ACB appoints Shane McDermott as new fielding coach

KABUL (Pajhwok): The Afghanistan Cricket Board (ACB) has appointed Australian Shane McDermott as the national team’s new fielding coach.

McDermott is set to join the Afghanistan national team from February 1, during national squad all-format tour to Sri Lanka, ACB said in a statement.

Shane McDermott is a high performance level three coaching certificate holder and carries a wealth of experience, having worked with cricket teams such as Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Cricket Australia, Western Australia Cricket Association, and Cricket Tasmania in various capacities.

He had recently served as assistant fielding coach of Bangladesh men’s cricket.

He also served in the same capacity with Sri Lankan Senior Men’s team for a three-year period from 2019-2021 and has served as the head coach of the Sri Lanka A team during this period.

Before his stints with Bangladesh and Sri Lanka, McDermott worked as the interim national team assistant fielding coach and interim national A team analyst and Fielding Coach at Cricket Australia’s National Cricket Centre from 2012 to 2019.

Additionally, he played a role in coaching setups during recent ICC events, including the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup 2023 and the ICC Men’s T20I World Cup events in 2022 and 2021.

ACB recently appointed Andrew Puttick as the national team’s new batting coach.

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