Zimbabwe

[Richie Benauds Love Child]

Thats cool, I've just had an expetive edited without looking for the asterist key. Smart !

[cantplaycantalk]

Originally Posted by Richie Benauds Love Child

Havent got a clue chaps. My thought on going arent to "big up" Mugabes regime, more rubbish and spineless ****es that are the ICC, and the rest of the crciket boards who are happy to back the ICC and in effect mugabe just to make life difficult for our cricket system.

One of the reasons I would like to see a nice "friendly" tour with 2 or more totally unofficial invitation teams composed of English vs Zimbabwean vs anyone else who wants a nice friendly game to run in parrallel to the Zim tour. Play it in Aus or NZ where the weather is nice that time of year.

Wanna bet the grounds would be packed with a combo of cricket fans and anti-Mugabe/human rights activists?

I would be happier watching that on Sky than the travesty of a tour to Zim. I wonder if anyone will cover the tour other than to report the scorecards anyway?

[CJ D]

Well the BBC won't cover it - unless they have people watching on Sky - BBC employees have been banned from entering Zimbabwe.

I expect that Chris Cowdrey will want the work though so talksport would send Grieg to wind things up a bit.

[Mark Kidger]

Originally Posted by CJ D

Well the BBC won't cover it - unless they have people watching on Sky - BBC employees have been banned from entering Zimbabwe.

The BBC will use stringers as they tend to. Images probably from Zimbabwe TV and either local reporters, or South Africans. It is possible though that they could do what they've done on other occasions and use a team based in South Africa to report on events over the border, without them actually entering Zimbabwe.

CJ D, whereabouts in Bristol are you? I was born in Clifton, but the family home is in Winterbourne Down.

[Whips_off_the_bails]

Are there any British journalists in Zimbabwe even now? I know The Times and Telegraph correspondents have been banned (and The Times' correspondent even supported the England tour going ahead, which shows how brainless totalitarian states are - of course, he's now changed his mind). I can't imagine The Guardian and Independent still being allowed to have their people there.

[Mark Kidger]

Telegraph man has just been expelled. Most British journalists either work under cover, or report from the South African side of the Limpopo and comment something on the lines of "Zimbabwe is just the other side of this bridge, but this is as far as we are allowed to go". I guess that there must be some British journalists left, but there can't be many.

[cantplaycantalk]

So can Sky and Talksport cover it? and if so should they?
Without any TV or radio contracts to pay for the tour will the ZCU make any money out of it?

Are the Aussie TV/Radio covering the Australia tour?