Kabul, Feb 25: England-born Richard Pybus has been appointed as the head coach of the Afghanistan cricket team, replacing Jonathan Trott following the team’s exit from the ongoing T20 World Cup.
Pybus, who has enjoyed a distinguished international coaching career, will take charge ahead of next month’s white-ball series against Sri Lanka in the UAE.
“The Afghanistan Cricket Board (ACB) is pleased to announce the appointment of Richard Pybus as the Head Coach of the Afghanistan National Team,” ACB said in a statement on Tuesday. “He will join AfghanAtalan ahead of the upcoming white-ball series against Sri Lanka in March.”
While his playing career was derailed due to a spate of injuries, Pybus achieved success as a coach. He is a three-time World Cup-winning head coach and director of cricket and brings in a wealth of elite-level experience and a proven record of building high-performance systems.
He previously served as head coach, director of cricket and head of high performance for the West Indies from 2013 to 2019.