The Zimbabwe cricket team arrived three hours late in Mumbai today, sans baggage and skipper Heath Streak for their 40-day tour of India commenceing from November 8 to December 15. Speaking to reporters after the team`s arrival, the team manager Babu Meman, said the baggage was held up at the London Airport due to some technical problem while skipper Streak stayed back for a couple of days more as he had to get his tooth extracted.
However, Streak is expected to join the team on November 9 at Indore which means that he will miss the first three-day warm-up match against the National Cricket Academy (NCA) XI starting at Indore on November 8, He added.
Another member of the 15-player squad, Brian Murphy, too will be joining the team later as was busy writing his university examinations in Harare, while our baggage will reach Indore directly tomorrow, Meman said. The Zimbabwean coach Carl Rackemann, former Aussie bowler, is already in Delhi and would be joining the team at Indore tomorrow, Meman added.
Meman said Zimbabwe was a young side with a few experienced cricketers in Alistair Campbell, Guy Whittall (vice captain), Andy Flower, Grand Flower, Paul Strang and the captain himself.
The team left for Indore after a few hours` rest.
Bureau Report