Last year's runners-up City Club's president Reazuddin Al Mamun confirmed yesterday that he had had talks with Taibu about his services.

"I have talked with him and made sure that he would be available for the entire league," Mamun told reporters.

"We have already recruited Pakistani cricketer Yasir Arafat, but when we learned that the all-rounder won't be available in December for commitment in a Bank League in Pakistan, we were looking for an alternative. After hearing that Taibu was free, I contacted him over phone," said Mamun, who resigned as BCB joint-secretary last month.

AFP adds from London: Tatenda Taibu, who resigned the national captaincy last week in protest at the alleged mal-administration of Zimbabwe Cricket (ZC) chairman Peter Chingoka and managing director Ozias Bvute, is due to leave Zimbabwe on Sunday for Dhaka to resume his cricketing career.

The 22-year-old wicketkeeper also told that he would return to international cricket provided certain changes were made.

"It would not take long if the right people are put in place, because some players who left are willing to come back if Bvute and Chingoka leave. I would be glad to come back and play."

Taibu has called for the removal of Bvute and Chingoka "because they are trying to bring in people like Themba Mliswa (the man who allegedly made threats against Taibu) and Tavengwa Mukuhlani (another of their supporters) onto the board, and we all understand that they are wrong for Zimbabwe Cricket.

Taibu added he was proud of the stand taken by teammates in speaking out against the current administration, while hinting that substantial changes could be on the way.

He stressed that without change the future was bleak for cricket in Zimbabwe.

"If the stand-off continues, I am afraid to say there will be no cricket to talk about in this country, we all know that it will die.

"That effectively means we won't be able to field a team in the West Indies (Zimbabwe's next scheduled tour is to the Caribbean in May)."

But despite his commitments in Bangladesh, Taibu said he'd no intention of following other former players into permanent exile.

"I love my country and the only time I will leave is when I am going to play cricket," he said.

Taibu who is little under five feet and arguably Zimbabwe cricket's most successful black player, became international cricket's youngest captain at 20 in April last year after he was thrust into the captaincy following a race row that led to the axing of former skipper Heath Streak.

Recently sacked Zimbabwe national coach Phil Simmons, the former West Indies batsman, and a friend of Taibu's has arranged for the keeper to go to England next year to play club cricket.

Taibu has played 24 Tests for Zimbabwe, scoring 1,273 runs at an average of 29.6 with 52 dismissals, and 84 one-day internationals, making 1,410 runs at 25.17.