Zimbabwe Cricket's new seven month contract system has come back to haunt the organisation with players starting to opt out of the national team to pursue other money spinning ventures
...Coventry told IndependentSport that because of the system that was adopted last year, he had to fill in the gaps by doing something else in the winter and when the national team offer arrived he could not take it as he was already involved in another engagement.
"I couldn't join the squad because we were out of contract and I already started on something to make money during the winter", said Coventry
Cricketers are contracted for just seven months each year, with contracts running between September and March
The good news is, he isn't quitting for good...
"This is not the end of it, it's just that I had started on something I couldn't abandon. We have to survive during the out-of-contract season. I hope I can still get a contract with Tuskers and continue playing hopefully I will be considered for the national team in the future.