Things may not be as rosy as observers may have cause to hope for, but respect for those seeking to rebuild the country and its cricket must surpass anger about those hell-bent on its destruction
Everything could disintegrate once the World Cup is finished.
I think this is ill informed and I believe the progress in Zim cricket has nothing to do with the WC (Especially the Soccer? )
His belief, I believe, is that Mugabe / ZanuPF are only playing ball with Zuma's mediation efforts as there is / was a potential spin-off benefit for Zimbabwe if the World Cup went ahead in South Africa - at least some of those tourists would come Zim's way an spend money. If that's all that ZanuPF were going into the GNU for, then it'll all fall apart once the World Cup's over and the tourist boom's gone.
ZIMDOGGY wrote:maybe i misread but did Roebuck say that the purging of white cricketers was a good thing????
Yes, he did.
Never did like the way Roebuck thinks.
That's terrible
Not only is that extremely racist, it is a slap in the face to hardship and fear that the small minority white population have lived with in the 00's.
These are the founders and lifeblood of cricket in the country.
I know ALL zimbabweans have gone through extreme hardship in this time. However they didnt have to live with the fear of being specifically targeted for violent crime because of their race. VIOLENT racism, not the politically correct "ooh dont say that word because that could be racist if you think about it" kind of racism that i dont have time for ( speaking personally) found in the western world.
Its also a slap to us fans who had to watch the likes of Dabengwa and Matsikenyeri show their 'brilliance'..
Cricinfo profile of the 'James Bond' of cricket:
FULL NAME: Angus James Mackay
BORN: 13 June 1967, Harare
KNOWN AS: Gus Mackay
I see there is no progress on this one gentlemen, look at it, we blame blacj people for throwing the race card everytime there are allegations of unfair treatment but here we are digging up the same hatchjet we buried more than a year ago. Return of white cricketers has nothing to do with progress in Zimbabwe, have you ever heard of the phrase "return of white supporters", because no one give a damn what colour you are...Roebuck is blunt and clear about his views towards Zimbabwe and South Africa he believes there is venom within the system and wants to believe he is the Robin Hood of cricket, under the mask of heroism and biased antimedia campaigns. Okay you want to act as the voice of the people then at least have the journalistic fibre to be in the countries that you report about, the world is tired of people who write match reports and analysis based from Cricinfo ball by ball commentry and AFP or AP stories which corolate to form a well structered Zimbabwean report, "from Zimbabwe", interviewing Zimbabwean's lol all written in Australia...bloddy hell!!!
Being a victim of class snobbery himself, Roebuck believed the principle of pushing black players through the system was right. Indeed, of the few things he lauded Zimbabwe Cricket for, this was one, and was quite damning of South Africa's ineffectual efforts to do the same.
Hhm mentioned this weak will in passing a few days ago I think
ZIMDOGGY wrote:They arent hurting anyone. They are accepting of other zimbabweans watching the games too. It brings all races together when you look at it like that.
Why would anyone want to take awy something thats close to those peoples hearts?
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