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The rumblings over Zimbabwe's scheduled 2009 England tour rumble on, with Peter Chingoka turning to the ICC to ensure...

"...that the FTP remains sacrosanct. We're looking to play more as opposed to excuses to not play each other. It's important that the family looks after every member and that all nations look after one another so that the business gets stronger and bigger. Otherwise we are not being true to the globalisation of the game."

The underlying tone of his comments would suggest he's hoping that the ICC can convince doubtful governments that the Future Tours Programme somehow takes precedence over national policies. Can't see him having much success with that one. Zim's best chance of seeing the tour go ahead is for the situation back home to settle well enough that Gordon Brown feels a boycott isn't necessary - and I wouldn't want to bet too heavily on that, either...
CricInfo - Chingoka hopeful on tour of England