MUMBAI: The
Emirates Cricket Board
on Sunday appointed
Monty Desai
as the batting coach for the UAE team's senior men’s side.
"In an assertive move to bolster the existing coaching expertise under head coach, Dougie Brown, Desai’s role and primary focus will be on the Senior Men’s to further develop and strengthen the UAE batting line-up," said a release from the
Emirates Cricket
Board.
Zayed Abbas
, Emirates
Cricket
Board Member and Spokesperson said: “UAE Cricket is embarking on an exceptionally busy playing schedule where we have three exceptionally important tournaments for two of our representative sides; the ICC U19’s Cricket World Cup campaign (2020), our Senior Men’s ICC World T20 qualifiers (2019) as well as the Senior Men’s ICC World Cricket League Division 2 matches.”
“The importance of securing success in all three campaigns is of the highest priority, and it is imperative we provide quality resources to reach our goal. We welcome Monty to this role and look forward to seeing positive results from his influence and expertise.” added Abbas.
Besides being the head coach of Canada, his most recent assignment, Desai has previously been a batting coach with emerging cricket nations such as Nepal and Afghanistan. He was Afghanistan’s batting coach in their bid to secure ICC Cricket World Cup qualification in Zimbabwe (2018), In his tenure with Canada, he held the role of head coach in their ICC World Cricket League Division 2 campaign.
He has been an integral member of the coaching team for T20 IPL franchises Rajasthan Royals and Gujarat. He was the head coach of Andhra during the 2018-2019 domestic season.
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