Shane Deitz appointed as West Indies women's team head coach
Jul 08, 2023
St Johns [Antigua], July 8 : Cricket West Indies (CWI) on Saturday announced the appointment of Shane Deitz as the new head coach of the women's cricket team.
The 48-year-old Deitz is a former first-class player who represented South Australia as a wicket-keeper-batter in 66 first-class matches between 1998 and 2008. He brings a wealth of knowledge and experience to the position, having been coaching at the professional and international levels for over a decade.
He was the head coach of the Bangladesh women's team and is currently the head coach of the Netherlands women's.
"We are pleased to announce Shane as our new West Indies Women's Head Coach following a robust global recruitment process. Shane is well equipped for the role having coached extensively in both the Men's and Women's game, in his native Australia, as well as other parts of the world. He is dynamic, energetic, and is very familiar with the requirements of the women's game. He brings the right skills and experience to drive the team and the women's game in the West Indies forward," Johnny Grave, CWI's Chief Executive Officer said in an official statement.
"I am very honoured to have the opportunity to coach the West Indies Women's team. West Indies cricket both men and women have a great history of success whilst playing entertaining cricket and my aim is to continue with that formula. The team has a great blend of world-class senior players and some talented younger players which is a good starting point to build from. We have a lot of work to do though as reality is we are behind the top few sides in the world and we need to bridge that gap and become competitive again to challenge for World Cups in the future," Shane Deitz said.
"I do believe though the nucleus is there to create a world-class competitive side and that is what I will aim to do. The standard of women's cricket is at an all-time high and we need to strive to reach those heights through good planning, a lot of hard work and then executing on the pitch. I am very excited about that challenge and can't wait to start working with this talented squad," he added.
Deitz will start the role in late August ahead of the Women's CPL and the West Indies Women's next international assignment, the away tour of Australia in October.
