DUBLIN – Former Australian worldwide Nathan Hauritz has been introduced as Cricket Eire’s new spin bowling coach.
Hauritz, 40, performed worldwide cricket for Australia from 2002 to 2011 – the right-arm off-spinner performed 17 Checks, 58 ODIs and three T20Is throughout his worldwide profession, taking 128 wickets throughout all codecs. Domestically, Hauritz performed for Queensland and New South Wales in First-class cricket, and featured for Brisbane Warmth, Sydney Thunder and Melbourne Renegades within the Massive Bash League.
Shifting into teaching after retirement, Hauritz has been the spin bowling coach for Queensland Hearth and Brisbane Warmth since 2020. Hauritz’s position with Cricket Eire will contain working with the senior males’s and ladies’s squads, in addition to the pathway system.
Talking from Brisbane after accepting the position, Hauritz mentioned: “The chance was too good to not even take into consideration. I like discussing spin bowling from all sides, and to have the ability to try this in a world atmosphere whereas travelling the world, how might you not wish to do it.
“My specific curiosity as a coach is the tactical and psychological facet of spin bowling. While you play on the prime stage of cricket your recreation is usually in a fairly sound area, however as a rule it comes right down to the way you carry out on the day that wants essentially the most work. I consider my profession and expertise will assist me talk with, and help the event of, our present teams of spinners. It’s an extremely thrilling time to be a part of cricket in Eire.”
How acquainted is he with Irish cricket?
“Social media and livestreaming lately has made it simpler to comply with groups and video games around the globe. You will get a great sense of how the home competitions work significantly. However I additionally fondly bear in mind taking part in a tour recreation for Australia in opposition to Eire at Clontarf again in 2010. We have been really in a spot of trouble in that recreation – we have been underneath the pump early from the Irish openers. One in all our previous Norths mates, Alex Cusack, performed for Eire that day, in order that was a enjoyable expertise. I used to be fortunate sufficient to take a pair wickets and we gained the sport. However the primary factor that sticks in my thoughts was that it was an incredible ambiance.”
Richard Holdsworth, Excessive Efficiency Director at Cricket Eire, mentioned: “We’re delighted that Nathan can be becoming a member of the excessive efficiency workers and sit up for getting him over right here to start out working with our spin teams. Filling this position now completes our elite teaching restructure and offers what we consider is a good teaching and help staff round our efficiency squads.
“Not solely will Nathan’s expertise and expertise be invaluable to our spinners in each the boys’s and ladies’s squads, however he may also be wanting on the subsequent technology coming by means of the pathway system.” Hauritz will be part of the Irish set-up in August, topic to a piece allow.
