NOT THE USUAL ZIMBABWE THREAD. >

[Ernest]

England are going to Zimbabwe, wheather we like it or not, as per usual what the ordinary bods like we think or post about, does not matter.This is not about the right or wrongs of the Zimbabwe tour, that has been gone into, and peoples opinions are set.

Perhaps the question I am going to ask, will be more difficult to answer, Being that we ARE GOING to Zimbabwe, will you:-

a) Not bother with the tour at all, sort of just ingore it?.

b) Will you listen to it on the radio, or watch on TV if there is coverage?.

The lads that are going are England players, is not suporting them = to letting them down, for whatever reason, or would listening or watching the matches be = to supporting Magabe?.

For me I think the tour is wrong, but I will still support our players.

Ern

[Notts Exile]

Originally Posted by Ernest

For me I think the tour is wrong, but I will still support our players.

Ern

I agree with that statement.

[flanflinger]

Does anyone know if it will get any Live TV or live Radio coverage?

[Ernest]

Originally Posted by flanflinger

Does anyone know if it will get any Live TV or live Radio coverage?

No but if you fine out let me know, question makes you answer clear I think

Ern

[flanflinger]

SKY don't seem to covering it http://www.skysports.com/skysports/a...002310,00.htmlI doubt that the BBC or Channel 4, who have never covered overseas tours will be covering it, so I suspect that live TV coverage will not happen

[R W S]

I've just emailed Talksport - i'll keep you informed

Dear Talksport
I thouroghly enjoyed your coverage of England's cricket tour to the carribean and I would like to know if you are covering either of the tours to Zimbabwe or South Africa this winter?

[Ernest]

Originally Posted by flanflinger

SKY don't seem to covering it http://www.skysports.com/skysports/a...002310,00.htmlI doubt that the BBC or Channel 4, who have never covered overseas tours will be covering it, so I suspect that live TV coverage will not happen

I would settle for TMS coverage, better than nothing.

[Ernest]

Nice one TWS, I liked talkSport, yep worth listening to, just for Tony greig.

Ern

[Occasional Fan]

Ern, you can probably guess where I am going to come down on this one. I am boycotting, pure and simple. Is that letting the boys down? Well, if so, tough. They've let me down pretty badly on this one. I'll be back with them in South Africa.

You asked about broadcast coverage, and, like most people, I have no hard information on this. There was a cricinfo report yesterday, however, which suggested that there will be none. Sky have definitely not bid for it, the BBC is a terrorist organisation and therefore is banned from Zimbabwe and, as far as I could gather from cricinfo, no-one else has bothered with it. My very strong view is that any broadcaster who goes to Zimbabwe and tries to cover a cricket match will not be true to his profession if he ignores all the other things which are allegedly going on - all of which, in my view, are far more newsworthy. In that I include intimidation of political opposition, the alleged fact that the populace is starving, repression of the press, both domestic and foreign and ... well, you know the song by now.

[Mike Small]

I'd folllow it over the internet, god bless cricket info