Ozias Bvute
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Ozias Bvute is the managing director and chief executive of Zimbabwe Cricket
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He replaced Vincent Hogg
as chief executive in 2005. Hogg’s departure came against the background of the player standoffs, with the senior and mostly white players taking the board to task over issues of administration.
Joining the organization at a tumultuous time, Bvute’s overriding mandate would be to integrate cricket into a truly national sport. He was Chairman of the Integration Task Force that was set up in 2001 to develop a comprehensive plan that ensures full and equitable nationwide integration of Zimbabwean cricket in the shortest possible time with the least possible reduction in individual and team performance.
Many of the measures taken by the integration committee were misunderstood to be the introduction of a quota system and culminated in 15 players resigning from the national team saying that the selection process was unfair.
Despite this disruption, under Bvute, Zimbabwe continued to field a national team and fulfill its International Cricket Council
obligations as one of the 10 full members of the organization.
In 2006, together with Peter Chingoka
, the Chairman of Zimbabwe Cricket, Bvute lobbied for the voluntary temporary withdrawal of Zimbabwe from playing Test cricket. Until such a time as the senior players had gained enough experience in playing the longer version, the senior men's team would concentrate on fulfilling its ODI obligations under the ICC Future Tours Programme.
Today, Bvute is spearheading the implementation of franchise cricket in Zimbabwe.
Zimbabwe Cricket
Zimbabwe Cricket is the governing body for the sport of cricket in Zimbabwe. Zimbabwe Cricket is a full member of the International Cricket Council, and operates the Zimbabwean cricket team, organising Test tours, One Day Internationals and Twenty20 Internationals with other nations...
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He replaced Vincent Hogg
Vincent Hogg
Vincent Richard Hogg is a former Zimbabwean cricketer. He has played two ODIs for Zimbabwe in 1983.-References:...
as chief executive in 2005. Hogg’s departure came against the background of the player standoffs, with the senior and mostly white players taking the board to task over issues of administration.
Joining the organization at a tumultuous time, Bvute’s overriding mandate would be to integrate cricket into a truly national sport. He was Chairman of the Integration Task Force that was set up in 2001 to develop a comprehensive plan that ensures full and equitable nationwide integration of Zimbabwean cricket in the shortest possible time with the least possible reduction in individual and team performance.
Many of the measures taken by the integration committee were misunderstood to be the introduction of a quota system and culminated in 15 players resigning from the national team saying that the selection process was unfair.
Despite this disruption, under Bvute, Zimbabwe continued to field a national team and fulfill its International Cricket Council
International Cricket Council
The International Cricket Council is the international governing body of cricket. It was founded as the Imperial Cricket Conference in 1909 by representatives from England, Australia and South Africa, renamed the International Cricket Conference in 1965, and took up its current name in 1989.The...
obligations as one of the 10 full members of the organization.
In 2006, together with Peter Chingoka
Peter Chingoka
Peter Chingoka is a Zimbabwean cricket administrator.His father, Douglas, was asub-inspector in the Rhodesian police force - the British South Africa Police - and later a deputy commissioner in the Zimbabwe Republic Police from 1980.As an all rounder in 1970s Rhodesia Chingoka was the first black...
, the Chairman of Zimbabwe Cricket, Bvute lobbied for the voluntary temporary withdrawal of Zimbabwe from playing Test cricket. Until such a time as the senior players had gained enough experience in playing the longer version, the senior men's team would concentrate on fulfilling its ODI obligations under the ICC Future Tours Programme.
Today, Bvute is spearheading the implementation of franchise cricket in Zimbabwe.