ECB appoints Marcus Trescothick as batting coach

London: Former England opener Marcus Trescothick has been named batting coach of the senior men’s team, the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) confirmed on Monday.

Trescothick will now step down as Somerset’s assistant coach and will take up the new role by the middle of March.

On the bowling front, Jon Lewis and Jeetan Patel have been named as the teams’ pace bowling and spin bowling coaches respectively.

Gloucestershire head coach Richard Dawson will step down from his role in April in order to fill Lewis’s shoes as the Young Lions head coach - a role that will be reconfigured into an elite pathway coach.

Trescothick, Lewis and Patel will join the national coaching set-up that consists of head coach Chris Silverwood and assistant coaches Thorpe and Paul Collingwood.

“Marcus, Jon and Jeetan have demonstrated their ability at the highest level and also show huge potential for the future,” ECB Performance Director Mo Bobat said in a statement.

“Richard’s coaching pedigree speaks for itself and to have someone of his quality playing a prominent role in the development and preparation of our best young players is a real asset,” he added. (UNI)