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Herath appointed Bangladesh's spin coach

Staff Reporter Cricket 2021-12-08, 8:55pm




DHAKA - Former Sri Lankan spin legend Rangana Herath was

appointed as Bangladesh spin coach for the next two years, the Bangladesh
Cricket Board (BCB) confirmed today.

   Herath will join the Bangladesh coaching team in New Zealand in which the
side will play two-match Test series that is the part of ICC World Test
Championship.

   Bangladesh will leave the country at the early hours tomorrow (Thursday)
for New Zealand.

   Herath's contract is until the end of November 2023. Herath had earlier
been the team's spin consultant for the away series against Zimbabwe this
year followed by the home series' against Australia and New Zealand and the
ICC Twenty20 World Cup.

   He is the most successful left-arm spinner in the history of Test cricket
with 433 wickets taken in a remarkable career lasting two decades.BSS