Douglas Hondo wants to return in the national side!

[Detective RDS]

Double Role:

Can you remember Douglas Hondo?The pacer with a long hair who took 6 wickets in the 1st innings of Dhaka test and troubled Bangladesh.He is with the Zimbabwean team.But the role has changed,he isnt the bowler but the bowling coach.That means has Douglas Hondo stopped playing cricket.

Tatenda Taibu has said,

"No.He will return to the national side again".

Hondo also added,

"In the last week before coming here I have taken 5 wickets giving 17 runs in the club cricket.Now I am bowling even better than before".

But after coaching the bowler of the national side why he is fighting to return in the national side.

Hondo said,

"In 2005 I was out of cricket for one and a half year due to my back injury.Then I started coaching.After recovering from injury I am playing cricket too."

Now Douglas Hondo wants to continue both.

Source:

Prothom Alo (A daily newspaper of Bangladesh which is also released worldwide)
Sports Page
Page 20
Different column(1st part)
by Sports Reporter
Link > http://www.prothom-alo.com/mcat.news.de ... 3&mid=OA==
It was written in Bengali language.I have translated it in English here.It seems that Zimbabweans players have good relation with Bangladesh media especially Taibu.

[Detective RDS]

I am giving here some information about Douglas Hondo.

Douglas Hondo represented the national side of Zimbabwe from 2001 to 2005.29 years old Douglas Hondo has played 56 ODIs and 9 tests for Zimbabwe.He had a very good relation with the 'Rebel' players back in 2004.After the rebel strike in 2004,Douglas Hondo shared the new ball with Tinashe Panyangara.Hondo's last international appearance was back in 2005 in the series against Bangladesh.

After that Douglas Hondo struggled with hamstring injury and during his injury period he started the job of coaching.He recorved in January 2007 and was called in the national side camp and was set to return to the international side.But the injury affected him as he was bowling with a short run up.The following news confirms that:

Source:
(Hondo return boosts Zimbabwe)
Link > http://content-usa.cricinfo.com/zimbabw ... 76802.html

But just after that Douglas Hondo quit Zimbabwe in February 2007 after the controversial 'Cut your hair be dropped' with him including Tawanda Mupariwa,Christopher Mpofu and Keith Dabengwa.All cut their hair but Hondo became agree and quit Zimbabwe and it was believed that he was heading to UK.

Source:
(Douglas Hondo quits Zimbabwe)
Link > http://content-usa.cricinfo.com/zimbabw ... 79074.html

Douglas Hondo again returned to Zimbabwe and now works as the bowling coach of Zimbabwe.He has recently applied for a job to be the coach of A side.

Source:
(Zimbabwe's coaching cupboard is almost bare)
Link > http://content-usa.cricinfo.com/zimbabw ... 83402.html

Along with the job of coaching,Hondo has continued playing cricket too.He currently plays for Alexandra Sports Club in Harare,Zimbabwe.He has also played for Sandford Cricket Club in UK in the 2008 season.

Here is the statistics of Hondo in his club website:
Link > http://sandford.play-cricket.com/profil ... d=10808739

It seems that Hondo has done well.He is also opting for a club in UK for this year(Information from tlse).29 years old Douglas Hondo is an experienced player of Zimbabwe.He can play some first class cricket if he wants to return to the national side again as a player.It's yet to be seen that if he can do it.

[aydee]

He's hardly going to be a match winning bowler against international opposition, but anything that gives increased strength in depth is to be welcomed.

[CrimsonAvenger]

Looking at this, and the dismal batting performance, even Walter Chawaguta would want to try his hands as a batsman at this level.

[Detective RDS]

Looking at this, and the dismal batting performance, even Walter Chawaguta would want to try his hands as a batsman at this level.

Good idea!But I think,Walter Chawaguta's age of 36 wont support him much and very much less experience even in the first class level with only playing 6 FC match and 1 List A match and moreover scoring 0 & 2 in his last FC match in 2007.

Hondo is much experienced and he isnt too old,29 years old.I think,he has got something left in him which he can give to the national side.But he struggled in the national side by averaging in the mid 30s in both ODIs and tests.And the pacers of Zimbabwe are doing well.All these fact will be a matter of concern...

But lets see what happens!

[Kopje]

Well if he's got it, lets see whats up!

[Sir Mupariwa]

so which player is he looking at displacing, Rainsfor, Mupariwa/ Mpofu....i doubt if he is good enuff to be a 12th man

[Kopje]

so which player is he looking at displacing, Rainsfor, Mupariwa/ Mpofu....i doubt if he is good enuff to be a 12th man

Back to Takashinga then

[Detective RDS]

Indeed,it will be very difficult for Douglas Hondo to make the squad as the pace department of Zimbabwe consisting of Edward Rainsford,Tawanda Mupariwa,Christopher Mpofu and Elton Chigumbura is doing well.

So,if Hondo has a solid intention to return in the international cricket,first he should play some FC match and make his way back to international cricket by giving good performance there.I think,it will be a hard task for him after recovering from back injury.It's known that his career was hampered by injury all through and his last first class match way back in 2005.