Butcher New Zimbabwe Coach?

[Conant]

Link?

It from a weird social networking sight and is the feed of a person who i think is a Zimbabwean journolist, but they broke the news about Greg Smith signing for the Mountaineers so they have a little credibility and if they are hearing the same thing as you.

I warn you there are some weird opinions of his feed

http://www.3-mob.com/about/

Lol! Entertaining site

[maehara]

Will they start in the T20 world cup or straight away for the West Indies tour?

At the moment, you know all I do. But given that there seems to have been a rush to get this finalised, I'd expect this to be the team that takes charge for the WI tour,

[maehara]

Don't know much about Mangondo, but he can't have been doing a bad job at the Mountaineers, and will therefore presumably have a good working relationship with many of the national team regulars.

Good runs with Takashinga, Easterns / Mountaineers, and Zimbabwe A / Zimbabwe XI. I think with the form his sides have been showing, it was inevitable that he'd get a look in...

[Conant]

Don't know much about Mangondo, but he can't have been doing a bad job at the Mountaineers, and will therefore presumably have a good working relationship with many of the national team regulars.

Good runs with Takashinga, Easterns / Mountaineers, and Zimbabwe A / Zimbabwe XI. I think with the form his sides have been showing, it was inevitable that he'd get a look in...

.. at the same time retaining some ethnic mix in the balance. You don't want another rebel authority advocating a quota system in the establishment again...

[maehara]

.. at the same time retaining some ethnic mix in the balance. You don't want another rebel authority advocating a quota system in the establishment again...

There's that, too - although I think he's got the credentials as well. Also shows that Chawaguta's been well-and-truly sidelined.

[muyendesi]

.. at the same time retaining some ethnic mix in the balance. You don't want another rebel authority advocating a quota system in the establishment again...

There's that, too - although I think he's got the credentials as well. Also shows that Chawaguta's been well-and-truly sidelined.

I think i agree with maehera here.The man has done a very good job with all the teams he has worked with.Lets not forget he is the man who brought us most of these young black players.He dersrves to be in the mix and like all these he is there on merit .Well done to Zim cricket.We are moving forward towards test cricket for sure.

[zimfan1]

Zimbabwe news
Alan Butcher appointed Zimbabwe coach

Cricinfo staff
Alan Butcher, the former England batsman and father of England international Mark Butcher, has been appointed Zimbabwe coach, Zimbabwe Cricketconfirmed today. Butcher takes over from Walter Chawaguta, who held the post from August 2008.

Butcher, 56, will be assisted by Zimbabwean coaching assistant Stephen Mangongo, batting coach Grant Flower and bowling coach Heath Streak. His first assignment will be the tour of West Indies starting next month.

Butcher played one Test and an ODI for his country between 1979 and 1980. A left-handed opener, like his son, Butcher represented Surrey and Glamorgan before retiring in 1992. He took on coaching roles with Essex and Surrey before making a surprise comeback for Surrey at the age of 44. He coached the county again in 2006 but was sacked after Surrey was relegated without a win in 2008. His two brothers, Martin and Ian, and other son Gary all played first-class cricket.

[Boundary]

Confirmed. The new technical team was announced by Alastair Campbell and Ozias Bvute at a press conference at Harare Sports Club this morning.

Wow. Seems Alistair is now truly in the mix

[Mike]

Good luck to Butcher, hes the dad of former England batsman Mark Butcher.

[Horo]

this probably isnt a bad move at all streak and flower should gain vital experience to groom them for future top honors i cant be to excited by mangongos appointment wonder what will happen to chawaguta now