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By Nick Hoult in Dubai Zimbabwe Cricket simply could not survive the final word of condemnation. Nelson Mandela's recent criticism of the country left their cricket board alone as even their staunchest allies turned against them here. Their decision to withdraw from next year's World Twenty20 Championship in England has protected that tournament and saved cricket from a schism that could have been the end for an International Cricket Council struggling for credibility. Zimbabwe will now be subjected to investigation by an ICC task force and have their business practices controlled by a team of Indian administrators. The desperate state of cricket in Zimbabwe will have to change if they are not to be drummed out of the ICC. Zimbabwe have a month to accept. Failure to do so would be the end for a governing body propped up by... [read full story]
