da gbg bet： In a pre-recorded interview set to be shown during the BBC’s annual Sports Personality of the Year awards programme on December 14, Nasser Hussain will launch a scathing broadside aim at cricket’s administrators over the boycott of Zimbabwe
da 888： Wisden Cricinfo06-Dec-2003
Nasser Hussain: ‘I think they let us down, and they let cricket down’
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In a pre-recorded interview to be shown during the BBC’s annual Sports Personality of the Year awards programme on December 14, Nasser Hussain will launch a scathing broadside aimed at cricket’s administrators over the boycott of Zimbabwe during the 2003 World Cup.Hussain lays the blame at the feet of the ICC for not taking a firmer stand early on. “Looking back on the World Cup, I have no fond memories at all,” Hussain said. “It was a poorly run tournament and the ICC must have known early on that Zimbabwe was going to be an issue for us. I think they let us down, and they let cricket down. It took something away from the tournament for me when it should have been an event I enjoyed.”He went on to say that he had been keen to resign as captain as soon as a replacement was found, and that Michael Vaughan’s performances in 2002 convinced him that he was the man to step into his boots. “Mentally, I was at the end of my tether when I stood down,” Hussain admitted. “You can’t captain a side when you are so drained.”But he added that he was confident about the future for the England side. “My era of players has now come to an end and a new era is coming through. There are some exciting new players and things are looking OK right now.”
