HARARE, June 4: Zimbabwe's rebels have abandoned their bitter struggle with the Zimbabwe Cricket Union (ZCU). "My clients want to move on," the players' lawyer, Chris Venturas, said on Friday.

"They talked about it and decided it is time to disband and fly north. I think there is a very remote chance that they will play for Zimbabwe again." Zimbabwe have been forced to pick a second-string team since April 2 when 15 white players made themselves unavailable over what they see as racially driven selection policies.

Their stand was sparked by Heath Streak's removal from the captaincy after he questioned the composition of the selection panel. The inexperienced Zimbabwe team has since lost 10 consecutive matches to Sri Lanka and Australia and the dispute also led to last month's Test series with Australia being called off over concerns about Zimbabwe's Test playing status. -Reuters