The Zimbabwe crisis
Thorpe undecided on Zimbabwe tour
Wisden Cricinfo staff
April 30, 2004
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"I don't agree with what is going on in Zimbabwe but I am a cricketer and if the government do not make a decision and your cricket board do not make a decision for you as cricketer, you have to decide whether you become a politician overnight," Thorpe said in an interview with the BBC. "It's unfair to feel under pressure to make a decision about whether to tour Zimbabwe or not.
"It's a bit hard to be throwing moral judgments at cricket when that is what they [the government and the ECB] do for a living. But it's like being in the army - sometimes they have to go to places they don't want to as well.
"Zimbabwe is two Test series away and in four months' time, if I am still good enough, I will make my decision then ... if the situation has not changed. As the clock ticks more questions get asked and all you can do is be honest about it. I can't definitely say."
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