Finally the name of batting and pace bowling coach of Bangladesh national cricket team has been announced. The BCB said in a press release that the batting coach of the Tigers is former England-born former Bermuda cricketer David Hamp and the pace bowling coach is former New Zealand pacer Andre Adams.
The names of the Bangladesh national cricket team’s batting coach and pace bowling coach will be announced in a day or two – it was widely expected. Because, it was said from BCB that the name will be announced as soon as possible.
But there were several names in discussion. There were rumors about who will be the batting coach and who will be the pace bowling coach. Many were saying that Stuart Law could be the batting coach. There is an uproar on social media again. Many made Stuart Law the batting coach.
Although Jago News had earlier reported that Stuart Law is not the batting coach. That’s what happened in the end. David Hamp, who served as the head coach of the HP unit, was appointed as the batting coach.
Since May 2023, HP has been serving as the head coach of the unit. He even served as the batting coach of the national team during the tour of New Zealand last year. Finally, he was appointed as batting coach permanently.
Former New Zealand all-rounder Andre Adams has signed a two-year contract with David Hamp and bowling coach. Bangladesh’s home series against Sri Lanka will start from the beginning of March. They will take responsibility from this series.
David Hamp is Level-4 certified from England and Wales Board (ECB). He played 24 One Day Internationals for Bermuda. However, he has had a remarkable first-class career. He scored 15,500 runs in the county for Glamorgan, Free State and Warwickshire.
From 2020 to 2022 served as the head coach of the Pakistan women’s cricket team. In addition, he served as the head coach of the women’s cricket team of Victoria state of Australia and the Melbourne Stars in the women’s Big Bash League.
Andre Adams played a total of 47 international matches for New Zealand across three formats. Before joining the Bangladesh cricket team, he served as the coach of the New Zealand White Ferns.
In a decade-long coaching career, he recently served as New Zealand’s bowling coach in the T20I series against Pakistan. He was also the assistant coach of Australia against South Africa in the 2022-23 season. Adams served as the head bowling coach of the New South Wales Blues in Australia’s Sheffield Shield from 2018 to 2023.
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