England have appointed former West Indies captain Kieron Pollard to their teaching set-up for subsequent 12 months’s T20 World Cup.
Pollard, 36, will be a part of as an assistant coach for the match within the West Indies and United States to offer experience about native circumstances.
England managing director Rob Key mentioned after their disastrous 50-over World Cup defence they might have benefited from a coach with “native information”.
England are the T20 World Cup holders.
All-rounder Pollard hit 2,706 runs and took 55 wickets in 123 one-day internationals, whereas he scored 1,569 runs and claimed 42 wickets in 101 Twenty20 internationals.
He was additionally a part of the West Indies squad which gained the 2012 T20 World Cup and captained West Indies in 63 matches earlier than his retirement from all codecs of worldwide cricket in April 2022.
Pollard remains to be energetic an energetic participant in T20 franchise cricket and skippered Trinbago Knight Riders to the ultimate of this 12 months’s Caribbean Premier League.
He is among the most skilled gamers in T20 cricket having performed 637 home matches within the format, profitable the Indian Premier League 5 instances.
Final week, England misplaced the fifth and deciding T20 in opposition to West Indies to endure a 3-2 sequence defeat.