Freddie Wilde Appointed As England’s White-Ball Analyst As Nathan Leamon’s Replacement

Freddie Wilde was Appointed As England’s White-Ball Analyst As Nathan Leamon’s Replacement, a long-time replacement for Nathan.

ECB’s analysis department undergoes a reshuffle:-

The move comes as part of a reshuffle in the ECB’s analysis department. Leamon, who has worked closely with England in all three formats.

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Founded data analytics company Cricviz in 2015, moving to newly created role of Senior Data Scientist.

Although only 28, Wilde has already amassed an impressive CV in franchise cricket. He is currently working with Desert Vipers at ILT20 as their Strategic Recruitment Analyst.

Freddie is set to continue as the team analyst for Royal Challengers Bangalore after joining the IPL franchise for the 2022 season.

Wilde has served as a consultant for the Rajasthan Royals, and has been working as the lead analyst for The Oval Invincible since the introduction of the Men’s Hundred in 2021. He has also had working relationships with both the England and Australia national teams.

Son of veteran Sunday Times reporter Simon:-

Prior to his career in analytics, Wilde – the son of veteran Sunday Times correspondent Simon – was a regular contributor to ESPNcricinfo’s county coverage,

He has co-authored an award-winning book, Cricket 2.0: Inside the T20 Revolution, with Tim Wigmore.

Wild was invited to apply for the role by director of men’s cricket Rob Key and would be leaving CricViz after seven years, where he was head of performance analysis.

He will start with the ECB in early February and immediately focus on England’s hopes of retaining the 50-over World Cup in India later this year.

In an Instagram post, Wilde admitted that the role was “a dream job for me”, and added: “To be given the opportunity to work for a great team with the goal of protecting the ODI [and] T20 world It’s an honor. Cup.”

Made headlines during England’s T20I series:-

Leamon, whose use of coded signals from the dressing room hit the headlines during England’s T20I series in South Africa in 2020. welcomed the promotion of one of his wards.

“Having made the tough decision to pull out of touring with the England white-ball team. It’s a great relief to have such a wonderful replacement,” he wrote on Twitter. “The role is in very good hands. Well go, Freddie.”

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The Jos Buttler-led limited-overs side became the holders of both the ICC white-ball trophies. After winning the T20 World Cup earlier this winter.