Misguided
04-05-2004, 01:40 AM
HARARE - Five white cricketers have been selected for the Zimbabwe A team which will play a three-day match against Sri Lanka at the Takashinga club in Harare's Highfield district starting on Saturday.
They include Heath Streak, who is sacking as national captain a month ago triggered a month long strike by him and 14 colleagues, plus Ray Price, Sean Ervine and Trevor Gripper. The fifth white player, Mark Vermeulen, was not one of the rebels.
The side will be captained by Alester Maregwede. Twelve of the 15 turned out for practice under national coach Geoff Marsh on Thursday after passing fitness tests.
The three others, Richard Sims, Neil Ferreira and Charles Coventry are in England negotiating club contracts. Whether the return of white cricketers represents the end of their dispute with the Zimbabwe Cricket Union depends on acceptance of their proposals for an arbitration mechanism that would include two international mediators.
The players have given the ZCU until Tuesday to accept or reject the proposals. If these are turned down, the players will resume their strike, according to batsman Grant Flower, who said their return to practice and to play if selected was a goodwill gesture.
http://www.bday.co.za/bday/content/direct/1,3523,1605800-6078-0,00.html
Imagine if this happened in australia, but against our miniority citizens...
I doubt too many countries would schedule a game with us
They include Heath Streak, who is sacking as national captain a month ago triggered a month long strike by him and 14 colleagues, plus Ray Price, Sean Ervine and Trevor Gripper. The fifth white player, Mark Vermeulen, was not one of the rebels.
The side will be captained by Alester Maregwede. Twelve of the 15 turned out for practice under national coach Geoff Marsh on Thursday after passing fitness tests.
The three others, Richard Sims, Neil Ferreira and Charles Coventry are in England negotiating club contracts. Whether the return of white cricketers represents the end of their dispute with the Zimbabwe Cricket Union depends on acceptance of their proposals for an arbitration mechanism that would include two international mediators.
The players have given the ZCU until Tuesday to accept or reject the proposals. If these are turned down, the players will resume their strike, according to batsman Grant Flower, who said their return to practice and to play if selected was a goodwill gesture.
http://www.bday.co.za/bday/content/direct/1,3523,1605800-6078-0,00.html
Imagine if this happened in australia, but against our miniority citizens...
I doubt too many countries would schedule a game with us