BCB Wants Foreign Coach for Women’s Team

The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) Women's wing will try yet again to appoint an international coach for female cricketers to replace Indian coach Anju Jain.

Former Indian captain cum Arjuna Awardee Anju Jain recently joined the Baroda Cricket Association (BCA) to coach their senior women's team.

Jain's contract with the Bangladesh Women's Team expired in March. The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) did not choose to extend it largely due to the poor performance of the side at the recently concluded Women's T20 World Cup in Australia.

The BCB, though, did not publicly announce that they would not enter into a new deal since the Covid 19 pandemic hit the planet.

Jain, a wicketkeeper who played for India for 12 years and even captained the team at the 2000 Women's Cricket World Cup, didn't let BCB learn much about her contract with the Baroda Cricket Association.

“Her (Jain) contract was expired in March. We had no intention of renewing her contract. Basically we started searching coaches for the women’s after the World Cup but the procedure got halted due to the Covid-19 pandemic,” Shafiul Alam Chowdhury Nadel, the chairman of BCB Women’s Wing told media.

Nadel said that they would give a foreign coach a top priority.

“We always want a world standard coach for our women’s team so that they can reach another height,” he added.

Nadel however expressed his hope to find out a coach for the women’s team within a month.

“It’s tough to get a coach at this moment because the whole world gets stranded due to the coronavirus. But still, we are working on it intensively. Hopefully, we can find out a coach within a month.”

Anju Jain replaced England's David Capel to become Bangladesh Women's Team Coach in 2018. She was initially awarded a six-month contract, which was later extended to the Women's T20 World Cup in Australia in February.

Source: BSS