‘Not how I wanted to say goodbye to international cricket’
International Cricket Council (ICC) has suspended Zimbabwe from international cricket over a failure to keep the sport free from government interference, putting in doubt their participation in qualifiers for the World T20.
The decision was slammed by many players with Zimbabwe players Sikandar Raza and former captain Brendan Taylor remaining the chief amongst many who voiced in support of Zimbabwe.
Raza took to twitter and posted an emotional message, saying that this one decision has suddenly made a lot of people unemployed at one go.
“How one decision has made a team, strangers. How one decision has made so many people unemployed. How one decision effect so many families. How one decision has ended so many careers. Certainly not how I wanted to say goodbye to international cricket. @ICC" Raza wrote on Twitter.
How one decision has made a team , strangers
How one decision has made so many people unemployed
How one decision effect so many families
How one decision has ended so many careers
Certainly not how I wanted to say goodbye to international cricket. @ICC pic.twitter.com/lEW02Qakwx; Sikandar Raza (@SRazaB24) July 18, 2019
Former Zimbabwe cricketer Taylor also tweeted that the decision was ‘heart breaking’.
“@ICC It's heartbreaking to hear your verdict and suspend cricket in Zimbabwe. The @ZimbabweSrc has no government back round yet our Chairman is an MP? Hundreds of honest people,players, support staff,ground staff totally devoted to ZC out of a job,just like that." wrote Taylor.
@ICC It's heartbreaking to hear your verdict and suspend cricket in Zimbabwe. The @ZimbabweSrc has no government back round yet our Chairman is an MP? Hundreds of honest people,players, support staff,ground staff totally devoted to ZC out of a job,just like that. ; Brendan Taylor (@BrendanTaylor86) July 18, 2019
A few other players have also reacted to this particular decision taken by ICC.
It has been a week of emotional highs and lows in sport and sadly not a good one for Zimbabwe Cricket but just wanted to officially address everyone else.
I informed the players and tech staff of my decision at… https://t.co/0M8FJMx5IQ; Solomon Mire (@kingsoly21) July 19, 2019
Extremely heart breaking news for all Zim cricketers and their fans, reading the tweets of @SRazaB24 just shows the agony of cricketers and how their life’s have been taken away from them. I pray that the lovely cricket nation returns to its glory asap! #ZimbabweCricket; Ashwin Ravichandran (@ashwinravi99) July 19, 2019
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