New South Wales name Michael Yardy as their new batting coach
New South Wales has appointed Michael Yardy in the capacity of batting coach as the successor of Beau Casson who had resigned recently citing personal reasons. Yardy has represented England and Sussex in the past and the 38-year-old is known for his unusual approach to the game at times.
Having captained Sussex in the past and represented England in 28 ODIs as well as 14 T20 internationals, Michael Yardy will move onto his second coaching job as NSW’s batting coach. He was appointed Sussex’ batting coach in 2017 and has been serving them since before, having now decided to move on to Australia. He has also served as the batting coach for England’s youth team, the England Young Lions.
"I would like to thank the club for giving me the opportunity to coach at Sussex, a place which will always be very special to me and my family and which is in deeply ingrained within me. I'm immensely proud to have played a part in the emergence of a number of young batsmen, from players being called up to England to seeing talented young lads start their journey with debuts and achieving landmarks across all formats,” Yardy said, reported Cricbuzz.
He will be joining the team next month to help the team prepare for the upcoming Australian domestic season. He has been appointed after the previous coach Casson left for Western Australia to his family due to personal reasons.
"Alongside my role at Sussex, I have immensely enjoyed my work with England Young Lions as batting coach. I leave both roles knowing the players I've worked with are in a good place to continue to progress. Now I am excited about and looking forward to the opportunity to work at New South Wales, which is an outstanding organisation. It was an opportunity I couldn't afford to let pass by,” he added.
Yardy has had an exceptional first class career with 10,693 runs in 193 matches including 23 centuries and 50 half-centuries. He has a top score of 257 and was also part of the national team squad that lifted the T20 World Cup in the Carribean in 2010.
NSW had a decent last season nin the Sheffield Shield having ended as runners up and 11 points short of the leaders but would have expected to do better in the One Day league as they could only manage a second last spot.
"We've got seven or eight really good players under the age of 21 at the moment that we think are going to be good players and we think Mike is going to be able to add his experience, not just technically and tactically, but really how he thinks about the game, how he devises his innings," David Moore, Cricket NSW general manager of cricket performance, said.
"He's coached at Premier League level in the UK, he's coached Academy level, he's coached at 2nd XI level and he's also been involved with the Sussex first XI, so we're very lucky that we've got someone of such experience and development. We're obviously looking for Mike to come in and fit into the team beautifully, which we're sure he will and... to assist in the development of players that are going to play for Australia and help us win Shield titles,” Moore added.
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