“I am delighted to be involved in Australia’s campaign for the World T20 title”
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Former Australia batsman Michael Hussey will help out his country in a coaching consultant capacity during the 2016 World Twenty20 in India in March.
In order to get the national team accustomed to the conditions in India, Australia have also hired ex-India all-rounder Sridharan Sririam.
It has been confirmed that Hussey will be with the squad for the first two weeks of the tournament, in which the Baggy Greens will begin their campaign against New Zealand in Dharamsala on March 18.
“Mike has been one of our most successful players at transitioning between the different formats and his advice and support in this area will be of great benefit to the players who have played a large amount of Test and ODI cricket in the last 12 months,” Pat Howard, the Cricket Australia executive general manager of team performance, said. “He also has significant experience playing in India through the Indian Premier League and will assist in adapting to the unique conditions we will experience.
“We will play three T20 internationals against South Africa prior to arriving in India and Sriram’s focus will be on getting the players as prepared as possible for what they will face in India. Sriram was a consultant coach with the Australia A side when they travelled to India earlier this year and was due to go to Bangladesh as a consultant prior to the tour being postponed. He has also been working with our National Performance Squad for the past few years.”
Hussey expressed his delight at being part of Australia’s coaching set-up for the World Twenty20 and made it clear that he is committed to working with the national team in order to help them win their first-ever World Twenty20 trophy.
“As a proud Australian cricketer I am delighted to be involved in Australia’s campaign for the World T20 title,” Hussey said. “I’m really looking forward to working with the boys and assisting in any way possible with their preparation and match day plans.”