England Appoint Jacques Kallis As Batting Consultant For Sri Lanka Test Series | Cricket News

The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) on Monday introduced the appointment of former South Africa all-rounder Jacques Kallis because the batting advisor for the upcoming two-match Test collection in opposition to Sri Lanka. Carl Hopkinson has been named as fielding coach, whereas former New Zealand spinner Jeetan Patel has been named as spin bowling advisor. England Cricket’s official Twitter deal with launched the checklist of appointments on Monday.

Coaches for England’s Test tour of Sri Lanka are:

Head Coach: Chris Silverwood

Assistant Coach: Paul Collingwood

Wicketkeeper Consultant: James Foster

Fielding Coach: Carl Hopkinson

Batting Consultant: Jacques Kallis

Bowling Coach: Jon Lewis

Spin Bowling Consultant: Jeetan Patel

Earlier, Ben Stokes and Jofra Archer had been rested for England’s tour of Sri Lanka as ECB named a 16-man squad for the Test collection in opposition to Sri Lanka. England and Sri Lanka will play two Tests with the primary match beginning on January 14.

The England collection in opposition to Sri Lanka was postponed in March this yr because of the coronavirus pandemic and the rearranged tour will now be held behind closed doorways in Galle. Rory Burns too will miss the red-ball tour as his spouse is anticipating their first little one in the course of the second week of January.

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Ollie Pope, who’s recovering from a shoulder harm sustained in September in the course of the Test collection in opposition to Pakistan, will be part of the squad and proceed his rehab in readiness for the four-match Test collection in opposition to India beginning in February.

After Sri Lanka, England will play a four-match Test collection in opposition to India slated to start from February 5 in Chennai. Archer and Stokes will return for England within the red-ball collection in opposition to India.