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The Independent reports that the clus that recently broke away from the Mashonaland and Matabeleland provincial associations have announced the creation of a new national cricket league, which will also include some clubs from other provinces. The involved teams are: Old Hararians, Harare Sports Club, Alexandra, Old Georgians and Universals from Mashonaland; Queens, Bulawayo Sports Club, Bulawayo Athletics Club and Crescent from Matabeleland; Mashonaland and Matabeleland Country Districts sides and Midlands' Kwekwe Sports Club.

Details of the league's organisation and admin structure are to be finalised in the next few weeks. Those involved are reported to have notified the ICC of their intentions and the reasons behind it, but will have taken little comfort from the outcome of this week's ICC Executive meeting.

The developing situation brings to mind the current position in the US, where the ICC-recognised national body, the USACA, is mired in internal problems and doing little to promote the game, while the independent Major League Cricket organisation is doing all the footwork with little or no recognition from the powers that be. It's a damaging situation for both coutries, but as long as the official governing bodies aren't forced to face up to their failings, the position is unlikely to improve.
Cricket clubs form splinter league