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Jonathan Agnew

ICC boxed in over Zimbabwe (0)

There's a quiet confidence in cricket circles that the ICC will suspend Zimbabwe from all international cricket next week.

This is based on the significant shift in the position of the South Africans, who have now halted all bilateral cricket relations with Zimbabwe.

The current president of the ICC, Ray Mali, is a South African, as is the new chief executive, Haroon Lorgat, and it will be the president who opens the debate around the table in Dubai on Wednesday, with his views now widely known.

Can you really imagine Mr Lorgat emerging after the meeting to announce that the ICC endorses Zimbabwe Cricket? In the current climate, it is absolutely unthinkable.

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Bill Frindall

Ask Bearders #173 (0)

Welcome to Ask Bearders, where Test Match Special statistician Bill "The Bearded Wonder" Frindall answers your questions on all things cricket.

Below are Bill's responses to some of your questions posed at the end of his last column and if you have a question for Bill, leave it at the end of this blog entry. Please do include your country of residence - Bill loves to hear where all his correspondents are posting from.

Bill isn't able to answer all of your questions, however. BBC Sport staff will choose a selection of them and send them to Bearders for him to answer.

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