Bangladesh’s new batting coach Jamie Siddons has tested positive for Covid-19. The chairman of the BCB’s Cricket Steering Committee, Jalal Yunus, endorsed from Dhaka-based Prothom Allo that Siddons has mild symptoms.
The Role Directed by BCB:-
Siddons’ 57-year-old Australian, who arrived in Dhaka last week, initially did not have a BCB-directed role – the board’s chairman, Nazmul Hassan, said in December that “it has not yet been decided which area he will work in”. Be it high performance, under-19 or senior team.
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Three days earlier, Jamie Siddons was announced as Bangladesh’s batting coach, shortly after Ashwell Prince resigned from the same position citing family reasons.
Since coming to the country, Siddons has spent most of his time watching BPL matches, traveling to Sylhet. He will currently be in quarantine at his hotel in Dhaka.
BAN Head Coach Jamie from 2007 to 2011:-
BCB President Nazmul Hasan has said that Jamie Siddons is Bangladesh’s next batting coach. It comes as an excuse one day when Ashwell Prince resigned from his job citing “family reasons”.
Jamie Siddons arrived in Dhaka last week, without a role decided by the BCB – Hassan said in December that “it has not yet been decided which area he will work in, whether it is a high performance, under-19 or senior team”. ” The 57-year-old Australian has spent most of his time after watching BPL matches.
Najmul Hassan told Prothom Elo, “Jamie Siddons will be the batting coach of the national team. We have heard from senior cricketers and board directors that he is a good coach, so we brought him here.”
Theey Wants to select fielding coaches:-
The board is looking to rope in specialist fast bowling and fielding coaches but it is likely that they will not have one from overseas before the Afghanistan series starting February 23.
Champaka Ramanayake, BCB’s fast bowling consultant High-Performance Unit, is likely to work in an interim stint with the senior side.
Nazmul Hasan said, “We are looking for a fast bowling coach who has the experience of working with international teams. Till then Champaka (Ramanayake) can work with them.”
He said that he had to pay the price for Otis Gibson’s ouster as Bangladesh’s fast bowling coach. “Gibson is a huge loss from Prince. All the fast bowlers said they were learning a lot from him.”
