Kabul [Afghanistan], August 27 (ANI): Afghanistan have roped in former Eire all-rounder John Mooney as their new fielding coach, and Nirmalan Thanabalasingam as the brand new physiotherapist forward of the much-awaited Asia Cup, which is able to start in a fortnight.
Mooney and Nirmalan have joined Afghanistan’s camp for the continuing coaching and preparation camp forward of the T20I tri-series in opposition to the UAE and Pakistan, scheduled to kick off on August 29 and the Asia Cup, which is able to start on September 9.
The previous Irish all-rounder has served as Afghanistan’s fielding coach from 2018 to 2019. It was the identical interval when Afghanistan made its Check debut in India. Mooney has additionally labored with the West Indies males’s workforce and served as a brief coach for the Eire ladies’s workforce since January this 12 months.
Throughout his enjoying days, 43-year-old Mooney was a left-arm batter and a right-arm fast. He performed 64 ODIs and 27 T20Is for Eire from 2006 to 2015, together with appearances in three ODI World Cups (2007, 2011 and 2015) in addition to two T20 World Cups (2009 and 2010).
He’s nonetheless fondly recognized for hitting the profitable runs for Eire of their historic victory over England in the course of the 2011 World Cup in Bengaluru. He pulled the curtains down on his profession in 2015 and accomplished Degree 3, 2, and 1 teaching certificates from the England Cricket Board.
Nirmalan, then again, has been related to Desert Vipers as a physiotherapist within the ILT20 since 2020. Beforehand, he had additionally served because the Excessive-Efficiency Coaching and Rehabilitation Supervisor for Sri Lanka Cricket from March 2017 to June 2018. He additionally labored with Cricket New South Wales, Rangpur Riders (BPL), Montreal Tigers (GT20 Canada), ICC World XI, Sydney Thunder (BBL), and the West Harbour Rugby Union Membership.
Presently, Afghanistan are present process a coaching and preparation camp in Abu Dhabi for his or her subsequent two essential assignments.
Afghanistan squad: Rashid Khan (c), Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Ibrahim Zadran, Darwish Rasooli, Sediqullah Atal, Azmatullah Omarzai, Karim Janat, Mohammad Nabi, Gulbadin Naib, Sharafuddin Ashraf, Mohammad Ishaq, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Allah Ghazanfar, Noor Ahmad, Farid Malik, Naveen-ul-Haq, Fazalhaq Farooqi. (ANI)
