James Wickham and Matt Lines are joined by Dean du Plessis (@dean_plessis), Presenter of the Dean at Stumps cricket podcast to talk about cricket in Zimbabwe.

They look at the country's rise and fall, the political and economic challenges facing it and Dean's own career as the world’s first and up to now only blind cricket commentator and journalist.

Dean also kindly joined James later to update us on the eight year ban for Heath Streak, which you can hear about later in the episode.

There is also a swear in this podcast... but it's definitely worth it!

This is the eighth in our country specials - you can hear the one on Bangladesh here: https://audioboom.com/posts/7185558-the-drinks-break-bangladesh-special-feb-19

and the Pakistan one here: https://audioboom.com/posts/7229922-pakistan-special-april-2019

and the India one here: https://audioboom.com/posts/7247851-india-special-may-2019

and the Australia one here: https://audioboom.com/posts/7270652-australia-special-may-2019

and the Nepal one here: https://audioboom.com/posts/7803337-cricket-in-nepal-with-rajan-shah

and the West Indies one here: https://audioboom.com/posts/7810542-cricket-in-the-west-indies-with-carib-cricket-co-host-machel-st-patrick-hewitt

and the Afghanistan one here: https://audioboom.com/posts/7824296-cricket-in-afghanistan-with-matiullah-abid

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