Whatmore to coach Zim?

Dav Whatmore is expected to be appointed as Zimbabwe's coach ahead of the 2015 World Cup, replacing Stephen Mangongo who was sacked from the position earlier in December after a five-month tenure. Whatmore will be joined by a new batting coach, who is yet to be named, and Douglas Hondo as bowling coach, with an extension to Whatmore's deal due to be negotiated after the World Cup. A Zimbabwe Cricket release stated that Whatmore is "arriving in Harare this evening, for his interview tomorrow".
For now, Whatmore's primary task will be to ensure Zimbabwe have a better tournament than they did in 2011, where they only managed to beat the Associates in their group and lost heavily against the other full members. Zimbabwe's only two major scalps at an ICC event are South Africa in the 1999 World Cup, and Australia during the 2007 World T20.
Whatmore has little over a month to prepare Zimbabwe ahead of the showpiece event in Australia and New Zealand, and he will be doing so at a Dubai-based academy as well as at their home country.