Zimbabwe Coach Dave Houghton Quits After World Cup Failure | Cricket News

Zimbabwe coach Dave Houghton has resigned after the nation’s failure to succeed in subsequent 12 months’s T20 World Cup, the nationwide board mentioned Wednesday. “The Zimbabwe Cricket Board has accepted Dave Houghton’s resignation from his position as head coach of the Zimbabwe senior men’s national team with immediate effect,” the board mentioned in a press release. “Houghton said he had ‘lost the change room’ after 18 months in charge and felt that a ‘new voice’ was needed to take the team forward,” the assertion added. His resignation letter was despatched simply forward of a board assembly Wednesday to look into the World Cup marketing campaign. Zimbabwe misplaced to Namibia and Uganda at a latest qualifying event. Zimbabwe have additionally simply been crushed in a restricted overs sequence in opposition to Ireland.

Houghton, 66, changed Lalchand Rajput as Zimbabwe coach in June final 12 months after six one-day and Twenty20 losses at dwelling to Afghanistan.

The board mentioned he can be assigned to a “new role within the organisation”.

“Dave will always be a legend of our game and it is with regret that he felt the change room needed a new voice,” mentioned board chairman Tavengwa Mukuhlani.

“While the past few months have been disappointing as we failed to qualify for both the 50-over World Cup and the T20 World Cup, they should not obscure all the work he has done over the past year to rebuild the foundations for long-term success.”

Houghton, who captained the staff of their first 4 Test matches and 17 one-day internationals, commented: “I have always had Zimbabwe cricket at heart and, though my coaching of the national team comes to an end, I would love to be involved in other areas.

“The expertise base in Zimbabwe is gigantic. How we transfer gamers from gifted to performing effectively on the worldwide stage is a good challenge to be concerned in.”

The board said an interim management team would be named for a tour to Sri Lanka in January.

It has also appointed a committee that has been given three weeks to look into the World Cup failures and the national structure.

(This story has been edited by Mahaz News staff …)