Zhuwawo cry foul BOWLED OUT . . . Cephas Zhuwawo is unhappy with the way he was treated by English cricket club Eversley during a stint in England in the 2013 season
BOWLED OUT . . . Cephas Zhuwawo is unhappy with the way he was treated by English cricket club Eversley during a stint in England in the 2013 season

BOWLED OUT . . . Cephas Zhuwawo is unhappy with the way he was treated by English cricket club Eversley during a stint in England in the 2013 season

Jeffrey Murimbechi Sports Correspondent
MASHONALAND Eagles pitch hitter Cephas Zhuwawo is crying foul over alleged violation of the agreement he entered into with Hampshire-based Eversley Cricket Club during his stint with the club in the 2013 season.
He claims the club did not honour their pledge to pay him for his services.
“According to my contract Eversley was supposed to give me just over £4 000 for the whole season and I was also given a side job of coaching junior teams at the club, that figure included match fees and other bonuses,” said Zhuwawo.

“When I got to England I wasn’t given that money and instead I got just £50 a week, when I asked about this issue I was told that they could not pay me in cash and I had to earn the rest from coaching.

“It is upsetting that I was told to earn money as a coach when we had agreed in writing on something else, I never went there to coach, that was a side thing, I went to play.

“I only coached there for three weeks getting £25 an hour and that was it.” His frustrations were worsened by the fact that this was his first stint in England and the club’s failure to cater for his basic needs made life unbearable for the right-handed batsman.

“Part of my contract included the club taking care of my accommodation but they did not honour that agreement as well,” he claims.
“I was told that the accommodation they had got for me, and agreed with my agent, was too expensive because the house was too big or something like that, but that wasn’t my fault, and I had to make plans on my own.”

Zhuwawo, nicknamed the “Big Bully”, lived up to his big-hitting fame by quickly making headlines after scoring 107 runs from his first match — a 50-over tie and then proceeded to slam a ton in his next match from just 57 balls after hitting 10 sixes and seven fours. In the same match he used his left arm-orthodox spin to get four wickets for 41 runs.

From four innings he scored 318 runs at an average of 106 runs at a strike rate of 191 percent — three half centuries and a century.
“I spoke to my agent about getting back to Zimbabwe and I remember I told the club that I wanted out because of the way they were treating me,” said Zhuwawo.

“After all I was playing well for them and my teammates let themselves down by dropping catches and doing all sorts of things that didn’t help the team, that’s why we weren’t doing so well.”

Zhuwawo’s reputation for clean hitting attracted the interests of Lashings Cricket Club where he scored 109 runs from 36 balls and the £350 match fee was a huge incentive. Lashings CC contacted him this week with an offer for next season and Zhuwawo is set to join the club soon after the Zimbabwe domestic season ends.

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