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Zimbabwe have been suspended from the ICC with immediate effect. After meeting on Thursday, the ICC Board unanimously decided that Zimbabwe Cricket was in breach of Article 2.4 (c) and (d) of the ICC Constitution, and that the actions of the Sports and Recreation Commission in suspending the board in June constituted government interference in Zimbabwe Cricket’s affairs.
By Maynard Manyowa
So, I have not written anything in a very long while. Forgive the lack of coherence, I typed this while taking the MTR back home. Its somewhere in between an analysis and some small bites on inside information.
Let’s do this.
If you remember, after Sikhala was thrown under the bus, I spoke of three significant things.
I mentioned that Sikhala’s speech was taken as the last straw by even the soft-liners at the top. There was real movement the night after his speech and the MDC found out.
They quickly mobilized and realized it was in their best interests to throw Sikhala under the bus. His words were difficult to defend and a full crackdown on the many misdemeanors committed in the name of gist and banter was coming.
Italian champions Juventus have completed the £67.5m signing of 19-year-old Dutch international defender Matthijs de Ligt from Ajax.
At least 23 teenagers in the southern Indian state of Telangana have killed themselves since their school-leaving exam results were announced in April. BBC Telugu’s Deepthi Bathini explains why the results have become controversial.
A 60-year-old man in eastern France says he was stunned to discover that a picture of his amputated leg had been used on cigarette packets without his consent.
There is a thin line between a private and public or professional life and one such victim is Priscilla Chigumba who is the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) chairperson.
New drivers could be banned from travelling at night as part of plans to improve road safety.
The Zimbabwe netball team on Thursday morning held a make-or-break meeting over contractual issues, hours before their Group F encounter against Malawi amid unresolved monetary concerns.
Public borrowing could surge by £30bn a year if there is a no-deal Brexit, the country’s spending watchdog says.
At least 26 people are dead and dozens injured after a suspected arson attack at an animation studio in Kyoto, Japan, local emergency officials have said.