De Grandhomme’s Black Caps debut serves to highlight Zimbabwe’s plight | The Spin

While Colin de Grandhomme was starring for New Zealand, the country where he grew up were being hammered by Sri Lanka. He’s one of dozens who got away from Zimbabwe

To New Zealand then, where, in the best demonstration of hirsute fast-bowling juju since Mitchell Johnson last skittled England, mustachioed all-rounder Colin de Grandhomme has just routed Pakistan in his very first Test.

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