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The Zimbabwe Cricket board has failed to back Peter Chingoka's compromise deal that would have seen Zimbabwe withdraw from next year's World Twenty20 in exchange for a guarantee that they would still receive their income from the tourney. Speaking to the Sunday News, Chingoka revealed that "clarification" of the deal was required:

"We met as a board to consider our pullout from the ICC World Twenty20. We have been given instructions by our board to clarify certain issues with the ICC."

As a result, Chingoka will now return to Dubai for further discussions with the ICC's David Morgan, Sharad Pawar and Haroon Lorgat. If I was a betting man, I'd say that this is a stalling tactic by ZC, who'll be hoping that a successful conclusion to power-sharing talks between Zanu-PF and the MDC - which had been expected to be completed by now - will render talk of sporting boycotts moot.
Sunday News - ZC delegation to meet top ICC officials in Dubai