2024-02-28 23:44:46
Coach Chandika Hathurusinghe wanted Swadeshi Thilan Sarabeera as the batting coach of the national team. According to the process, Samarabis also applied to become a coach. He also gave an interview. The committee that appointed the BCB coach also recommended that the former batting coach should be returned.
But their recommendation was rejected in the last February 12 board meeting. There, several directors of the board voted against appointing Samarabeera as batting coach, argued. That canceled the appointment of the former Sri Lankan coach.
BCB on Tuesday (February 27) officially appointed David Hemp as the batting coach. Also got a bowling coach. Former New Zealand cricketer Andre Adams is coming as the bowling coach. Both have been appointed for two years. Both will start work from the Sri Lanka series.
Stuart Law also showed interest in being a batting coach with Hemp. The former head coach of the national team has worked in the U-19 team for some time. There is talk of reassigning Law for youth cricket. The two main reasons behind Hemp’s appointment were his dedication to the development of cricketers during his stints at HP and Bengal Tigers. Besides, Hemp is interested in working with low salary-bonus-allowance. He wants to give more time.
The former Bermuda top order batsman has played 22 ODIs. Scored 641 in 1 century. He also has the experience of playing two international cricket matches. Hemp played international cricket for Bermuda but spent most of his time in England. In domestic cricket, he played 271 first-class matches for Warwickshire, Glamorgan, scoring 30 centuries and 86 fifties, scoring over 15,000 runs. Played 309 List ‘A’ matches. Where there are 8 centuries and 34 fifties. Scored 6844.
After retirement in 2014, he took charge of assistant coach of Prahan Cricket Club of Australia. He was the head coach of the Pakistan women’s cricket team in 2020. A BCB director told RisingBD, ‘Hathurusinghe wanted Samarabeera from his country as a coach. But we rejected it in the board meeting. We didn’t want two Lankans in the same panel. Hemp knows the people here, the cricketers. So take him.’
Adams played 47 matches for New Zealand. Adams has been involved in coaching for over a decade. Also worked with New Zealand national team. He was also Australia’s assistant coach. Besides, Adams was working as the head bowling coach of Australian domestic cricket team New South Wales Bruges from 2018 to 2023.
Allan Donald left Bangladesh after the World Cup. BCB appointed HP coach Colin Collymore for the next two series. BCB did not consider Kollimore as the head coach.