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CricInfo has details on a Sports and Recreation Commission report into the management of Zimbabwe Cricket, which raises a number of concerns over the Board's management. For starters:

"There is a perceived lack of transparency in the manner the financial transactions are handled by the ZC chairman and managing director. There is perceived financial imprudence and misapplication of ZC funds by the board and its principal officers. There is a strong view that the bulk of the ZC funds should be channelled towards the players and cricket facilities, rather than the current position where it is perceived to be directed at the peripheral areas such as the bloated administrative staff of 74 members. The marketing wing of ZC is also perceived to be a financial drain."

The report continues to be critical of several other areas of the Board's operations. SRC and ZC representatives are due to meet on Tuesday (20th December) - the content of the SRC report seems to increase the likelihood of the current board being replaced by an interim board until the next ZC AGM. It remains to be seen, however, if an interim board would be more acceptable to the provincial associations and players than the current one.
Government report slams Zimbabwe board