Gary Crocker was forced to leave Zimbabwe many years back but he saved a lot of “special” drinks to celebrate when Mugabe eventually stepped down.
And we get to watch that celebration in all its glory. Believe me, we had tears in our eyes when he popped that champagne!
Gary Crocker was a tall, rangy, left-handed all-rounder with a fine temperament, who may well have failed to make a mark on international cricket but for an injury to Ali Shah on the eve of Zimbabwe’s inaugural Test match.
Living in Bulawayo, Crocker was captain of Matabeleland but at the age of 30 had never represented the full national side when he received an emergency call late at night and made an overnight car journey of 440 kilometres to take his place in Harare the following morning.
His Test record was not spectacular, but he had a memorable ODI debut with a fifty and four wickets against India.
Unfortunately the following season he made a business move to Kadoma, where he lacked good practice facilities, lost form and was never included contention again.
Crocker currently lives in Los Angeles and plays social cricket for the Hollywood Cricket Club.
Crocker took to Facebook to share his celebration of Mugabe stepping down.
“It happened…. Zimbabwe has rid itself of a devil!!! A new beginning. A new dawn has emerged for everyone that has endured the wrath of that old man.
Let us move forward and make that nation as great as it is meant to be.
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To everyone living there… this… is YOUR time to celebrate! You have endured sooo much torture and lost so much.
But it’s in the past… SHINE!
CONGRATULATIONS ON THE REBIRTH OF THE JEWEL OF AFRICA!”
Watch the video below, but be warned there is A LOT of drinking and some swearing:
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