Greg Chappell made Australia’s first fulltime national selector
August 23rd, 2010 - 12:53 pm ICT by ANIMelbourne, Aug 23 (ANI): Former Australian Test skipper Greg Chappell has been named as the country’s first full-time selector.
Cricket Australia appointed Chappell, who will vacate his current position as the head coach of the Centre of Excellence, to take on the official role of national talent manager operating from Melbourne.
Chappell said he was looking forward to his new role.
“I am really excited by the challenge of this new role - from a talent management point of view, this will be an exciting period for Australian cricket,” The Daily Telegraph quoted him, as saying.
“I have enjoyed the COE head coach role as I was able to work with a talented group of coaches and support staff to assist and develop the next generation of Australian cricketers,” he said.
“The new role dovetails beautifully for me, as they will be the immediate future of Australian cricket,” Chappell added.
CA general manager cricket Michael Brown said he was delighted that someone with Chappell’s life-long depth of experience and expertise at the elite level of the sport was able to take on the new role.
“We began a detailed review of our cricket pathway program more than four years ago and this appointment is the final step in that comprehensive process,” Brown said. (ANI)
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