Following his sides 5-0 defeat in the ODI series in Bangladesh, Zimbabwe coach Stephen Mangongo has responded to comments made by former captain Alistair Campbell, who had said the lack of former international cricketers in the current Zimbabwe set-up was hurting the teams progress. Well, Alistair Campbell is a former captain and he is entitled to his own opinion, Mangongo said. Zimbabwe is a democratic country so he had his opinion. However we must also remind that in the past we had former cricketers in the staff and we havent won that many games, so I hope he hasnt forgotten that when he made that statement. We had Grant Flower as part of the coaching staff, we had Heath Streak as part of the staff, and we were losing to teams like Hong Kong and all those guys. So I dont understand where it is coming from and also this year, if you look to some world-class teams like Australia - [John] Buchanan he never played lot of cricket but he is one of the worlds best coaches who took Australia places. He is entitled to his own opinion and I am sure the Zimbabwe Cricket Union will always endeavour as much personnel to help the boys. But we also need to be realistic because weve got financial problems and Zimbabwe cricket works within the finances. That is a fact.
Posted on: Tue, 02 Dec 2014 04:30:00 +0000