ST JOHN’S (Antigua): Legendary West Indian tempo bowler Courtney Walsh has been eliminated as head coach of the nationwide ladies’s cricket workforce following the Caribbean aspect’s failure to qualify for the knockout levels of the T20 World Cup in South Africa not too long ago.
Cricket West Indies (CWI) mentioned it’s going to shortly begin the method of recruiting a successor to Walsh and his help employees, whose contract was additionally not renewed within the wake of the workforce’s dismal efficiency within the Women’s T20 World Cup.
The West Indies had been overwhelmed by England and India of their opening two matches and completed third of their group regardless of wins towards Ireland and Pakistan.
During Walsh’s tenure, which began in October 2020, he oversaw the house and away sequence wins over Pakistan and secured a semifinal spot within the 2022 ICC Women’s 50-over Cricket World Cup, the place they misplaced to eventual winners Australia.
Besides ICC Hall of Fame member Walsh, CWI has additionally determined to not renew the contracts of technical assistant coaches Robert Samuels and Corey Collymore following a overview.
“Cricket West Indies (CWI) will shortly be starting the process to recruit a new West Indies Women’s team Head Coach after taking the decision not to renew the contract of Women’s Head Coach Courtney Walsh,” mentioned a CWI assertion.
This was Walsh’s first main teaching task on the worldwide stage, though the 60-year-old had beforehand labored with Bangladesh as their bowling coach and as a expertise scout and quick bowling coach within the IPL with Kings XI Punjab (now Punjab Kings).
During his taking part in days, the tall right-arm fast amassed 519 wickets in 132 Tests and one other 227 scalps in 205 ODIs.
“We are very grateful for the contribution of Courtney and his technical team over the past two and a half years and we wish them all the best going forward. CWI remains committed to our international women’s programme and will now be focusing on recruiting a new Head Coach and technical support team. An interim technical support team will be put in place during the recruitment period,” mentioned CWI director of cricket, Jimmy Adams.
“Further information on the recruitment process will be provided in the coming weeks with the coaching roles being critical for the development of women’s cricket in the West Indies,” added Adams.
Cricket West Indies (CWI) mentioned it’s going to shortly begin the method of recruiting a successor to Walsh and his help employees, whose contract was additionally not renewed within the wake of the workforce’s dismal efficiency within the Women’s T20 World Cup.
The West Indies had been overwhelmed by England and India of their opening two matches and completed third of their group regardless of wins towards Ireland and Pakistan.
During Walsh’s tenure, which began in October 2020, he oversaw the house and away sequence wins over Pakistan and secured a semifinal spot within the 2022 ICC Women’s 50-over Cricket World Cup, the place they misplaced to eventual winners Australia.
Besides ICC Hall of Fame member Walsh, CWI has additionally determined to not renew the contracts of technical assistant coaches Robert Samuels and Corey Collymore following a overview.
“Cricket West Indies (CWI) will shortly be starting the process to recruit a new West Indies Women’s team Head Coach after taking the decision not to renew the contract of Women’s Head Coach Courtney Walsh,” mentioned a CWI assertion.
This was Walsh’s first main teaching task on the worldwide stage, though the 60-year-old had beforehand labored with Bangladesh as their bowling coach and as a expertise scout and quick bowling coach within the IPL with Kings XI Punjab (now Punjab Kings).
During his taking part in days, the tall right-arm fast amassed 519 wickets in 132 Tests and one other 227 scalps in 205 ODIs.
“We are very grateful for the contribution of Courtney and his technical team over the past two and a half years and we wish them all the best going forward. CWI remains committed to our international women’s programme and will now be focusing on recruiting a new Head Coach and technical support team. An interim technical support team will be put in place during the recruitment period,” mentioned CWI director of cricket, Jimmy Adams.
“Further information on the recruitment process will be provided in the coming weeks with the coaching roles being critical for the development of women’s cricket in the West Indies,” added Adams.
Source: timesofindia.indiatimes.com