Specialist Fielding Coaches
The use of specialist fielding coaches has become more prevalent in recent years, following the trend of specialist batting & bowling coaches within professional cricket. The most well known specialist fielding coaches working in cricket currently are:
- Julien Fountain (Joined West Indies Cricket Team in 1998, a former Cricketer & British Olympic Baseball Player)
- Mike Young (Joined Australia Cricket Team in 2001, a former Professional Baseball Player, Manager & Coach)
- Richard Halsall (Joined England Cricket Team in 2008,a former PE Teacher & former professional cricketer from Zimbabwe)
- Trevor Penney (Joined Sri Lanka Cricket Team in 2005, a former professional Cricketer)
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