Courtney Walsh News
Current Australia skipper Tim Paine will step into the role of coaching the Gilchrist XI. Former India cricketer Sachin Tendulkar will be coaching the Ponting XI
Former India batsman Sachin Tendulkar and West Indies bowler Courtney Walsh are set to coach the Ponting XI and Warne XI respectively in the Bushfire Cricket Bash.
West Indies leg-spinner Hayden Walsh said that while he was playing in the Canada T20 league and someone called him Courtney Walsh. He clarified that Courtney Walsh is not his father.
Walsh, who was the all-time leading Test wicket-taker for the Caribbean side, will now serve as the assistant to Gus Logie--who was earlier appointed as interim head coach.
West Indian pace legend Courtney Walsh doesn't foresee another one like him or Curtly Ambrose coming along in international cricket but neither does he believe that fast bowling is on the decline.
Bangladesh have retained interim coach Courtney Walsh to oversee the national side in next month's Twenty20 international series against Afghanistan, the cricket board said on Sunday.
Anderson on Tuesday became the fast bowler to have bowled most deliveries in Test cricket, going past West Indies great Courtney Walsh.
"If we can get consistent, we will be happy. It is going to be the biggest challenge and it is something that I will be stressing on a lot," said Walsh
Bangladesh on Monday named West Indies fast bowling great Courtney Walsh as interim coach for next month`s tri-nation Twenty20 series in Sri Lanka.
The 21-year-old, known as "Fizz", created a sensation with 26 wickets in his first nine one-day internationals. He burst onto the international scene in 2015 with back-to-back five-wicket hauls against India.
While cricket's big guns such as India and England sometimes play close to 20 Tests a year, Bangladesh have managed an average of six since making their bow.
"Having watched Bangladesh cricket from afar over the years, they are a seriously talented bunch of players," Walsh said in a statement.
Walsh, who took 519 Test wickets and 227 in ODIs in a 17-year international career, was named one of the Wisden Cricketers of the year in 1987.
Courtney Walsh rated Virat Kohli as one of the top three batsman in world cricket.
Walsh backed Windies captain Jason Holder`s call that their bowlers could exploit Australia`s batting "weaknesses".
None of the Windies upcoming Tests against the Aussies for the Frank Worrell Trophy will be played under lights, however.
Legendary Australian spinner Shane Warne is excited about the prospect of taking the game to the US at next month's Cricket All Stars and is hoping to find the next international star during the tour.
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