Phil Simmons
Former Caribbean all-rounder Phil Simmons played for West Indies cricket team between October 1987 and May 1999. In this period, he played 26 Tests and 143 ODIs for the West Indies side.
After retiring from the cricket in 2002, Simmons took the coaching role. In 2004, he became the head coach of Zimbabwe national cricket team. However, it was very challenging for him as Zimbabwe cricket was battling with their inside problem after the mass dismissal of the many reputed senior players. Simmons was sacked from that role in August 2005.
After the ICC Cricket World Cup 2007, Simmons coached the Ireland national cricket team. Under his tenure, Ireland achieved massive success in international cricket. They qualified in almost every ICC tournaments and also performed as a challenging side in the every ICC tournaments. During his coaching term. Ireland beat England in the ICC Cricket World Cup 2011, and also Ireland beat West Indies and Zimbabwe in the ICC Cricket World Cup 2015.
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After the conclusion of ICC Cricket World Cup 2015, Simmons took up the coaching challenge of West Indies cricket team. During his tenure, West Indies won the ICC World T20 2016 and became the first team to win this trophy for twice. His presence helped the Caribbean team massively to grow up slowly as a competitive side.
In December 2017, Simmons took the batting coach role of Afghanistan national cricket team. Soon, Afghanistan qualified for the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup 2019 after winning the ICC Cricket World Cup Qualifier 2018.
In the recently concluded Global T20 Canada 2019, Simmons coached Brampton Wolves. He also played the coaching role of Toronto Nationals in the GT20 Canada 2018.
The 56-year-old is now looking for the Indian coaching role.