision to postpone the start of the domestic season by three weeks.

The Committee has said that this will allow all franchises to complete the signing on of their players, including the allocation of 17 former players who are in negotiations with the franchises but are as yet unsigned. ZC is confident that by the start of the new season, all other elements around the operation of the franchises will also be in place.

“We would like to see each franchise coming into the game with a complete team that will train together and begin the pursuit of the new domestic season as a cohesive unit ,” said Campbell in a telephone interview.

He added that to meet the playing objectives, the Cricket Committee was also in the process of re-looking the draft playing calendar for the domestic season and that this would be finalized and circulated by the end of the coming week.

“We are thankful that the board has been supportive of these recommendations, and we eagerly await the start of the domestic cricket season, ” he co

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Start to Zimbabwe domestic season delayed

Cricinfo staff

August 25, 2009

The start of Zimbabwe's domestic season has been postponed by three weeks to mid-September.

The first round of matches in the Logan Cup were due to be played today, but not all the franchises have managed to complete the signing of all their players. Seventeen former players are still in talks but as yet unsigned.

Domestic cricket in Zimbabwe has attracted criticism in recent years with concerns over the quality of the competition, but it's all change for this year's competitions. In the Logan Cup for example, the principle four-day tournament, each franchise will play 16 matches instead of six, after which they will play a one-day game.

And despite this delay, the season will still be beginning several months before its usual condensed three-month period between February and May.

Cricinfo understands that the full and revised schedule should be available at the end of the week.

Train Driver wrote:Anyone heard of any progress on the start of the season and player contracts ?

maehara wrote:

Train Driver wrote:Anyone heard of any progress on the start of the season and player contracts ?

New fixture list was due out on Friday past, but no sign of it yet. That said, when was ZC ever timely?