The Afghanistan Cricket Board (ACB) has appointed former South African batter Andrew George Puttick as the national team’s new batting coach and Gordon James Parsons as the U-19 side’s mentor.
Andrew Puttick, South Africa’s left-handed opening batsman from made his FC debut in the 2000-01 season, scoring his maiden first-class century in his third game, ACB said in a statement.
Puttick might have only played a solitary ODI match but carries a rich domestic career, having played 173 first-class matches, 172 List A matches and 83 T20s, scoring around 17000 runs, including 40 centuries and 85 fifties.
As part of his coaching career, Puttick has recently served as the batting coach of Pakistan men’s national team in 2023.
His coaching journey includes roles as batting consultant for the South Africa women’s national team from 2019 to 2023, assistant coach of the South Africa A, batting coach of South Africa men’s emerging team and batting consultant for the South Africa women’s emerging team during the 2019-2020 period.
Parsons, an English-South African with an extensive domestic record in England and South Africa, has been appointed as the national U19 team’s mentor for the ICC U19 Men’s Cricket World Cup 2024.
Parsons, a right-arm medium-fast bowler who batted left-handed, carries a remarkable career involving 338 FC and 351 List A games.
He scored 6763 runs and claimed 809 wickets in the FC format, along with 1941 runs and 351 wickets in the List A games.
Puttick has been granted a one-year contract and will join the national squad during the upcoming tour of India for a three-match T20I series.
James Parsons has already joined the Afghanistan U19 team in South Africa, where he will mentor the Future Stars during the upcoming ICC U19 Men’s Cricket World Cup 2024.
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