ZC need new selectors: ICC
By Paul Munyuki
THE International Cricket Council believes that the national selection committee — which has the responsibility of selecting national team players — should be overhauled as part of efforts to improve the standards of the game.
This is part of the recommendations of an ICC task force team that was asked to look at Zimbabwe Cricket and provide recommendations to get the game back on its feet.
The task force was led by West Indies Cricket Board chairman Julian Hunte and also included Sri Lanka legend Arjuna Ranatunga and Haroon Lorgat.
The task force believes the selection committee, in its present state, lacks the right depth and, therefore, relevance, in the bid to try and get the strongest possible side to represent Zimbabwe in international competitions.
The local selectors’ panel is led by the conveyor of selectors Kenyon Zeal and includes Vumi Moyo of Bulawayo, Steyn Kombai and Jackie Du Preez.
Du Preez played Test cricket for South Africa.
The task force team believes there were a number of concerns about the composition of this committee.
"The national team and national A sides are both selected by a National Selection Committee comprising four selectors.
"The depth and relevance of the playing experience of these selectors was a concern to the Task Team.
"Only one of the selectors has played Test cricket (in the 1960s) while the other three have very little high profile cricket playing experience.
"The Task Team noted a distinct lack of awareness among stakeholders, including current players, of the composition and workings of the NSC.
"The captain of the national team is appointed by the ZC board upon recommendation by the cricket committee.
"The NSC members are permitted to make representations to the Cricket Committee but their input is not necessarily followed in the appointment of the national captain. The Board chairman of ZC retains a right of veto on team selection," read part of the report.
The ICC recommended that the ZC board and its chairman should review the way they were conducting business when it comes to the selection of the players.
There was need to make sure that a better qualified selectors’ panel was put in place and the task force recommended that there was need to:
l Review Cricket Committee composition and increase cricket expertise and experience on this Committee (including international playing experience).
l Ensure selectors have as recent first-class playing experience as possible and involve former international players as selectors.
l Remove board chairman’s veto on selection and formalise the selectors' role in the process for appointing the captain by empowering the selectors with responsibility for nominating a captain and vice-captain for the approval of the board.
l This is the first in a series of reports that The Herald will carry based on the report made by the ICC task force team that was on a fact finding mission on cricket issues in the country last year.
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Agree with it...Zimbabwe must need new selectors with playing (domestic/international) experience to understand/choose the right players. Then the squad selection will be fair enough, but not always sticking with players like Sibanda or Dabengwa who hasn't done anything notable at international stage in recent past.
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ICC task force recommendations
Zimbabwe to undergo selection overhaul
Cricinfo staff
May 28, 2009
It has emerged that one of the recommendations of the recent ICC report into cricket in Zimbabwe was that there was a complete overhaul of the system of selection for the national team.
The ICC task force, headed by West Indies board president Julian Hunte, said the national selection committee lacked the necessary experience to make informed decisions.
At present, the four-man committee is led by Kenyon Zeal and includes Vumi Moyo, Steyn Kombai and Jackie Du Preez. Only Du Preez, who played Tests for South Africa in the 1960s, has any discernable cricketing pedigree.
"The depth and relevance of the playing experience of these selectors was a concern," the ICC report stated. "Only one of the selectors has played Test cricket while the other three have very little high profile cricket playing experience. [We] noted a distinct lack of awareness among stakeholders, including current players, of the composition and workings of the NSC."
There was also criticism of the way the captain is appointed. "The NSC members are permitted to make representations to the Cricket Committee but their input is not necessarily followed in the appointment of the national captain. The board chairman [Peter Chingoka] of ZC retains a right of veto on team selection."
While the selectors have not had a deep player pool to work with, there has been criticism of the way they have operated.
Given that ZC appears to have taken on board many of the ICC's recommendations, it is likely that there will be changes to the selection panel. Given it has indicated a desire to attract former players back into the game at all levels, it would seem sensible that the likes of Heath Streak, who still lives in Zimbabwe and has expressed a willingness to help, are drafted in as selectors. If the will is there, a highly experienced selection panel could easily be assembled.
Furthermore, the board will need to remove the right of Chingoka or any other out-and -out administrator to interfere in any part of the selection process, including the choice of captain.
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