Well they certainly won't be now. He's contracted to Notts.
Brendan Taylor quits Zimbabwe for county cricket
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Well they certainly won't be now. He's contracted to Notts.
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True that.
Exactly.
Even less cricket this year. Excluding the World Cup, 8 days of cricket across all formats.
http://icc-live.s3.amazonaws.com/cm...f Copy of FTP 2015 to 2019 as at Nov 2014.pdf
Although there are rumours Zimbabwe will tour Pakistan (in Pakistan) in May. Sad all round.
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With the scrapping of the real FTP in favour of bilateral agreements, it's harder than ever for them to get games.
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Well, maybe some good news about Cremer (and possibly Jarvis):
http://www.espncricinfo.com/icc-cricket-world-cup-2015/content/story/850795.html
http://www.espncricinfo.com/icc-cricket-world-cup-2015/content/story/850795.html
They need to keep Williams.
And prevent England poaching Nick Welch
And prevent England poaching Nick Welch
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Most promising is that they have some fixtures planned at home against India and NZ. That's pretty positive.
I can't help but think this will only benefit Zimbabwe in the long term.
How so?
Heath Streak, Sean Ervine and a few others have had very successful county careers in England helping promote the value of Zimbabwean players, but hasn't really translated to being a good thing for those who remain in the country.
Taking the security of a contract is a no brainer and good luck to them in doing so.
I guess he's thinking that Taylor will return to Zimbabwe after his contract.
In my opinion, it is better he take a couple of years away and then come back a better and more motivated player (ala; Marlon Samuels), than burn-out and retire for good (Tatenda Taibu), or go over later in his career and not come back at all (Mushtaq).
http://www.cricket.com.au/news/bren...et-money-financial-nottinghamshire/2015-04-16
Kind of hard to argue with this reasoning.
$250 is not a lot of money
Kind of hard to argue with this reasoning.
$250 is not a lot of money
Zimbabwe disputes that $250 story
https://www.newsday.co.zw/2015/04/18/zc-disputes-bbc-story-on-taylor/
https://www.newsday.co.zw/2015/04/18/zc-disputes-bbc-story-on-taylor/
http://www.espncricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/884215.html
A nice cricinfo article on him.
Has played very well for Nottinghamshire so far.
A nice cricinfo article on him.
Has played very well for Nottinghamshire so far.
Zimbabwe has also organised for this year home fixtures against the Windies, Pakistan, Ireland, Bangladesh and maybe Afghanistan. Promising signs for Zimbabwe cricket.
Also, if this is to be believed,India to tour Zimbabwe every year for the next five years.http://www.theindependent.co.zw/2015/06/05/zc-eyes-india-mega-deal/
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Only the one Test series though against the Bangas. They're a Test nation first and foremost and should be getting a full schedule...
And the Windies (but probably only 2 Tests), but I agree.
County cricket seems to agree with Brendan Taylor. 150 last night.
http://www.espncricinfo.com/story/_/id/20703168/taylor-contracted-zimbabwe-cricket-again
Taylor is back! Great for Zim cricket.
Taylor is back! Great for Zim cricket.
And he is back in Zimbabwe now.
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There have been so many false dawns for Zimbabwe over the last decade, but things are looking better now than they have in a while.
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There's no reason he shouldn't be allowed to play for Zimbabwe. Kolpak and EU laws don't force the ICC to deem him English.
Who's saying he shouldn't?
It's great news, would be huge for them if they can also pry their best quick in Jarvis back from Lancashire too.
Jarvis is back too
http://www.espncricinfo.com/story/_/id/20825925/jarvis-leaves-lancashire-resume-zimbabwe-career
Yep. I've probably said it before but this time things really are looking promising for the future.
