Paine’s Expanding Role in Australian Cricket Coaching
Former Australia captain and current Adelaide Strikers coach Tim Paine is continuing to climb the coaching ladder with a new appointment as coach of Australia A across three series in the latter half of this year. Paine has been brought on in a consultancy role, balancing this alongside his duties with the Strikers and providing support to the Australia women’s team.
Paine will lead Australia A in a series of matches including three 50-over games and two four-day matches against Sri Lanka A in Darwin this July. Following that, he will take charge of the Australia A squad during a tour of India in September and October, overseeing both white-ball and red-ball formats. Additionally, he is set to coach in a one-off four-day match against the England Lions, expected to be held between late October and early November.
“𝑰𝒕’𝒔 𝒂 𝒇𝒂𝒏𝒕𝒂𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒄 𝒐𝒑𝒑𝒐𝒓𝒕𝒖𝒏𝒊𝒕𝒚 𝒕𝒐 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒖𝒆 𝒈𝒓𝒐𝒘𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒂𝒔 𝒂 𝒄𝒐𝒂𝒄𝒉 𝒘𝒉𝒊𝒍𝒆 𝒉𝒆𝒍𝒑𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒅𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒍𝒐𝒑 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒏𝒆𝒙𝒕 𝒈𝒆𝒏𝒆𝒓𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒐𝒇 𝑨𝒖𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒂𝒍𝒊𝒂𝒏 𝒄𝒓𝒊𝒄𝒌𝒆𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒔,” 𝑷𝒂𝒊𝒏𝒆 𝒔𝒂𝒊𝒅. “𝑰’𝒎 𝒆𝒙𝒄𝒊𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒐 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒌 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒕𝒂𝒍𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝒑𝒍𝒂𝒚𝒆𝒓𝒔 𝒊𝒏 𝑨𝒖𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒂𝒍𝒊𝒂 𝑨 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒕𝒓𝒊𝒃𝒖𝒕𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒘𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒏’𝒔 𝒕𝒆𝒂𝒎 𝒂𝒔 𝒘𝒆𝒍𝒍.”
Coaching Staff and Support Team
Paine’s appointment comes as part of a reshuffle following the departure of national development coach Lachlan Stevens. Paine will be supported by the new national pace bowling coach Adam Griffith, who recently took a stint as Australia’s bowling coach on the West Indies tour, along with Scott Prestwidge from the women’s team and Northern Territory Cricket’s Trent Keep.
Griffith will temporarily stand in as bowling coach during the first two Tests in the Caribbean, with former New Zealand left-arm seamer James Franklin joining Australia’s coaching staff for the third Test and the following T20 internationals. Matthew Wade, former Australian wicketkeeper-batter, will also join the group as an assistant coach for the T20Is after working as a consultant during Australia’s white-ball series against Pakistan last summer.
“𝑾𝒆 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒂 𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒐𝒏𝒈 𝒄𝒐𝒂𝒄𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒈𝒓𝒐𝒖𝒑 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒐𝒈𝒆𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒕𝒐 𝒔𝒖𝒑𝒑𝒐𝒓𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒑𝒍𝒂𝒚𝒆𝒓𝒔 𝒃𝒐𝒕𝒉 𝒊𝒏 𝑨𝒖𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒂𝒍𝒊𝒂 𝑨 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒆𝒏𝒊𝒐𝒓 𝒕𝒆𝒂𝒎𝒔,” 𝒔𝒂𝒊𝒅 𝒂 𝑪𝒓𝒊𝒄𝒌𝒆𝒕 𝑨𝒖𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒂𝒍𝒊𝒂 𝒔𝒑𝒐𝒌𝒆𝒔𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒐𝒏.
Rising Talent: Zanden Jeh Called into Australia A Squad
In team news, Queensland’s left-arm orthodox spinner Zanden Jeh has been named in the Australia A squad for the Sri Lanka A series. Jeh, who has yet to play first-class cricket, is the only specialist spinner in the squad after Todd Murphy and Corey Rocchiccioli signed short-term County deals. Jeh’s selection highlights Cricket Australia’s focus on nurturing left-arm orthodox bowling options.
Jeh has mainly played second XI cricket, taking 11 wickets at an average of 35, including a five-wicket haul in his last match against ACT. He is also part of a 12-member Cricket Australia development squad attending the MRF Academy in Chennai from July 31 to August 13. Jeh is the only uncontracted player in the squad, which includes Australia A players like Jason Sangha, Liam Scott, Ollie Peake, and Campbell Kellaway.
“𝒁𝒂𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒏’𝒔 𝒊𝒏𝒄𝒍𝒖𝒔𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒊𝒔 𝒂 𝒔𝒊𝒈𝒏 𝒐𝒇 𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒎𝒊𝒕𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒕𝒐 𝒅𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒍𝒐𝒑𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒆𝒎𝒆𝒓𝒈𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒂𝒍𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒆𝒏𝒈𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒏𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒔𝒑𝒊𝒏 𝒃𝒐𝒘𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒐𝒖𝒓𝒄𝒆𝒔,” 𝒂 𝑪𝑨 𝒐𝒇𝒇𝒊𝒄𝒊𝒂𝒍 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒅.
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