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Stephen Mangongo

THE Zimbabwe Cricket board has appointed former Zimbabwe coach Stephen Mangongo to take charge of the national Under-19 side. Mangongo’s immediate task is to work with the provisional Under-19 squad in preparation for the International Cricket Council Under-19 Cricket World Cup, which will be in Bangladesh from the January 22 to February 13 next year.

He takes over from interim coach Walter Chawaguta, who has been appointed to the national selection panel together with David Mutendera.

Both Chawaguta and Mutendera are not newcomers to the panel.

Chawaguta, a former Zimbabwe coach, was national selector in 2004 and Mutendera, a former Zimbabwe international, who earlier on in his career had been one of the first students at the Zimbabwe Cricket Academy, sat on the panel five years ago.

Chawaguta and Mutendera join national coach Davenell Whatmore and captain Elton Chigumbura on the national selection panel that is chaired by convener Kenyon Ziehl. — Zimcricket.