{"id":323970,"date":"2025-12-19T03:50:10","date_gmt":"2025-12-19T03:50:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/323970\/"},"modified":"2025-12-19T03:50:10","modified_gmt":"2025-12-19T03:50:10","slug":"douglas-hondo-essex-bring-in-former-zimbabwe-seamer-as-bowling-coach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/323970\/","title":{"rendered":"Douglas Hondo: Essex bring in former Zimbabwe seamer as bowling coach"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Essex have named former Zimbabwe seamer Douglas Hondo as fast-bowling coach for the men&#8217;s team on a permanent basis following a temporary spell working with the club last season.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The 46-year-old has been added to a coaching set-up led by director of cricket Chris Silverwood which includes men&#8217;s batting coach Tom Huggins, academy director Barry Hyam and men&#8217;s high-performance coach Mark Pettini.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Hondo, who played nine Test matches and 56 one-day internationals for Zimbabwe, said returning to Essex was a &#8220;no-brainer&#8221; after his experience at Chelmsford in 2025.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;From day one last summer, I was impressed by the culture, the passion, and the potential within the group,&#8221; Hondo <a href=\"https:\/\/essexcricket.org.uk\/2025\/12\/18\/dougie-hondo-joins-mens-coaching-staff\/\" class=\"ssrcss-k8mrr8-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">said., external<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;I am truly excited about the prospects ahead and the chance to work with such a skillful group of bowlers.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;I am looking forward to pushing standards, and contributing to a future filled with growth, success, and unforgettable moments.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Silverwood described Hondo as &#8220;the perfect addition to our staff&#8221;, adding: &#8220;Throughout the summer, he bonded really well with the lads and consistently demonstrated exactly what we were looking for in a men&#8217;s bowling coach.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Essex have named former Zimbabwe seamer Douglas Hondo as fast-bowling coach for the men&#8217;s team on a permanent&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":323971,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[1721,101,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-323970","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-cricket","8":"tag-cricket","9":"tag-sports","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom","12":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/323970","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=323970"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/323970\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/323971"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=323970"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=323970"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=323970"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}