“Zim needs to be playing more cricket”

“The team is still finding its way. There’s still a good core of players. Again, if you’re playing two Test matches a year and hardly any four-day cricket, you’re always going to struggle. In simple terms, Zimbabwe needs to be playing more cricket. And if you look at our schedule from now up until 2019, we have 45 one-dayers. That’s crazy.

“You can see why Associate teams are really closing the gap on Zimbabwe and Bangladesh, and even beating West Indies. The ICC is doing great things with Associate teams and it’s no surprise that they’re progressing. I think that’s good for world cricket and it’s a wake-up call for Zimbabwe.

“I think the best thing that they’ve ever done is get Alistair Campbell involved as managing director. He’s working very closely with our chairman, Wilson Manase. Dav Whatmore is obviously a highly recognised coach and has done really well with a lot of teams and the players are really enjoying working with him. Under that team, I can only see good things for cricket in Zimbabwe, if it holds together.”