Ashwell Prince, the former South Africa batsman has been appointed as the full-time batting consultant of the Bangladesh team until the 2022 T20 World Cup.
Ashwell Prince will now discontinue as the head coach at Newlands-based Western Province Cricket Association to take up this task. Ashwell Prince will take over the duty from Englishman Jon Lewis permanently after having an impressive stint with the Bangladesh team during the Zimbabwe series.
Ashwell Prince Another South African Coaching Consultant Of Bangladesh
The former Proteas batter Neil McKenzie was the batting consultant of Bangladesh prior to Jon Lewis. The former Proteas coach Russell Domingo is the head coach of Bangladesh currently whereas Ryan Cook is the fielding coach. Ashwell Prince is thus another South African addition to the coaching contingent of the side. Previously, the BCB had expressed their interest in extending Ashwell Prince’s contract as the batting consultant up to the T20 World Cup.
“We had appointed him for the Zimbabwe series initially. Since it will be hard to get a coach before the T20 World Cup, we took a bit of feedback and it has been generally positive. I think some of our batsmen did really well in Zimbabwe. Some of the players told us that they have confidence in him. They are satisfied with his work,” Akram Khan, the BCB’s cricket operations chairman had stated as reported by ESPNCricinfo.
The Bangladesh cricket team impressed everybody with their performances against Australia in the recently concluded T20I series. Australia struggled as their batting line-up couldn’t hold the fort for the team.
Australia sank to a new low in their T20I history when they were bowled out for a mere 62 in the fifth and final match against hosts Bangladesh on Monday. In their chase of 123, Australia was bundled out for their lowest total in T20I history as Bangladesh completed a 4-1 series win.
Bangladesh Clinched Victory Against Zimbabwe And Australia Recently
The script quite didn’t change for any of the games as they were completely outplayed by Bangladesh. The hosts registered a dominated series win of 4-1 against the hosts. It was Bangladesh’s first bilateral series victory against the mighty Australians.
Previously, when the team was up against Zimbabwe they secured victory in the one-off Test match and also continued their momentum in the white-ball series. They clinched victory in the ODI series 3-0 while they won the T20Is by 2-1. Ahead of the T20 World Cup in the UAE, these series victories would have boosted the confidence of the side.
Shakib Al Hasan, who was nominated alongside West Indies’ Hayden Walsh Jr and Australia’s Mitchell Marsh for Player Of The Month, had a stellar July. The Bangladesh all-rounder starred in the side’s series wins against Zimbabwe – he scored 145 runs and picked up eight wickets in the ODIs and followed that up with three wickets in the T20Is at an economy of 7. He also picked up five wickets in the one-off Test, comprising a 4/82 in the first innings, as Bangladesh won by 220 runs.
With his performance, Shakib Al Hasan also became just the second bowler to the landmark of a hundred wickets in T20Is, joining Lasith Malinga on the list. He now sits at 102 wickets – only five away from the Sri Lankan quick – at an average of 20.64 and an economy of just 6.80.
Against Australia, Shakib Al Hasan picked 7 scalps averaging 18.14 with the ball at a strike rate of 16.86 and an economy rate of 6.46. In the 5 T20Is, he amassed 114 runs.