Googly wrote:I'm not sure there is such a thing as white elitist schools, there appears to be a predominance of black elitist students enrolled in them from what I can see.
Nothing that I am aware of stops high density players joining existing sports clubs and getting the cricket sections up and running again and resurrecting great facilities that are lying neglected. If some players were unable or unwilling to contribute towards membership fees then perhaps ZC and/or some of the Corporates could assist. Cricket costs money, there's no escaping it and why should more than half the teams not have to contribute anything? The current format is not of a first league standard and needs to be changed and run much more professionally.
That whole issue of Flower and Streak not going to West Indies is ridiculous. I'll guarantee that most of the team are not happy about it but are not prepared to say anything. I'm also willing to bet that at least one member of the ZC hierarchy pitches up for nothing more than a free holiday. I'll be following up on that and will be the first to apologize if I am wrong.
Your racial rhetoric serves to perpetuate an already sad situation. We have fallen light years behind the rest of the big cricketing nations, with absolutely no chance of ever bridging the gap (ever!!) because of people such as yourself. In fact you sound more like a policy maker than an amateur blogger.
I see maehara has activated a registration (i.e. unleashed a bull terrier). 😂 Welcome to the ZCF Googly! Yours any better than Cremer's? :D
Times have changed and so they should. I was referring to the oversight and service delivery for the public school system which has been privatised. I'll attribute your response to a failure to understand what I said.
I agree when you say that there are neglected facilities which can be better utilised. Plenty of government High Schools and Primary schools, had facilities which ZC built. They were to be shared with clubs in the area. I for one know of a few clubs in Bulawayo which shared them with the school. It's up to Coltart and his ETT to ensure they are maintained for use by the community. Of course players have to do their best to pay subscription fees for things like refreshments for themselves and the visiting team as well as match balls when you're hosting. I'm sure bats, pads and helmets can be shared, and cheap whites are what you put on.
Parent support is crucial. The fact of the matter is the current generations, which will become future parents for club cricketers, are the ones who will provide it in future. It's hard for current parents to do so, since they are still in the education-to-appreciate phase as far as their relationship with the sport is concerned. Something our sad colleagues in this forum(hopefully not yourself) define as 'blacks don't care about cricket'. Therefore, by and large it's impossible to help those who can't afford transport fees, and other basics, unless there is a corporate sponsor, but sanctions have killed our industries, while a lot of those companies who are there have their reasons for not helping black clubs apart from the recession.
Once again, the minutes show Elton as one of those who said they prefer the technical team to be restricted to a Head and his assistant coach. I'd like to think a lot of other players agree with him. Minutes back that up, what backs up your view? The suppression myth? In any case, players, just like any other professional, aren't supposed to speak to me, you or the media. They are supposed to speak to their employers.
By the way, why aren't white people's thoughts, that are vigorously in opposition to views like mine not considered radical or rhetoric? But then again, the same could be asked why a democracy is sold as something superior to an autocracy(while those in power everywhere continue to behave like dictatorships), why the right is considered correct as opposed to the left, west-east, capitalism-communism and so forth and so forth... Anyway, 6 of the 7 billion people on the planet are on my side of thought so I'm in pretty good company. The same applies to 70% of the other Full members ;) .
We may be years behind but so are the 100 plus other countries. What counts is whether Zim will be a Full Member or not, cricket will, in 10-20 years grow into a sport which the majority take seriously and attend its domestic matches on weekends, just like football. Which is something I can't say for #1 Proteas.
You probably suffer from the small mind mentality which dictates that cricket only becomes a sport at international level. Well, if 5,000 plus regularly watch the Tuskers, or another Franchise in Matabeleland(same in Mashonaland and other provinces) then that's success. If we're #15 in the world then no worries, we'll still be happy playing internationals with our Nigerian, Kenyan, Ugandan and soon to be liberated Namibian & South African brothers - just like the Africa Cup of Nations :D . Break away T&T, Bermuda, and a lot of the other overseas Intercontinental Cup teams will provide occasional international cricket. If Eng, Aus, Ind, plus Ire & Netherlands are added to that elite group of 8, then fine! Zimbabweans will still be playing and watching cricket - at school, amateur or semi-professional!