Tim Southee joins Brendon McCullum in England males’s teaching workers

England have appointed former New Zealand quick bowler Tim Southee as a Specialist Abilities Advisor for the England males’s groups. Southee has been roped in on a “short-term foundation” and will probably be working alongside head coach Brendon McCullum, additionally a former Black Caps skipper.

Southee will hyperlink up with the staff earlier than England’s Check match towards Zimbabwe, which is scheduled to kick-start on Could 22 at Trent Bridge in Nottingham. Southee will probably be there with the England staff till the top of the five-match Check sequence towards India.

“Along with his huge expertise of enjoying in a variety of situations world wide and throughout all codecs, he brings precious perception and information to the gamers,” the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) wrote in an announcement on Friday whereas welcoming Southee to the teaching workers.

After his consultancy stint with England, Southee will return to his enjoying commitments whereas representing the Birmingham Phoenix within the Hundred Males’s competitors, which begins on August 5.

Final yr, Southee retired from worldwide cricket as New Zealand’s all-time main wicket-taker. Over the course of 394 matches, he claimed 776 wickets at an economic system price of 4.01, together with 20 five-wicket hauls and one 10-wicket haul.

Remarkably, he additionally ended his profession because the fourth-highest six-hitter in Check cricket historical past, with 98 sixes—trailing solely Ben Stokes (133), Brendon McCullum (107), and Adam Gilchrist (100).

England did not qualify for the finals within the first two editions of the World Check Championship (WTC) and will probably be desperate to make amends within the third.

England will even host the West Indies for 3 ODIs and three T20Is from Could 29 to June 10, with matches scheduled in Birmingham, Cardiff, London, Bristol, Chester-le-Avenue, and Southampton.

England’s Check sequence towards India begins on June 20 with the sequence opener at Headingley in Leeds.