Jonathan Trott named new Afghanistan coach

Former England batter Jonathan Trott may be the brand new head teach of the Afghanistan Men's crew, the board has introduced. He will take fee at some point of Afghanistan's excursion to Ireland in August. Trott, forty one, has previously worked with the England Men's crew, England Lions and the U19 facets other than being a batting representative to Scotland at some stage in the 2021 T20 World Cup. He retired from the game lower back in 2018. "I'm honoured and excited to have the opportunity to take one in all international cricket's most exciting teams via what's a huge yr for his or her improvement as a crew," Trott was quoted as saying by the Afghanistan Cricket Board. "I can not wait to get to work with a collection of gamers who are genuinely capable of generating consequences in a fashion in order to make the people of Afghanistan proud." The post of the top teach changed into to initially to be crammed with the aid of Trott's compatriot Graham Gooch. However, the former England cricketer came down with a serious illness in May this year and couldn't honour his appointment. Afghanistan's tour of Ireland includes five T20Is and kicks off in Belfast on August 9.