ICC reinstates Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe has been reinstated as a full member of the International Cricket Council (ICC), nearly three months after its cricket board was suspended due to government interference. A report on the IoL site notes that the ICC had frozen funding to Zimbabwe Cricket (ZC) in July and banned its teams from international events after the African country's Sports and Recreation Commission had suspended the national governing body. Following a meeting in Dubai with ZC chairman Tavengwa Mukuhlani and Sports Minister Kirsty Coventry it was agreed to resume ties. ICC chairman Shashank Manohar said funding to ZC ‘will continue to be on a controlled basis as part of a collective effort behind getting the game in Zimbabwe back on an even keel’.