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With The Herald giving one-sided coverage of Themba Mliswa's "friendly" telephone call to Tatenda Taibu, it falls to CricInfo to allow Taibu to put the other side of the tale:

Mliswa introduced himself and asked whether Taibu knew who he was - Taibu replied that he had only heard about him. Mliswa then told Taibu he was "only a black boy being used" at which point Taibu reminded him that he was no longer a boy. Mliswa went on to say: "I know where you live and I will come there and beat you up." At that, Taibu hung up.

Mlwisa has reportedly been told by "state security" not to call Taibu again, but while Taibu himself has returned home his wife still fears for their safety. Taibu remains unrepentant about his comments at Thursday's press conference:

Asked about a column in yesterday's Herald in which Mliswa launched a bitter attack on him, Taibu said that the truth had not been printed by the local media which had given Mliswa free rein to criticise him. He added that his view, and that of the other players, remained the same - namely that Peter Chingoka, Ozias Bvute and people like Mliswa were not good for the game, and while they remained, the players would seriously consider a strike. "There is no worse thing as captain than going to practice and issues being discussed by the players have got nothing to do about the game but are all about governance issues. It just shows that the players are not concentrating."

Taibu used by whites: Mliswa (The Herald)
Taibu talks of the threats which drove him into hiding (CricInfo)