BBL 2019-20 | Julia Price to assist Darren Lehmann with Brisbane Heat

BBL 2019-20 | Julia Price to assist Darren Lehmann with Brisbane Heat

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Former Australia wicketkeeper Julia Price will become the first woman to coach in men’s Big Bash League. She will join the Brisbane Heat’s coaching setup midway through the tournament as Ryan Harris will leave the squad to work with Australia’s Under-19 team for the World Cup.

Australia has always been a country where women’s cricket is given a lot of priority. Starting from Women’s franchise cricket to recent development of pay parity between men and women cricketers, the island continent has always set goals for equality.

Adding to the list of wonders by women cricketers, Julia Price will become the first woman to coach a men’s team in the franchise cricket. Price, who has previously coached the Hobart Hurricanes in the Women's Big Bash League for three years, confirmed her new role on Channel Seven's broadcast.

"I'm pretty excited about that, I have to admit. I'm really looking forward to the opportunity to be around the guys and seeing how they do it differently to what the girls do,” Price was quoted as saying cricket.com.au.

She has had a very minor involvement with the men’s team of Hobart Hurricane during her three-year tenure with Hurricane girls. "Having been in the Hurricanes set-up for the WBBL, it will be interesting to see how the BBL does it. I had a bit to do with the Hurricanes boys but this will be a completely different level now... I can learn off both the players and the coaching staff."

"She has an excellent cricket brain and plenty of experience as a head coach, so I can see her fitting quite neatly into our set-up," asserted Darren Lehmann.

Price, who played of 10 Tests and 84 ODIs for Australia, also has an impressive coaching CV besides coaching in WBBL, having worked with Tasmania's WNCL team and the USA Women's cricket team.

Brisbane Heat will open their campaign against the Sydney Thunder on December 17 which will also be the season opener for BBL.

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