Reuters

Strauss reveals Zimbabwe dilemma

Updated 11.05 Wed Jun 11 2008

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Andrew Strauss admits England's cricketers will face tough decisions if Zimbabwe's planned tour goes ahead next year.

England cancelled a Test tour of the southern African country in 2004 and refused to play a World Cup match against the team a year earlier.

"There is a sense that we have been left in the lurch before" - Andrew Strauss

England were foced to pay £135,000 in compensation for those cancelled matches.

Zimbabwe are due to play three one-day internationals in England in 2009 and the players may be asked to make their own moral judgements on the fixtures.

Strauss said: "If it comes down to players to do that we'll definitely have to look at it. There's a sense that we've been left in the lurch before.

"When we come round to the issue again we all hope that the political situation in Zimbabwe is very different but if it isn't there are going to be more very difficult decisions to be made."