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Indian trip could be lifeline for Zimbabwean cricket
To the cash-strapped Zimbabwe cricket administrators, the current 45-day tour by the Indian team is expected to be a windfall.
To the cash-strapped
Zimbabwe cricket administrators, the current 45-day tour by
the Indian team is expected to be a windfall.
“It is good we have Indians here this winter. It will be
better when they leave.”
The statement attributed to David Ellmann Brown, president of the Zimbabwe Cricket Union (ZCU) and Dave Houghton, former Test player and incharge of the national academy, may or may not be true but it is doubtful if they would disagree with the sentiment. The ZCU is expecting a windfall of 450 million Zimbabwean dollars (approx US 900,000) from the television revenue in this series. The cricket body has never had a bigger bite than this pie in their history. And they can only earn it after the Indians are through with their fixtures and have boarded the home-bound plane.
In a cricket set-up where there are no sponsors and only a few hundreds play the game, the revenue is most welcome and would keep the game going in six provincial bodies and the academy. ZCU is so short of funds it has not been able to run a domestic one-day competition between the provinces. Apparently, the cost of running two competitions and footing the accommodation and transport bill is overwhelming.
Bureau Report
The statement attributed to David Ellmann Brown, president of the Zimbabwe Cricket Union (ZCU) and Dave Houghton, former Test player and incharge of the national academy, may or may not be true but it is doubtful if they would disagree with the sentiment. The ZCU is expecting a windfall of 450 million Zimbabwean dollars (approx US 900,000) from the television revenue in this series. The cricket body has never had a bigger bite than this pie in their history. And they can only earn it after the Indians are through with their fixtures and have boarded the home-bound plane.
In a cricket set-up where there are no sponsors and only a few hundreds play the game, the revenue is most welcome and would keep the game going in six provincial bodies and the academy. ZCU is so short of funds it has not been able to run a domestic one-day competition between the provinces. Apparently, the cost of running two competitions and footing the accommodation and transport bill is overwhelming.
Bureau Report