Olonga In Favour of Zim Test Return

There seems to be a bandwagon rolling in favour of Zimbabwe's return to Test cricket - the latest name to come out in favour of the idea is Henry Olonga, who famously joined Andy Flower in the black armband "death of democracy" protest at the 2003 Cricket World Cup. That protest marked the end of Olonga's cricketing career, and since then he's generally been against the idea of Zimbabwe being treated as a 'normal' cricketing nation, but he now thinks the time is right for Zim's return:

"I think on the whole it is right for Zimbabwe to move forward. It is a difficult decision for me to say that because on the one hand I have protested against countries playing in Zimbabwe and been very up front about that. But I think what Zimbabwe needs now is a slow and steady reintroduction to Test cricket. It's not as though whenever Mugabe is out of power, we can start talking about it the next day. By then it is too late.

"We are starting to play well in one-day cricket now so let's use this momentum and get to the stage where they are a competitive Test side in three or four years. The way forward is for Zimbabwe to play some of the lesser teams first and if we don't get beaten in two days then we are heading in the right direction."

Andy Flower also recently spoke out in favour of Zimbabwe's return, making representations to the MCC on how best Zimbabwean cricket could be assisted in their return.

Olonga makes further comments on the current state of Zim cricket in his full interview at Sporting Life. Worth a read.
Sporting Life - Olonga Wants Zimbabwe Test Return