Cricket-Ex-Australia assistant coach Sawyer takes charge of NZ women's team
(Reuters) - Australian Ben Sawyer has been appointed head coach of the New Zealand women's cricket team, the country's cricket board (NZC) said on Monday.
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(Reuters) - Australian Ben Sawyer has been appointed head coach of the New Zealand women's cricket team, the country's cricket board (NZC) said on Monday.
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Australian Ben Sawyer was Monday appointed head coach of the New Zealand women's cricket team, with the Commonwealth Games next month his immediate priority. The 42-year-old assumes the role after serving for three years as the Australian women's bowling coach.
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Australian Ben Sawyer has been appointed head coach of the New Zealand women's cricket team, the country's cricket board (NZC) said on Monday.
Australia's big guns returned to the side as they announced the playing XI for the opening Twenty20 International (T20I) against Sri Lanka at the R.Premadasa Stadium in Colombo on Tuesday. Mitchell Marsh, David Warner, Glenn Maxwell and Steve Smith had all missed the recent T20I matches at home to Sri Lanka in February and the one-off T20I against Pakistan in Lahore in April but return to the playing XI for the first T20I. Speaking about the team composition, Australia's limited-overs skipper Aaron Finch said that there was a temptation to play two spinners but with rain around in the last couple of days, they decided to go in with three fast bowlers.