Ben Sawyer has been confirmed as head coach of the New Zealand women’s staff.
Sawyer, most not too long ago an assistant coach with the Australia women’s facet, begins his job instantly having signed a two-year contract. The first project would be the Commonwealth Games on the finish of July adopted by a tour of West Indies.
“I can’t wait to get stuck in,” Sawyer stated. “I see a lot of potential in this White Ferns group and I feel really optimistic about helping to untap that potential, so they can take their cricket to the next level.”
“It’s certainly going to be a learning process as I get to know the players and they get to know me, and my cricket philosophies and coaching style.”
Fast bowler Lea Tahuhu was one other notable omission as NZC stated they had been placing a deal with youth and T20 with a watch on subsequent 12 months’s World Cup following a disappointing house ODI World Cup the place they did not make the semi-finals.
“We’re really looking forward to working with Ben and receiving the benefit of his experience,” she stated. “He’s been a key figure in the ongoing success of the Australian women’s team and we hope we can tap into that bank of experience and grow together as a team.
“The upcoming Commonwealth Games marketing campaign in Birmingham and the tour to West Indies might be actually useful in that regard – there’s nothing like away excursions for bringing a bunch collectively and sharing a standard function.”
Sawyer is also coach of Birmingham Phoenix in the Hundred and was previously head coach of Sydney Sixers in the WBBL. He had been due to be part of the Australia A men’s tour of Sri Lanka this month before the New Zealand job emerged.
His transfer continues the numerous adjustments to the Australia teaching set-up after Matthew Mott departed to be head coach of the England males’s white-ball staff.