Robin Brown (cricketer)
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Robin Jack Brown is a Zimbabwe
an cricket
er. He played seven ODIs for Zimbabwe between 1983 to 1987.
. On 28 August 2007 Brown was appointed the national coach of Zimbabwe, taking over from Kevin Curran.
Within two weeks Zimbabwe had beaten Australia in the World Twenty20 tournament. However, a year later Brown was told by Zimbabwe Cricket that his 12-month contract would not be extended beyond that, and Walter Chawaguta, the former Zimbabwe Under-19 coach, took charge of the national team in August 2008.
Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe is a landlocked country located in the southern part of the African continent, between the Zambezi and Limpopo rivers. It is bordered by South Africa to the south, Botswana to the southwest, Zambia and a tip of Namibia to the northwest and Mozambique to the east. Zimbabwe has three...
an cricket
Cricket
Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of 11 players on an oval-shaped field, at the centre of which is a rectangular 22-yard long pitch. One team bats, trying to score as many runs as possible while the other team bowls and fields, trying to dismiss the batsmen and thus limit the...
er. He played seven ODIs for Zimbabwe between 1983 to 1987.
Coaching career
He acted as Zimbabwe's assistant coach with the team during the 2007 World Cup2007 Cricket World Cup
The 2007 ICC Cricket World Cup was the ninth edition of the ICC Cricket World Cup tournament that took place in the West Indies from 13 March to 28 April 2007, using the sport's One Day International format...
. On 28 August 2007 Brown was appointed the national coach of Zimbabwe, taking over from Kevin Curran.
Within two weeks Zimbabwe had beaten Australia in the World Twenty20 tournament. However, a year later Brown was told by Zimbabwe Cricket that his 12-month contract would not be extended beyond that, and Walter Chawaguta, the former Zimbabwe Under-19 coach, took charge of the national team in August 2008.