I paid the price for standing up to Mugabe, says Olonga

A black tweed coat, a woolen hat, spectacles and a leather bag in hand, former Zimbabwe pacer Henry Olonga walked into the Adelaide Oval looking like a professor teaching at the University of Adelaide across the river Torrens.

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On a day when Zimbabwe lost to the Netherlands in the T20 World Cup, Olonga spoke about what the national team is doing, even though he is leading a life far away from the cricket field, which once gave him name and fame.

Olonga wasn’t a cricketing great, not even Zimbabwe’s best during the golden era of the country’s cricket, but the beaded hair, a slinging action and a mean bouncer to get Sachin Tendulkar out on a lifeless Sharjah track made him a household name in India.

Not to forget his five-for at the Grace Road against India in the 1999 World Cup.