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(c)Cricinfo en-gb He steps down from the role after Zimbabwe failed to qualify for the 2024 T20 World Cup https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/353900/353981.5.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1413683.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1413683.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/dave-houghton-resigns-as-zimbabwe-head-coach-1413683 Thu, 21 Dec 2023 12:34:06 GMT "It's probably one of the worst games that I have ever been associated with in a Zimbabwean jersey," said the head coach https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/353900/353981.5.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1410102.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1410102.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/mens-t20-world-cup-africa-qualifier-head-coach-dave-houghton-slams-zimbabwe-after-loss-to-namibia-1410102 Thu, 23 Nov 2023 07:46:43 GMT Houghton retained as coach ahead of Africa region qualifier later this month https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/347700/347734.5.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1407239.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1407239.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/sikandar-raza-named-zimbabwe-t20-captain-in-bid-to-secure-2024-t20-world-cup-ticket-1407239 Sat, 04 Nov 2023 16:59:44 GMT Muzarabani, Williams and Chatara are also back after recovering from their respective injuries https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/348900/348921.6.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1363952.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1363952.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/sikandar-raza-and-ryan-burl-back-zimbabwe-name-full-strength-squad-for-odis-against-netherlands-1363952 Fri, 17 Mar 2023 09:32:40 GMT Head coach says players got ahead of themselves in the match against Netherlands and "seeds of doubt" crept in https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/348400/348402.5.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1342991.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1342991.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/ned-vs-zim-t20wc-dave-houghton-batting-has-been-brittle-but-weve-done-incredibly-well-to-get-where-weve-got-1342991 Wed, 02 Nov 2022 14:30:40 GMT "I understand the need to try and play in slightly inclement weather to try and get a result. But we overstepped that mark in this game." https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/348100/348163.5.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1341535.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1341535.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/t20-world-cup-sa-vs-zim-zimbabwe-coach-dave-houghton-furious-with-umpires-for-continuing-play-on-wet-outfield-1341535 Mon, 24 Oct 2022 15:55:17 GMT Zimbabwe head coach hopes for more big-ticket matches after historic win over Australia https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/345200/345283.5.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1332279.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1332279.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/aus-vs-zim-3rd-odi-dave-houghton-nice-to-get-these-reward-top-ups-to-show-the-guys-what-they-are-doing-is-right-1332279 Sun, 04 Sep 2022 00:44:39 GMT Zimbabwe coach confirms Sean Williams will return for second ODI, but Blessing Muzarabani remains unlikely to feature in the series https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/344800/344887.5.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1331503.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1331503.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/aus-vs-zim-2022-2nd-odi-zimbabwe-coach-dave-houghton-wants-to-take-away-that-freezing-against-strong-sides-1331503 Tue, 30 Aug 2022 09:30:46 GMT He takes over from Lalchand Rajput, who will now work with the side as technical director https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/327000/327044.5.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1319929.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1319929.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/dave-houghton-appointed-zimbabwe-head-coach-1319929 Tue, 14 Jun 2022 15:23:13 GMT The former captain will be in charge of developing and implementing coaching programs across all formats and levels of the game https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/327000/327044.5.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1282787.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1282787.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/dave-houghton-appointed-zimbabwes-coaching-director-1282787 Wed, 13 Oct 2021 15:07:54 GMT Zimbabwean calls time on third coaching spell with club https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/327000/327044.5.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1276874.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1276874.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/dave-houghton-to-leave-role-as-derbyshire-head-of-cricket-1276874 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT The 28-year-old, who is currently representing New Zealand A, will be available for all forms for the entire summer, subject to final approval https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/273600/273612.5.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1167723.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1167723.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-1167723 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Houghton will be assisted by John Wright, who was the club's specialist Twenty20 coach this summer, who has been appointed in an advisory role supporting recruitment https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/279700/279747.5.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1157889.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1157889.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-1157889 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Australia's Charles Bannerman, in the very first Test match in 1877, is the only batsman to score more rankings points in his country's debut Test https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/276300/276316.5.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1146793.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1146793.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-1146793 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Former Zimbabwe captain and current Middlesex batting coach Dave Houghton will join Ireland as a batting consultant for their upcoming tour of Zimbabwe https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/197500/197579.4.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/ireland/content/story/924821.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/ireland/content/story/924821.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-924821 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Middlesex have appointed Dave Houghton, the former Zimbabwe international, as their new batting coach in a swift replacement of Mark Ramprakash, who has taken up the same post with England. https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/197500/197579.4.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/county-cricket-2015/content/story/798033.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/county-cricket-2015/content/story/798033.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-798033 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Somerset have moved to strengthen their coaching structure by bringing in Dave Houghton, the former Zimbabwe captain and Derbyshire's batting coach for the last two seasons, and promoting Jason Kerr to assist with the bowlers https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/166500/166565.4.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/686217.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/686217.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-686217 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT David Houghton has become the first casualty of Derbyshire's cost-cutting drive after being told he won't be retained as a batting consultant for the 2014 season https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/169500/169543.4.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/england/content/story/682181.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/england/content/story/682181.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-682181 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Former Zimbabwe batsman Dave Houghton has returned to Derbyshire as batting coach https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/england/content/story/533963.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/england/content/story/533963.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-533963 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT David Houghton believes Zimbabwe should be back on the Test scene by the end of the year after improvements on and off the field in recent times https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/109500/109527.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/wivzim2010/content/story/449883.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/wivzim2010/content/story/449883.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-449883 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT David Houghton hopes to play a major role in returning Zimbabwe to the Test arena as he prepares to head back to his homeland and take up a position with the board https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/108000/108004.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/zimbabwe/content/story/424259.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/zimbabwe/content/story/424259.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-424259 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Zimbabwe's gradual rehabilitation received another boost with news that former captain and coach Dave Houghton will be returning to work as director of national coaching https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/zimbabwe/content/story/397416.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/zimbabwe/content/story/397416.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-397416 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Former Zimbabwe captain Dave Houghton has backed out of the race for the post of Bangladesh coach citing family reasons https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/bangladesh/content/story/309897.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/bangladesh/content/story/309897.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-309897 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Houghton was sounded out by the Bangladesh board to fill their national coach vacancy this June but at that time Houghton was reluctant to take up the job as he had relocated his family to England from Zimbabwe https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/england/content/story/301176.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/england/content/story/301176.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-301176 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Bangladesh have sounded out Dave Houghton as a possibility to fill their national coach vacancy, though the Zimbabwean would be a reluctant candidate https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/bangladesh/content/story/298959.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/bangladesh/content/story/298959.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-298959 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT John Ward reports on Kapil Dev;s amazing 175 not out which rescued India from humiliation at Tunbridge Wells https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/280614.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/280614.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-280614 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT John Ward reports on Zimbabwe's historic World Cup victory over Australia in June 1983 https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/280613.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/280613.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-280613 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Derbyshire have made an approach for Graeme Hick https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/england/content/story/255996.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/england/content/story/255996.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-255996 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT David Houghton has agreed to an extension of his contract, which will keep him at the club until the end of 2007 https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/england/content/story/142924.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/england/content/story/142924.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-142924 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT David Houghton, the former Zimbabwe captain, has said that Zimbabwe should withdraw from Test cricket if they are to avoid endless morale-sapping drubbings https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/145836.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/145836.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-145836 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT The ICC has named Kapil Dev, Michael Holding and Ian Healy among 12 former players and media representatives for the voting academy to select the world's best players of the past 12 months at the ICC Awards in September https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/138045.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/138045.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-138045 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT A lowdown on Hyderabad, where India have won six ODIs and lost just one https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/131869.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/131869.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-131869 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Derbyshire are almost certain to agree to Dominic Cork's request to be released from the remaining two years of his contract later today https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/133741.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/133741.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-133741 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Dominic Cork looks set to be relieved of the captaincy at Derbyshire, after a miserable season in which they have been rooted to the bottom of the second division of the County Championship https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/125223.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/125223.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-125223 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Dave Houghton has resigned from the post of Director of the CFX Cricket Academy https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/zimbabwe/content/story/111101.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/zimbabwe/content/story/111101.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-111101 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Dave Houghton, CFX Academy coach, talks to CricInfo about his team's Logan Cup victory over Manicaland in their first match, and their prospects for the year https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/114518.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/114518.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-114518 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT The CFX Academy: three years on The CFX Academy in Harare has just completed its operation https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/110751.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/110751.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-110751 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Dave Houghton was the Zimbabwe team national coach until the end of the West Indian tour last April, and is better qualified than anyone else to know what the Zimbabwe national players are really like https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/92491.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/92491.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-92491 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT While talking to Dave Houghton about Zimbabwe's international cricketers, I also mentioned a few names of those who had done well in the Logan Cup last season, and asked him if he thought any of them might be good enough to win a place in the Test https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/92490.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/92490.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-92490 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Houghton: back to New Road https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/england/content/story/93308.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/england/content/story/93308.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-93308 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT AFTER serving Zimbabwean cricket for over two decades, Dave Houghton has stepped down as national team coach https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/84649.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/84649.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-84649 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT It has been agreed that David Houghton's contract as Coach of the National Cricket team will be concluded at the end of April 2000 https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/zimbabwe/content/story/84504.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/zimbabwe/content/story/84504.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-84504 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Well this is my last report and probably time for reflection on the just concluded tour https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/zimbabwe/content/story/84488.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/zimbabwe/content/story/84488.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-84488 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Dave Houghton talks to John Ward about the progress (or otherwise) of the Zimbabwe team since the World Cup https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/90087.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/90087.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-90087 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT John Ward has recently interviewed Dave Houghton about the present state of cricket in Zimbabwe, his involvement in it and the way he views the future of the game in the country https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/79484.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/79484.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-79484 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT MAJOR TEAMS: Rhodesia and Zimbabwe (since 1978/79), Mashonaland (since 1993/94) https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/79483.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/79483.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-79483 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT On 27 June, David Houghton, the Zimbabwe National Cricket Coach, completed his fund-raising walk from Bulawayo to Harare https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/75728.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/75728.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-75728 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/60056.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/60056.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-60056 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT