Zimbabwe have boosted their ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2026 preparations with the inclusion of Courtney Walsh to their support staff.<\/p>\n
Walsh, with plenty of experience of playing in the subcontinent, has already started working with the side ahead of the global mega-event, which runs from 7 February to 8 March.<\/p>\n
Zimbawbe are in Group B alongside Australia, Ireland, Oman and Sri Lanka.<\/p>\n
Zimbabwe are making a comeback into the tournament, having missed out on the 2024 edition after failing to qualify via the Africa Qualifier in 2023.<\/p>\n
However, there was no stopping the side on this occasion, as they qualified via the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup Africa Qualifier 2025, alongside Namibia.<\/p>\n
Zimbabwe Cricket Managing Director Givemore Makoni stated that the appointment was aimed at strengthening the team\u2019s technical depth ahead of the global event.<\/p>\n
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\u201cCourtney Walsh brings unparalleled experience and insight at the highest level of international cricket, particularly in fast bowling,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cAs we prepare for the ICC Men\u2019s T20 World Cup, it was important for us to bring in someone who understands what it takes to succeed on the global stage.<\/p>\n
\u201cCourtney\u2019s knowledge, professionalism and ability to mentor players will be invaluable as we sharpen our bowling resources for the challenges ahead.\u201d<\/p>\n
Zimbabwe will open their ICC Men\u2019s T20 World Cup campaign against Oman at the Sinhalese Sports Club Ground in Colombo on 9 February, before a meeting with Australia at the R. Premadasa Stadium on 13 February.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Zimbabwe have boosted their ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2026 preparations with the inclusion of Courtney Walsh to…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":28366,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[60],"tags":[17354,5675,16879,17350,17352,602,17353,7327,7893,786,17349,17351,106,184],"class_list":{"0":"post-28365","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-zimbabwe","8":"tag-africa-qualifier","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-courtney-walsh","11":"tag-fast-bowling","12":"tag-group-b","13":"tag-icc-mens-t20-world-cup-2026","14":"tag-icc-tournament","15":"tag-ireland","16":"tag-oman","17":"tag-sri-lanka","18":"tag-support-staff","19":"tag-team-preparation","20":"tag-zimbabwe","21":"tag-zimbabwe-cricket"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28365","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28365"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28365\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/28366"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28365"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28365"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28365"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}