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Sri Lankan legendary spinner Rangana Herath and South Africa batsman Ashwell Prince have been appointed as Bangladesh National Team’s consultants for spin bowling and batting respectively, Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) confirmed Saturday.
Herath will join the Bangladesh coaching team in Zimbabwe and will be in the role until the end of Bangladesh’s campaign in this year’s ICC Twenty20 World Cup.
Prince has reached an agreement with the BCB to work with the Bangladeshi batsmen for the Tour of Zimbabwe 2021.
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43-year-old Herath, the most successful left-arm spinner in the history of Test cricket with 433 wickets taken in a remarkable career lasting two decades, is an ICC/SLC Level 3 coach specialising in spin bowling.
Herath represented Sri Lanka in 93 matches and scalped 433 wickets with 34 five-wicket hauls. He also has an incredible record of taking nine wickets in a single innings of a Test.
Left-hander Prince has been capped 119 times by South Africa in the three formats. The 44-year-old is also a Level 3 coach who has worked as the batting consultant for South Africa A and had also been the A side’s interim-Head Coach.
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Ashwell played 66 Tests, 52 ODIs and only T20I for South Africa. He played his last international match in 2011, a Test against Sri Lanka in Durban. He has 11 centuries and as many half-centuries under his belt in Tests.