West Indies and Jamaican bowling legend Courtney Walsh has been appointed Zimbabwe’s bowling consultant for the upcoming T20 World Cup.

Walsh who was the first man to take 500 wickets  in  test  cricket  has   already begun working with the squad.

Walsh who retired in 2001 previously served as specialist bowling coach for Bangladesh men and as head coach with West indies women and in 2024, he was also a technical consultant with the Zimbabwe women’s team.

Zimbabwe’s bowling attack in their T20 world Cup squad, under Sikandar Raza’s captaincy, includes  spinners, Wellington Masakadza, Graeme Cremer and Raza

Drawn in group B’ at the T20 World Cup, Zimbabwe will be up against former champions Australia, along with Ireland, Oman and tournament co-hosts Sri Lanka. 

All four of Zimbabwe’s group games are in Sri Lanka across three venues, two in Colombo and one in Pallekele.