MUMBAI: The Sharjah Warriorz delighted announced on Tuesday the appointment of former England and Sri Lanka head coach Chris Silverwood as their bowling coach for the upcoming season of the DP World ILT20. Silverwood thus joins head coach, former South Africa batsman JP Duminy in the coaching set up for Sharjah Warriorz.
One of the eminent coaches in the cricketing fraternity, Silverwood joined the England men's national team set-up as the full time bowling coach in 2018, and in October 2019 took over as the Head Coach after the departure of Trevor Bayliss. The former fast bowler continued in that role till February, 2022, before joining Sri Lanka as their Head Coach joining in April 2022, helping them win the T20 Asia Cup in 2022, and make the finals of the 2023 ODI Asia Cup. He has recently finished working as the bowling coach of the Oval Invincbles who won the 2024 Hundred competition in England working with Head Coach Tom Moody.