Zimbabwe's cricket board has sacked captain Hamilton Masakadza and head coach Dav Whatmore, following a review of the team's performance at the World T20 held in March. It replaced them with legspinner Graeme Cremer and Makhaya Ntini as the interim roles respectively, also appointing Lance Klusener as batting coach on a two-year contract.
The board restructured the selection panel, which now consists of a convener, head coach, and the assistant coach. A ZC release said former captain Tatenda Taibu was appointed convener and "will have additional responsibilities in development and high performance, and will do assist ZC in bringing former Zimbabwe players back into local cricket."
It has been a rough course for Masakadza, who was dropped in October 2015, came back and reigned on the field, and then given the captaincy in all three formats following Elton Chigumbara's resignation in January. Former Australian batsman Whatmore, who previously coached Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and Pakistan, took over as head coach in December 2014.
