HARARE - Reigning Logan Cup cricket champions Mashonaland Eagles are set to unveil former South Africa all-rounder Andrew Hall as their new head coach.
Hall will replace former England bowler Chris Silverwood, who coached Mashonaland during the 2009-10 season before returning to the UK to become Essex’s bowling coach.
The 35-year-old Hall, who played 21 Tests and 88 one-day internationals for the Proteas as a bowler who could bat, is currently captain of English county championship side Northamptonshire.
He will team up at the Harare-based franchise with his Northants teammate Elton Chigumbura, who captains both Mashonaland and the Zimbabwe national side.
Hugo Ribatika, the Eagles chief executive, said Hall will be unveiled before the 2010-11 season begins in September.
The Johannesburg-born Hall will be assisted by former Zimbabwe international Grant Flower, who has been posted by Zimbabwe Cricket to the province as a player- coach.
Flower is returning home to Zimbabwe to take up a national team job as the batting coach.
Fantastic news ! What is going in zim , everyhting seems to be going so well lets just hope it stays this way ! andrew hall and grant flower as coaches is great experience for the younger players ,even senior pplayers being able to learn from andrew hall a very solid all rounder and grant flower one of the greatest players ever for zimbabwe , alos grant will be playing for his franchise , this will give his teamates the privlidge of playing against a natiional treasure . All of these players around the world returning is amazing we now seeem to have some depth in our squad and places in the national side will be hard to get if all goes to plan. i cant say how excited i am !!
Zimbabwean Cricket is just a buz of excitement at the moment !! All these former stars are returning to the sides, which will only benefit our younger players greatly
And I've heard about the arrival of Alan Donald. Absolutely fantastic news it really is. To have such a fast bowler of his pedigree around our young pace battery will be hugely beneficial.
