Ashwell Prince has joined Bangladesh as a full-time batting advisor.© Instagram
Bangladesh on Thursday appointed former South Africa batsman Ashwell Prince as full-time batting advisor till the 2022 T20 World Cup. Prince labored with the Bangladesh facet in the identical position throughout a sequence towards Zimbabwe in July this 12 months and appeared to have impressed his employer, the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB). The 44-year outdated left-hander, capped 119 occasions by South Africa throughout all three codecs, was not with the Bangladesh workforce of their current 4-1 Twenty20 worldwide sequence win over Australia at residence.
“I completely loved my expertise with the Bangladesh nationwide workforce throughout what was clearly a really profitable tour for the workforce in Zimbabwe,” Prince mentioned.
“The extent of cricket performed by each Bangladesh and Zimbabwe was of a very excessive commonplace.”
Recalling an occasion in Zimbabwe, Prince mentioned the workforce’s success towards Australia was not a shock.
“On the final night time of the tour the whole workforce had assembled round an African bonfire to do a debrief on what was clearly a really satisfying tour of Zimbabwe, but additionally to plan for the approaching sequence towards Australia,” he mentioned.
“I do not suppose the outcomes (towards Australia) got here as a shock to anybody within the Bangladesh camp. After I was subsequently supplied the prospect to affix the workforce on a full-time foundation, it was a no brainer.”
Bangladesh secured their first sequence win over Australia after successful the opening three matches of the current sequence.
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Within the remaining match, they dismissed Australia for simply 62, their lowest ever T20 whole.
Bangladesh will face New Zealand for 5 Twenty20 internationals of their subsequent sequence in September forward of the 2021 Twenty20 World Cup to be performed in Oman and the UAE in October and November.
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