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Article: Pen sketches of Zimbabwe's World Cup cricket squad

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March 3, 2007
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New Delhi, March 3 -- Fourteen of the 15 players in Zimbabwe's World Cup cricket squad have never played in the biggest tournament and the only one who has - Stuart Matsikenyeri - appeared in only one match.

Zimbabwe's most experienced World Cup players is their coach Kevin Curran, who played all 11 one-day internationals in the 1983 World Cup in England.

The 16-nation World Cup starts in the West Indies March 11.

Zimbabwe is one of the weakest teams, thanks to the political turmoil in the African country that has badly affected cricket administration too. Players' contracts with their board have been the cause of a big controversy, with allegations of racial bias thrown in.

All this has ...

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