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The cricketers who stood up to Mugabe

Author
BBC Radio 5 Live
Published
Fri 23 May 2025
Episode Link
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0ld368m

Alison Mitchell speaks to Former Zimbabwe bowler Henry Olonga and former England captain Nasser Hussain about the black armband protest which caused Olonga and team-mate Andy Flower to flee Zimbabwe.

Hussain & Olonga speak for the first time since 2003 when the England captain met with Olonga to understand to situation in Zimbabwe. Plus, Jonathan Agnew recalls covering the story as the BBC's Cricket Correspondent.

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