20-05-2025
Treasured memories of my (small) part in Zimbabwe cricket's golden age
I am reliably informed that Zimbabwe's media officer for this week's Test against England at Trent Bridge is a chap called Darlington Majonga, and I am certain that he will do a much better job than the media officer for Zimbabwe's inaugural Test against India at Harare Sports Club in 1992. That's because that person, bizarrely, was me.
Talk about utterly clueless. It was my third season playing club cricket in Zimbabwe and news of my part-time scribbling had clearly spread, but quite how that might have translated into any sort of suitability for this role was a mystery.
My chief task was to ensure that no outgoing phone calls were made from the press box (which was no more than a sheltered annex on
