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ICC praises spirited Zimbabwe Harare: A spirited Zimbabwe have humbled India twice in the recent tri-nation cricket series en route to the final of the event and the International Cricket Council today praised the country for their notable improvement in performance. ICC President David Morgan and Chief Executive Haroon Lorgat arrived here to meet with directors of Zimbabwe Cricket as part of their ongoing process of information sharing and during the meeting both of them lavished praise. "We congratulate Zimbabwe on its improvements and successes for recent on-field performances. This is my third visit to Zimbabwe and I take great pleasure in the number of smiling faces around Zimbabwe Cricket. It is very comforting for the ICC to observe the improvement and success of the Zimbabwe team in recent months," Morgan said. "It is also very good from an ICC perspective to see former players returning to the squad and also taking up support roles around the team. The recent results have been a good story for the Zimbabwe cricket team and the ICC is pleased to have played a part in that progress," he added. The hosts had put up good performance in the series, also involving Sri Lanka, and entered the final, where they went down to the islanders by nine wickets, but the showing was enough to earn the ICC praise. Morgan and Lorgat also discussed the issues facing the ICC, its strategies and operations as well as key challenges for the world cricket. It was the ICC’s latest such meeting with the members, an ICC release said. After the meeting, Lorgat said, "We are delighted at the energy and enthusiasm with which Zimbabwe Cricket embraced the ICC task team report and recommendations required to develop a sustainable and successful domestic and international structure. "Domestic cricket is the key to producing successful international players and I believe that the franchise system which has been introduced in Zimbabwe is an important step in the right direction." "We are developing a strong and competitive domestic competition as a result of the ICC task team’s recommendations and we are now looking to make a gradual return to the Test cricket sometime after the 2011 World Cup," said Peter Chingoka, chairman of the the Zimbabwe Cricket. "We will look to engage in the early stage of our return with countries like Bangladesh at home in Harare. We hope that the return to the Test cricket will continue the growth and development of people playing cricket in Zimbabwe as we aim to make cricket the number one sport in Zimbabwe within the next five years," he added. Back |
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