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CricInfo have an interview with outgoing ICC President Ehsan Mani. One of the subjects touched upon is the situation with Zimbabwe Cricket, where Mani is convinced the ICC's constitution would not have allowed them to handle the problems within ZC any differently:

"We are governed very much by our constitution. We have the responsibility to manage affairs at international level. It is only when things start impacting the international game that we move in. This is what we have done each time. The ICC will move and I didn't hesitate to move when I thought the integrity of Test cricket was at stake. I'm sure that is what will happen in the future. Whether I could have done anything differently, I don't think constitutionally I could have."

He also indicates that there's unlikely to be an automatic return to Test cricket for the Zimbabwe team:

"They lost 15-20 of their top cricketers. No country can sustain a loss like that. These things go in cycles and yes, obviously Zimbabwe needs a lot of time before they return to Tests. That is going to be the challenge in coming years."

Any takers on the 2007 Australia series being postponed, then?
Outgoing ICC president speaks to Cricinfo