Bangladesh Cricket Board appoints Langeveldt, Vettroi as bowling coaches

Bangladesh Cricket Board has appointed former South African pacer Charl Langeveldt and New Zealand spinner Daniel Vettroi as bowling coaches.

Sports Correspondentbdnews24.com
Published : 27 July 2019, 02:11 PM
Updated : 27 July 2019, 04:51 PM

Langeveldt has gotten a permanent appointment while the former New Zealand captain for 100 days.

The term of their contracts is until the T20 World Cup scheduled to be held in Australia in October-November next year.

BCB President Nazmul Hassan announced the decision after a meeting on Saturday.

BCB President Nazmul Hassan announced the decision after a meeting on Saturday after the end of Courtney Walsh and Sunil Joshi’s contracts following the World Cup.

BCB also confirmed the renewal of batting coach Neil Mackenzie’s contract until the next T20 World Cup after the meeting.

Bangladesh would mainly want Vettori to find out some new cricketers besides skills development of the current players, the BCB chief said.

The New Zealander is set to join Bangladesh before the India tour scheduled for November.

Vettori had worked as the coach of Indian Premier League team Royal Challengers Bengaluru while Langeveldt as the South African national team.

There has been no concrete decision yet on the appointment of a head coach after the departure of Steve Rhodes, according to Nazmul Hassan.