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The Independent reports that ZC are looking to bring teams from Pakistan, India and Bangladesh to play in Zimbabwe's first-class domestic competition in an effort to give local players more experience and improve the standard of cricket on display in the competition:

"ZC managing director Ozias Bvute could not be drawn into discussing the foreign clubs issue, only saying the union had tabled major plans to revive the local game. He said ZC envisaged resuscitating the national league, while the recently affiliated provinces will play in a developmental league."

Who would be funding the visiting teams remains to be seen. The idea isn't a new one - India's Duleep Trophy regularly includes a foreign team (Zimbabwe A played in the 2005 tournament) - so on paper the idea seems a good one, as does the plan for the new provinces to play in a lower "development" league, as one of the objections to the new provinces was that they would spread the player base too thinly at the top level. The devil is in the details, however, so I'll wait to see if the plans come to fruition and, if so, how it all works in practice...
ZC lure foreign clubs for cricket league