Troy Cooley: Last News

Long-time Australian men's assistant coach Sridharan Sriram will depart the Australia men's squad to focus on his coaching career in India, an official Cricket australia release stated on Friday. Chennai-based Sriram has been with the squad for six years as predominately a spin coach while also playing a key role in the batting, fielding and strategy for the side across multiple campaigns.

Rahul Dravid on Friday interacted with cricketers from the northeast and plate group at the National Cricket Academy. Dravid, who worked extensively on the up and coming cricketers as India U-19 coach and then as the NCA chief, spent about 45 minutes with the players who are honing their skills in the camp organised under the tutelage of world-class coaches including Ashes winning bowling coach Troy Cooley. The training camp began on April 18 and will go on till May 12.

The National Cricket Academy is organising a camp in Bengaluru to help players from the north eastern states and those in the plate group upgrade their skill-sets under the tutelage of renowned coaches including Ashes winning bowling coach Troy Cooley. Close to 150 cricketers from the region are taking part in the camp and they will also get to interact with NCA head and India great VVS Laxman.

National Cricket Academy is organising a camp in Bengaluru to help players from the north eastern states and those in the plate group upgrade their skill-sets under the tutelage of renowned coaches including Ashes winning bowling coach Troy Cooley. Close to 150 cricketers from the region are taking part in the camp and they will also get to interact with NCA head and India great VVS Laxman. The BCCI wants to ensure that players from Mizoram, Manipur, Meghalaya, Arunachal Pradesh, Sikkim get the best coaching and infrastructural facilities to be on par with the best domestic teams. "This initiative by BCCI will give young and budding talents equal opportunity to hone their skills and represent India across formats. NE has enormous potential in sports and the board will keep no stone unturned to ensure that we are able to tap the best talent for the country," BCCI secretary Jay Shah tweeted.

BCCI) is devising a plan to offer contracts to pacers and spinners beyond the ones who are centrally contracted with the board. Plans are afoot to hand contracts to 10 pacers and spinners each in both men's and women's cricket. These identified cricketers will be groomed by the National Cricket Academy (NCA). The idea will be implemented by the senior selection committee, junior selection committee, NCA head VVS Laxman and NCA bowling coach Troy Cooley. The two selection committees will scout talent and recommend names to the NCA. There is no age bar for selection of these cricketers. They could be 17-year-olds or even 25-plus in age. The idea is keep a set of bowlers ready in the pool. NCA will take care of every need of these players. It's not yet decided how much these contracts will be worth. But sources told TOI that they could be up to Rs 50 lakh. The board has already started working on an 'emerging' programme to ensure players don't lose their way after they have played U-19 cricket. This contract system will be integrated in that programme. A similar contract system for fast bowlers has already been tried by the England and Wales Cricket board. "The NCA will monitor the growth of these players and chart their career paths. There are plans to include allrounders and wicketkeepers in the future too," a BCCI source said. New NCA worth Rs 200 croreThe new NCA campus, which is being built close to the Bengaluru airport, will cost BCCI around Rs 200 crore. The foundation stone at the 40-acre site was laid by the BCCI brass on Monday. Sources said that the project is expected to be completed in 18 months.