On Wednesday, the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) has appointed the former South African batsman Neil McKenzie as the batting consultant of the Bangladesh national cricket team.
McKenzie is expected to join with Bangladesh squad on July 22 in West Indies where the cricketers are busy to play bilateral series against the hosts’ side. His tenure of this important role will run till the end of the 2019 ICC Cricket World Cup in England.
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BCB chief executive Nizamuddin Chowdhury told on Wednesday, “We are expecting his arrival on July 22. We have appointed him until the next ICC World Cup. We are confident that his vast experience will help our team, and our batsmen in particular.”
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The 42-year-old played 58 Tests, 64 ODIs and only two T20Is where he scored a total of 4,948 runs (3,253 runs in Tests, 1,688 runs in ODIs and 7 runs in T20Is). The right-handed batsman made his international cricket debut in 2000 and last played in 2009.
He made the first-class debut in the 1994/95 season and played 280 first-class matches where he scored 19,041 runs with 53 centuries and 86 half-centuries. He also played 298 List A games and 155 T20s. He played his last professional cricket in March 2015.
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McKenzie was also the Kolpak player who joined the English County side Hampshire in 2010.
Previously, McKenzie was the batting coach of South Africa cricket team in two terms (2016 and 2018).
Bangladesh batsmen are currently struggling in the West Indies tour where they recently lost the two-match Test series by 2-0 as their batsmen failed to provide some fights on the unfamiliar conditions.
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After the disastrous two-match Test series, Bangladesh is now focusing for the limited-overs series where they will play three-match ODI series, starting from July 22 and the three-match T20I series, starting from July 31. The last two T20Is will be played in Florida.
