getting little support from sponsors and corporations most of its funding comes from the international cricket council and some fear that could now mean the end of zimbabwe playing internationally. zimbabwean officials insist there has been no political interference in cricket saying the interim board is day to examine the finances of the association and investigate claims of 50 fraud and corruption in the sport ahead of elections next year but those directly affected say there's only one way to resolve this crisis is just basically asked for unconditional reinstatement of the board and then only been with the allows back into the set up the laws break into by c.c. so i think for now that's just the only solution that there is i think up leaders the it been a little bit more dialogue between the 2 parties before dices it made their ruling maybe there would have been maybe a little bit of a little something else to look at but now i think basically put it in black and white that the only thing that has to be done is to to reinstate the board. but the players are not giving up the women's national crick

away shanghai's team are forced to play their games on an artificial football pitch the international cricket council estimates that 80000 people play the sport in china half of whom are women and has made growing the game here a priority considering china's population of 1400000000 the current numbers are still meager but there's plenty of potential for expansion and plenty of hope that the game will continue to grow sean paul is a cricket expert and author of that i'm told books and he joins me now from beijing where he lives and works strong glad to have you on how popular is cricket in china . before i talk border for get in china i would like to tell you that one of the most popular cricketing term is actually china man kind of bowling so cricket and china are correlated for a long time and cricket was played for the 1st time on chinese soil way back in 8858 when in shanghai a team of officers from the dr dean dr h.m.s. highflyer a ship from the u.k. that landed there the dock there and their search on high level so cricket has a long history but 150 years later the gentleman scheme still stands

getting little support from sponsors and corporations most of its funding comes from the international cricket council and some fear that could now mean the end of zimbabwe playing internationally. zimbabwean officials insist that has been no political interference in cricket saying the interim board is day to examine the finances of the association and investigate claims of 50 fraud and corruption in the sport he added elections next year but those directly affected say there's only one way to resolve this crisis is just basically asked for unconditional reinstatement of the board and then only been with their laws back into the set up of the last big into by c.c. so i think for now that's just the only solution that there is i think up leaders the it been a little bit more dialogue between the 2 parties before dyce's it made their ruling maybe they would have been maybe a little bit of a little something else to look at but now i think this is you basically put it in black and white that the only thing that has to be done is to to reinstate the board. but the players are not giving up the women's na

away shanghai's team are forced to play their games on an artificial football pitch the international cricket council estimates that 80000 people play the sport in china half of whom are women and has made growing the game here a priority considering china's population of 1400000000 the current numbers are still meager but there is plenty of potential for expansion and plenty of hope that the game will continue to grow. and good luck to them now a few line of friends minute i have noticed that today is world catch day the occasion was created nearly 20 years ago by the international fund for animal welfare friends around the world like him at a shelter in hollywood california. with joy at the holiday a recent estimate but the number of cats worldwide at some 600000000 that includes dozens of breeds cats were domesticated thousands of years ago ever since they've been humans aloof mysterious and wonderful companions. here's a recap of the top stories if you're finding feel it is to lock down after india's evokes a special status as the crisis deepens pakistan has exposed india's ambassador and suspend