Chris Read, the former Nottinghamshire and England wicketkeeper, has been appointed as the new head coach of Thunder, and will take over from Paul Shaw who stepped down at the end of the 2023 campaign after four seasons in charge. Peruse, who played 15 Tests somewhere in the range of 1999 and 2007 and addressed Britain in every one of the three organizations, has since filled in as right hand mentor with Trent Rockets in the ladies' Hundred and Hobart Storms in the WBBL, as well as wicketkeeping consultancy work with the ECB, incorporating a spell with Britain men's Under-19s crew. He will join the Thunder set-up on a two-year agreement in January, and acquires a crew that arrived at Finals Day in the 2023 Charlotte Edwards Cup. "I'm very glad to have taken up this position and I'm anticipating getting to work with such an aggressive club and a capable crew of players," Read said. "The advancement of the Thunder local program lately has been generally great and it is obvious to see the aspirations of everyone in question is to uphold that by carrying flatware to Emirates Old Trafford. "I trust that my encounters as both a player, and all the more as of late as a mentor all over the planet, will assist with roaring push on and accomplishes our desires in the approaching seasons." David Thorley, territorial overseer of ladies' cricket, added: "All through a broad screening, Chris succeeded against the competitor brief of what we were searching for in a lead trainer - which is someone to expand on serious areas of strength for the laid during Paul Shaw's residency and to assist go on with developing the superior execution culture here at Thunder. "Obviously Chris is a superb planner who understands the stuff to win through a positive brand of cricket, and I'm anticipating the fate of Roar under his initiative."