Former New Zealand captain Stephen Fleming has been appointed males’s head coach of Southern Brave in The Hundred.
He replaces Mahela Jayawardene, who led the Hampshire-based aspect to the inaugural males’s title in 2021, it was introduced on Wednesday.
However, their fortunes dipped final summer time, once they completed seventh within the desk.
The Sri Lankan has now taken on an expanded function with Mumbai Indians within the Indian Premier League, in addition to their affiliated international franchises.
In Fleming, 49, the Ageas Bowl-based aspect have secured a highly-rated chief who was famend as one of many sharpest tacticians within the sport throughout his time as New Zealand captain.
Fleming performed 111 Tests for the Black Caps and and is now broadly thought to be one of many main short-form coaches world wide.
He has intensive expertise in T20 cricket and his CV boasts stints at Chennai Super Kings, Melbourne Stars, Rising Pune Supergiant and Joburg Super Kings.
He has received the IPL on 4 events with Chennai.
Fleming had been resulting from coach Trent Rockets within the first season of The Hundred however pulled out due to journey and quarantine restrictions related to COVID-19.
“It is a real privilege to have been offered the role of Southern Brave head coach,” he mentioned.
“I look forward to working with the team to continue building on the initial success that the side has had. The competition has looked fantastic from afar and I can’t wait to be a part of it next season.”
Jayawardene mentioned: “I really enjoyed my two years in the Hundred with Southern Brave, working with a really supportive management team and an exciting group of players.
“I want my successor Stephen and the staff all the most effective for the 2023 season.”
Fleming’s appointment means there may be nonetheless only one English head coach within the males’s Hundred, with James Foster accountable for Northern Superchargers.
