CRICKET: New boy Streak calls for ban on Zimbabwe; WARWICKSHIRE'S DEBUTANT MAY JOIN EXODUS FROM HOME COUNTRY.(Sport)

From: Coventry Evening Telegraph (England) | Date: June 8, 2004 | Copyright information

WARWICKSHIRE'S new overseas player, Heath Streak, wants Zimbabwe to be banned from international cricket until his claims of racial discrimination in the Zimbabwe Cricket Union have been investigated by the International Cricket Council.

Streak was sacked as Zimbabwe captain in April after he claimed that the country's selection policy was becoming increasingly racially motivated. His sacking has caused a split in Zimbabwe cricket, with 12 more white players joining him in criticism of the ZCU, which led to them losing their international contracts.

Streak signed ...

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