England have appointed former West Indies captain Kieron Pollard as an assistant coach for the Males’s T20 World Cup within the Caribbean and USA subsequent June.
Pollard was a part of the West Indies sides that gained the 2012 T20 World Cup in Sri Lanka and has made a report 637 appearances throughout all T20 cricket internationally and domestically.
England hope the 36-year-old will present native information as they give the impression of being to efficiently defend the title they gained underneath coach Matthew Mott and captain Jos Buttler in Australia in 2022.
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England hope Pollard will present experience of circumstances within the Caribbean
England first gained the T20 World Cup within the Caribbean in 2010, defeating Australia within the closing.
Pollard amassed over 12,000 runs and took greater than 300 wickets throughout his prolonged T20 profession, profitable the Indian Premier League 5 instances with Mumbai Indians (2013, 2015, 2017, 2019, 2020).
The Trinidadian performed 101 T20 internationals for West Indies between 2008 and 2022, scoring 1,500 runs, together with six half-centuries, and taking 42 wickets.
Pollard smashed six sixes in an over off Sri Lanka spinner Akila Dananjaya throughout a T20 worldwide in 2021, changing into the third man to attain the feat in worldwide cricket, after India’s Yuvraj Singh off England’s Stuart Broad and South Africa’s Herschelle Gibbs off Netherlands’ Daan van Bunge.
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Pollard smashed six sixes in an over throughout a T20 worldwide towards Sri Lanka in 2021
The 2024 T20 World Cup runs between June 4-30, dwell on Sky Sports activities, with the fixtures to be launched in the end.
England have simply accomplished a five-match T20 worldwide collection within the Caribbean, overwhelmed 3-2 by the hosts after a four-wicket defeat within the deciding recreation in Trinidad.
Buttler’s workforce had fallen 2-0 down within the collection solely to stage the rating at 2-2 as opener Phil Salt scored back-to-back centuries, together with his 119 from 57 balls within the fourth match powering his facet to their highest T20I whole of 267-3.
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England’s Phil Salt scored back-to-back a whole lot through the current T20I collection defeat within the West Indies
There might be three debuting sides on the T20 World Cup, in joint-hosts USA in addition to Canada and Uganda.
The 20 groups might be divided into 4 teams of 5 with the highest two advancing to the Tremendous 8 stage.
The Tremendous 8s will function two swimming pools of 4 with the highest two in every group making the semi-finals.
Groups to qualify for 2024 Males’s T20 World CupUSA (certified as hosts)West Indies (certified as hosts)England (certified on efficiency in final T20 World Cup)Australia (certified on efficiency in final T20 World Cup)India (certified on efficiency in final T20 World Cup)New Zealand (certified on efficiency in final T20 World Cup)Netherlands (certified on efficiency in final T20 World Cup)Sri Lanka (certified on efficiency in final T20 World Cup)South Africa (certified on efficiency in final T20 World Cup)Pakistan (certified on efficiency in final T20 World Cup)Afghanistan (certified through T20I rankings)Bangladesh (certified through T20I rankings)Eire (got here via Europe Qualifier)Scotland (got here via Europe Qualifier)Papua New Guinea (got here via East Asia-Pacific Qualifier)Canada (got here via Americas Qualifier)Nepal (got here via Asia Qualifier)Oman (got here via Asia Qualifier)Namibia (got here via Africa Qualifier)Uganda (got here via Africa Qualifier)