James Siddons appointed as the new batting coach of the Bangladesh men’s cricket team.© Twitter
Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) on Thursday appointed James Siddons as its new batting coach. The decision came a day after Ashwell Prince tendered his resignation, citing “family reasons”. “Jamie Siddons will be the batting coach of the national team. We have heard from senior cricketers and board members that he is a good coach, so we brought him here,” said BCB chairman Nazmul Hassan, as reported by ESPNcricinfo.
“Maybe after the arrival of Siddons, Prince thought we thought differently. But he could have stayed so we could get him to work in another capacity,” he added.
Siddons, who served as Bangladesh head coach from 2007 to 2011, delivering several breakthroughs, was first approached in May last year when Bangladesh attempted to replace Neil McKenzie with a regular batting coach.
The BCB was shortlisted by Prince and Siddons, with the former appointed in July ahead of the Zimbabwe series.
BCB is also looking for specialist fast bowling and fielding coaches, but it is likely that they will not have anyone from abroad in place ahead of the Afghanistan series which kicks off on February 23.
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“We are looking for a pace bowling coach who has experience working with international teams. Until then, Champaka (Ramanayake) can work with them,” said Hassan.
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