Robin David Brown (born 11 March 1951) is a Zimbabwean cricket coach and former cricketer, who played seven

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s for the national side between 1983 and 1987.

Coaching career

Brown acted as Zimbabwe's assistant coach during the 2007 World Cup. On 28 August 2007, Brown was appointed the national coach of Zimbabwe, taking over from Kevin Curran. Within two weeks, Zimbabwe had beaten

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in the

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tournament. However, a year later Brown was told by Zimbabwe Cricket that his 12-month contract would not be extended, and Walter Chawaguta, the former Zimbabwe Under-19 coach, took charge of the national team in August 2008. In 2012, Brown was appointed head of cricket development by

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and then interim national team coach.Brown named interim Kenya coach http://www.espncricinfo.com/kenya/content/story/581475.html

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* 1951 births Living people Sportspeople from Kadoma, Zimbabwe Zimbabwean people of British descent White Zimbabwean sportspeople White Rhodesian people Zimbabwe One Day International cricketers Zimbabwean cricketers Rhodesia cricketers Cricketers at the 1983 Cricket World Cup Cricketers at the 1987 Cricket World Cup Coaches of the Kenya national cricket team Coaches of the Zimbabwe national cricket team Zimbabwean cricket coaches {{Zimbabwe-cricketbio-stub