England appoint Neil Killeen as males’s elite tempo bowling coach
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England have appointed Neil Killeen as their new males’s elite tempo bowling coach.
Killeen replaces Jon Lewis, who grew to become England Girls’s head coach in November
The 47-year-old takes up his new function on January 18, will primarily give attention to creating and getting ready England males’s subsequent batch of quick bowlers though he can even work with the senior workforce.
Killeen has spent his complete profession at Durham, taking part in for the membership between 1992 and 2010 – throughout which era he amassed over 300 appearances throughout all codecs – earlier than changing into a part of the teaching workers and taking over numerous roles, most just lately because the membership’s assistant lead and head bowling coach.
Killeen performed a job within the improvement of Take a look at captain Ben Stokes, Mark Wooden, Brydon Carse and Matthew Potts at Durham, whereas he has additionally labored with England’s ODI squad prior to now in addition to the England Lions and England U19s.
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He stated: “I am delighted to be appointed with the ECB and might’t wait to get began with a brand new problem.
“It is an thrilling time to be becoming a member of the ECB, as there’s a wealth of quick bowling expertise and training across the nation that I am wanting ahead to working with in an effort to preserve England’s sturdy contingent of tempo bowlers sooner or later.
“I would wish to say an enormous thanks to everybody at Durham for his or her continued help each as a participant and a coach over the past 30 years, it has been an awesome journey. It has been an honour to characterize the membership and I wish to want them continued success for the longer term.”
England efficiency director, Mo Bobat, stated: “I am completely delighted that we have been capable of appoint somebody of Neil’s calibre and expertise.
“Neil has a confirmed monitor report of creating world-class tempo bowlers and, at a time when now we have an abundance of pace-bowling expertise, having somebody of his high quality to supervise their progress, in addition to work with counties on their programmes, represents an actual asset for us.
“Along with supporting the six gamers at present on tempo bowling improvement contracts, Neil’s teaching will focus primarily at Lions stage, however can even see him transfer up and down the pathway, working with England bowlers and our Younger Lions programme.”
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Durham chairman Sir Ian Botham added: “Neil has emerged as one of many sport’s most revered bowling coaches and his success with Durham demonstrates this additional.
“His work with Durham’s bowlers for a few years has been first-class, so it comes as no shock that he has been given this chance with England.
“Our intention is to provide England gamers and coaches – and that is additional proof that the work being achieved at Durham is paying off. His success with Durham as each a participant and a coach has been excellent, and I want him all one of the best together with his subsequent chapter.”
