THIS former England pacer and head coach joins Sharjah Warriorz as bowling coach for ILT20 Season 3

The Sharjah Warriorz have announced the appointment of former England pacer and head coach Chris Silverwood as the bowling Coach for the upcoming season of the DP World ILT20. He joins head coach and former South Africa batter Jean-Paul Duminy within the coaching arrange for Sharjah Warriorz.

One amongst the eminent coaches within the cricketing fraternity, Silverwood joined the England men’s national team set-up as the whole time bowling coach in 2018 and in October 2019 took over as the pinnacle coach after the departure of Trevor Bayliss. The former fast bowler continued in that role till February 2022, prior to joining Sri Lanka as their head coach joining in April 2022, helping them win the Asia Cup 2022, and make the finals of the 2023 ODI Asia Cup.

He has recently finished working as the bowling coach of the Oval Invincibles, who won the 2024 Hundred competition in England working with head coach Tom Moody. Silverwood and Duminy can be joined within the dugout by the South African Performance Coach Tom Dawson-Squibb, who authentically cultivates a winning mentality and behaviours in individuals and teams.

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Portion of the sporting ecosystem for almost two decades, Dawson-Squibb has worked with the South African cricket team and the Netherlands national team in addition to, other than being related to professional rugby in three different stints.

Speaking on the occasion, bowling coach Chris Silverwood said, “I'm delighted to be joining the Sharjah Warriorz, who have put together a extremely strong and exciting squad for the upcoming edition of the ILT20. There'll be experience and formative years, and dynamism all of the way through the set-up, and I'm confident together, we can trouble the opposition batters on a normal basis.

“The ILT20 is a dynamic tournament with the correct option of foreign places players involved. We were thinking about brining in Coaches in with experience and with an understanding of the cultural nuances of the subcontinental cricketers and in Chris, now we have confidence now we have found just the actual fit. Tom however it has played a big part with the South African team’s growth within the previous couple of seasons and we are excited to appear him combine with JP and the rest of the Leadership group to make the Warriorz right into a formidable unit,” said Kshemal Waingankar, COO, Sharjah Warriorz.