As I posted earlier, here is what Hilton said on his future in 2012:
Since I was five, I was playing with dad in the backyard in Zimbabwe. It had always been my goal to play for Zimbabwe, but when our situation changed and we came here, I wanted to get that Baggy Green and these are my first steps playing for WA and the Scorchers.
And more recently, as of August 2016
On Growing up in Zimbabwe?: I can’t remember the whole deal. I remember all the good. I don’t remember a huge amount of the bad side of Zimbabwe. My sister was a bit older and remembers quite a bit, but I remember living on a farm. Our cousins were down the road. It was only in the last year or so when we had to move out of our farm home and live with my mum’s side of the family in Harare was when my perspective started to change.
I’ve never thought about playing for England. I used to think “I’m always going to play for Zimbabwe”, but since moving to Australia I’ve actually never thought about playing for the English. That’s always been my goal, to play for Australia. I wouldn’t be able to manage the weather over there for more than six months, I don’t think. It’s too cold for me.
Don't think national pride is really a problem, but it is exactly as
Googly said; job security & living conditions outweigh any sense of Zimbabwean patriotism.
