Zimbabwe have asked Alistair Campbell to put down his television commentator’s microphone and join their injury-ridden World Cup squad. Campbell, a shock omission from the original 15-man squad but who has not picked up a bat for six weeks, said: “I was out here to commentate and the team management have contacted me and asked me to come in for the last two matches. “I’m still contracted to them. I suppose I’m going from behind the mike across the boundary.” Zimbabwe want Campbell to replace Mark Vermeulen, who suffered a hairline fracture above his left eye. “My wife will take my cricket equipment to the airport (in Harare) to get it flown to me. I don’t have a World Cup playing strip,” Campbell added.
