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Zimbabwe Appoint Justin Sammons As Men's Team Head Coach
South African Justin Sammons: Zimbabwe Cricket has appointed former South African Justin Sammons as head coach of the men's national team with immediate effect.
Sammons, who over the years has done sterling work with South Africa’s high-performance programme as well as with several domestic sides, was part of the Proteas technical team as batting consultant between 2021 and 2023.
Sammons' appointment comes six months after Dave Houghton stepped down from the role following Zimbabwe's failure to qualify for the T20 World Cup 2024. Zimbabwe have named former cricketer Dion Ebrahim as assistant coach. Ebrahim has represented Zimbabwe in 29 Tests and 82 one-day internationals before he later pursued a coaching career in New Zealand where has been involved at the highest level with the Black Caps.
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