Zimbabwe set sights on return to Test

Zimbabwe’s participation in the World Twenty20 will provide an opportunity for the country’s players to showcase an improving cricket situation in their politically fraught nation.

Zimbabwe have not played a Test match since September 2005, although they have continued to play at one-day and Twenty20 international level.

The country withdrew from the Test arena in 2006 at a time of turmoil in the domestic game, which was coupled with increasing political pressure against President Robert Mugabe’s government.

JOHANNESBURG, AFP