Zimbabwe have named off-spinner Prosper Utseya as captain for their Pakistan tour. Zimbabwe arrive in Pakistan on Saturday to play a four-day game and five one-day internationals.
Squad: Prosper Utseya (captain), Vusimusi Sibanda, Hamilton Masakadza, Justice Chibhabha, Tatenda Taibu, Brendon Taylor, Stuart Matsikenyeri, Keith Dabengwa, Elton Chigumbura,Gary Brent, Ray Price, Christopher Mpofu, Tawanda Mupariwa, Sean Williams, Timycen Maruma.
Vermeulen admits
Former Test player Mark Vermeulen has admitted torching the Zimbabwe cricket board’s headquarters but pleaded not guilty to arson on the grounds he had been suffering psychiatric problems, adds AFP.
At the start of his trial, Vermeulen entered a not guilty plea over the torching of the cricket association offices at the Harare SC in October 2006 and an arson attack at the national training academy the next day. Vladimir Rajkovic, a private psychiatrist in Harare, said the 29-year-old was not disputing he had carried out the attacks but said his client had suffered from partial complex epilepsy and impulsive behaviour disorder after he was hit and injured by a cricket ball.