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T20 World Cup Qualifier Africa: Zimbabwe coach Dave Houghton has termed his team's initial performance in the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup Qualifier Africa Final 2023 as 'embarrassing.' He's encouraging his players to swiftly move past this showing and refocus on getting back to winning ways.

Houghton was aiming for a top-two finish to snatch one of the two remaining places in next year's ICC Men's T20 World Cup. But faced a challenging beginning, losing to Namibia by seven wickets on Wednesday.

Despite winning the toss on a favorable batting wicket, Zimbabwe could only score 132/8. Namibia's powerful batting, particularly Nikolaas Davin's impressive 89, chased down the target comfortably with over five overs remaining,