The head of Zimbabwe Cricket (ZC) has been refused entry into Australia and will be absent from a meeting of the sport's world leaders in Perth starting on Saturday.
The International Cricket Council (ICC) will hold a two-day board meeting without ZC chairman Peter Chingoka, who is banned from entering the country because of his links with the regime led by Robert Mugabe in his homeland.
It is unclear whether Chingoka applied for a visa to enter Australia, however it is understood Australia's Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) would have refused his application.
Chingoka and ZC chief executive Ozias Bvute are among a DFAT list of 254 Zimbabweans not permitted entry into Australia because of their relationships with the Mugabe regime.
The ICC has confirmed Wilfred Mukondiwa will represent ZC at the meeting in place of Chingoka.
Despite Chingoka's absence, Zimbabwean cricket will be one of the items discussed at the meeting, following the presentation of a report made by a fact-finding delegation to the country last year.
Other items to be discussed include fixturing from 2012 onwards, preparations for this year's scheduled Champions Trophy and the Indian Cricket League's bid for recognition from the ICC.
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