recent DELHI (AFP) ??” Cricket's senior statesman Steve Waugh joined the growing chorus for Zimbabwe's expulsion from exhibition matches.

recent DELHI (AFP) ??” Cricket's senior statesman Steve Waugh joined the growing chorus for Zimbabwe's expulsion from exhibition matches, saying there was no place for teams picked onward colour rather than merit.

"When a team is picked forward the basis of colour they shouldn't be allowed to play. And that's exactly what's happening in Zimbabwe," the former Australian captain told reporters during his common trip to India.

The International Cricket Council (ICC) is awaited to debate Zimbabwe's future as a touchstone nation later this month following a desert and subsequent sacking of the country's top 15 white players by means of the Zimbabwe Cricket Union.

southward Africa have already said they don't want to armed force a weakened Zimbabwe side and Cricket Australia have refused to authority out the possibility that it could pres for the expulsion of Zimbabwe from standard cricket.

Waugh, who deflects 40 ...