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Zimbabwe Cricket include Waller, Campbell for World Cup 2015
Harare: Zimbabwe Cricket (ZC) today restored Andy Waller as coach of its national cricket team while on the other hand Walter Chawaguta has been appointed fielding coach for the World Cup 2015.
Another former national team and Under-19 coach Walter Chawaguta has been appointed fielding coach for the team during the World Cup in Australia and New Zealand, reports Xinhua.
ZC board chairman Wilson Manase also announced the appointment of former captain Alistair Campbell as managing director of ZC’s cricket affairs.
Campbell will oversee the day-to-day running of the game in the country and will also assist in looking for sponsorship for the cash strapped association.
“We have assigned Andy Waller to the position of batting coach while Walter Chawaguta will be the fielding coach,” said Manase.
“We will review the situation after the World Cup and if we feel it is the best thing for Waller to continue as batting coach, he will be offered a long term contract. Coach Dave Whatmore has signed a three-month deal but he is pleased with what he has seen so far and wants to continue after the World Cup.”
Waller was dismissed from his post last year at the back of a disappointing T20 World Cup as well as a drawn One-Day International series with Afghanistan at home.
He was replaced with Steve Mangongo who only lasted seven months and was shown the exit door after presiding over a poor show in Bangladesh where the team lost all of its matches in the Tests and ODIs against the hosts.
Zimbabwe will travel to Dubai Jan 28 before they proceed to New Zealand for their warm-up matches.
The left-handed batsman from Haryana is garnering praise from all quarters for the way he’s finishing games regularly in the most exciting IPL season.
Gavaskar reckons Tewatia’s whirlwind knock in Sharjah (in IPL 2020) where he smashed West Indies pacer Sheldon Cottrell for five sixes in an over, gave him the confidence that he belongs to the big stage.
Speaking on Cricket Live on Star Sports, Gavaskar said, “That assault on Sheldon Cottrell in Sharjah gave him the belief to do the impossible and the confidence that he belongs here. We saw the impossible (he did with the bat) the other day as well. There’s no twitching or touching the pads (which shows a batter’s nervousness) when he bats in the death overs. He just waits for the ball to be delivered and plays his shots. He’s got all the shots in the book, but most importantly his temperament to stay cool in a crisis is brilliant.”
Gavaskar has also nicknamed the 28-year-old cricketer the ‘ice-man’ and lauded Tewatia’s ability to remain unruffled during the tense moments.
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