Taibu heads to Bangladesh

As exclusively revealed to Cricinfo last week, Tatenda Taibu will be playing his club cricket in Bangladesh for the next few weeks following his decision to retire from international cricket.

Taibu, 22, has signed a one-month deal with City Club in Dhaka that will run from December 11 to January 12. He was due to leave Zimbabwe at the weekend but is believed to have stayed behind as the situation there took a major turn with an emergency meeting called by stakeholders.

"The whole negotiating process was being handled by a member of the Bangladesh Cricket Board and all I can say is I am happy to be concentrating on my game again," Taibu told the Zimbabwe Standard.

The paper added that Taibu will get performance-based bonuses in addition to such perks as comprehensive medical cover and general upkeep.

It is likely to be a brief stay as Taibu has said that his priority is Zimbabwe cricket and he hopes the mess there will be resolved soon. "I'm hopeful everything will be back to normal in local cricket by January for me to resume my international career. I love my country and the only time I have considered leaving is to play cricket, but always to come back. After my 30 days in Bangladesh are up, I will come back home and hopefully be available for a proposed series against Bangladesh in January and then the West Indies."