The former Australian cricketer will lead a national team in transition for the next four years
Shelley Nitschke’s first series as Australian women’s cricket coach will be a T20 tour of India in December.Shelley Nitschke’s first series as Australian women’s cricket coach will be a T20 tour of India in December.Shelley Nitschke has been appointed Australia’s women’s cricket team head coach, charged with leading the next generation after being handed a four-year deal.
But Nitschke has long been aware she faces an era of transition not seen since Shane Warne, Glenn McGrath, Justin Langer and John Buchanan all left the men’s set-up at the same time. “I’m honoured to have been given this opportunity to lead the team full-time and to continue to build on the legacy created by Matthew Mott,” Nitschke said on Tuesday.
Nitschke played 122 matches for Australia across all three formats between 2005 and 2011, taking 153 wickets as a finger-spinner and scoring more than 3000 runs.
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