“This is a fantastic opportunity to work with players and staff at Cricket Scotland and I am thrilled at the prospect of working with a nation trying so hard to build on recent success”
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Former New Zealand spinner Grant Bradburn has been appointed as Scotland’s new head coach and will take up the position from July 1.
Bradburn replaces Peter Steindl, who resigned after the national team failed to impress during the World Twenty20 Qualifiers last year.
Cricket Scotland also announced that Craig Wright will be the national team’s assistant coach.
“It is an honour to be named as coach of Scotland,” Bradburn said. “This is a fantastic opportunity to work with players and staff at Cricket Scotland and I am thrilled at the prospect of working with a nation trying so hard to build on recent success.
“As a coach, this presents a great opportunity to add value, by driving continual improvement, building depth with healthy competition for Scottish representation. The Scotland team have performed well by qualifying for the 2015 World Cup, which will be played in New Zealand and Australia at venues that I am very familiar with. With my appointment through to the end of 2017, I will focus sharply on continuing Scotland’s progress towards being a leading force in world cricket. I am also motivated to contribute to Scotland Cricket’s overall performance systems, aligning with each region to build clear player pathways and assisting more Scottish players to step up onto the world stage.
“Cricket Scotland has a high-quality team of people supporting the players, with excellent systems in place. With my experience of orchestrating successful high performance environments, I look forward to working with the players and staff at Cricket Scotland and assisting them to continue to grow and perform.”
Scotland’s director of cricket, Andy Tennant, added: “We are delighted that we have been able to attract a coach of Grant’s ability and pedigree to head up our national team programme. During the recruitment process, Grant was able to show the vision, foresight and attributes we were looking for to drive our Scotland national team through the World Cup and onwards to the next Intercontinental Cup and WCL cycles. He has an exceptional track record of producing international cricketers and is used to working in similar environments to the one he will find in Scotland.
“With Craig, Toby and Simon as his coaching team, as well as the ability to bring in other specialist assistance as required, we believe we have all the building blocks in place to build on the recent success in New Zealand. I very much look forward to working with Grant when he arrives.”