Alex Gidman has been appointed as England Ladies’s assistant coach, after transferring on from his batting-coach position at Kent.Gidman, the previous Gloucestershire batter who went on to educate Worcestershire to the 2019 T20 Blast title, might be working underneath his former county team-mate Jon Lewis, England Ladies’s head coach, whom he succeeded as Gloucestershire’s captain again in 2009.
His appointment signifies that Lewis will now be supported by three everlasting assistant coaches, with Gareth Breese and Matt Mason making up the trio. Gidman’s first involvement might be for the tour of India in December, the place the group are because of play three T20Is and a one-off Check in Navi Mumbai.
“Alex joins us at a really thrilling time as we begin to put together for what would be the busiest 15 months of ladies’s worldwide cricket,” Jonathan Finch, the director of England Ladies’s Cricket, stated. “To have the ability to usher in somebody of Alex’s expertise is implausible information and can solely add to the assist we are able to present to gamers to repeatedly transfer the group ahead.
“I’d additionally wish to thank Kent CCC in permitting Alex to make the transfer to his new position so rapidly and assist our preparation for the upcoming tour to India.”
Gidman added: “I’m delighted to affix the England Ladies’s teaching group.
“There’s a nice mix of skilled and younger gamers inside the squad and I can not wait to get began and add worth over the following few years throughout what’s an thrilling interval for the ladies’s recreation.
“I would additionally wish to say an enormous thanks to Kent. I’ve totally loved my time there and need all of them the very best for the long run.”
An England A squad may even tour India this winter, and in preparation for that, one other Jon Lewis – JJB Lewis, the previous Durham head coach – has joined the ECB on a everlasting foundation as efficiency batting coach. A efficiency tempo bowling coach might be appointed sooner or later.
“The efficiency coach roles will guarantee we are able to present extra constant teaching and management to our England Ladies A and England Ladies U19s programmes as we glance to develop a bunch of gamers able to carry out for England Ladies transferring ahead,” Finch added.
“Having these roles will allow us to develop the alternatives to…
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