Previews

Over at Cricinfo there is a rather bored sounding preview of the test series while Andrew McLean gives us a bit more insight and passion in his own column.

Both the BBC (who also provide a short and dull preview) and Cricinfo are understandably far too caught up in the thrilling second Ashes test to worry too much about a game involving Zimbabwe and New Zealand so we can forgive them.

There is nothing available online from the Sunday Star-Times, but the New Zealand Herald is awash with coverage. Chris Cairns talks about New Zealand's need for some decent opening batsmen, Dylan Cleaver discusses the same topic and speculates on Stephen Fleming's retirement date. In an almost cricket-related article Dylan also discusses what inflation in Zimbabwe means to the New Zealander's tour allowance.

In the Zimbabwe papers, there is a discussion on the make-up of the Zimbabwe side in the government controlled Zimbabwe Herald while the anti-Mugabe Independent surprisingly has a piece encouraging people to go to the cricket and talking about how important the games are to "give Zimbabweans another reason to be proud of who they are". The same paper contains yet another preview for those of you not completely previewed out.