David Saker

David James Saker (born 29 May 1966 in Melbourne, Victoria) is an Australian cricket coach and former player who played first-class cricket for the Victorian Bushrangers and then the Tasmanian Tigers later on in his career. He is currently the fast bowling coach for the Sri Lanka national cricket team.

David Saker
Personal information
Full nameDavid James Saker
Born (1966-05-29) 29 May 1966
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
BattingRight-hand batsman
BowlingRight-arm fast-medium
RelationsMG Gale (nephew)
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1995–2000Victoria
2000–2002Tasmania
Career statistics
Competition First-class List A
Matches 72 43
Runs scored 1,384 255
Batting average 19.77 15.93
100s/50s 0/4 0/0
Top score 66* 47*
Balls bowled 15,943 2,211
Wickets 247 46
Bowling average 30.10 32.82
5 wickets in innings 5 0
10 wickets in match 2 0
Best bowling 7/32 4/35
Catches/stumpings 18/– 3/–
Source: Cricket Archive, 17 August 2010

Playing career

A right-arm fast-medium bowler, Saker made his first class debut in the 1994–95 season. He spent six years with the Bushrangers before accepting an offer to join the Tasmanian side at the start of the 2000–01 season. As a veteran in a fairly young side he was named as their Player of the Year for 2001–02. Saker was also a handy batsman, making four first class half-centuries, even opening the batting at times for the Bushrangers in limited-overs games. He retired in 2002–03 with 247 wickets to his name at 30.10.

Coaching

In 2004 he became an assistant coach at Victoria under Greg Shipperd.

On 8 April 2010, Saker was appointed as the fast bowling coach of the England cricket team, replacing the departing Ottis Gibson.[1] After Saker's key role in the team winning the 2010–11 Ashes series, he was handed a new three-year contract.[2]

Saker left the English job in early 2015, and was appointed head coach of the Melbourne Renegades in the Big Bash League.[3] Two months later, he was also appointed coach of the Victoria Bushrangers in first class and one day cricket.[4] He led Victoria to the Sheffield Shield in his only season with the state, and was then appointed fast-bowling coach for the Australian national cricket team in July 2016.[5] He resigned on 7 February 2019 with immediate effect.[6]

In July 2019, he was appointed as the fast bowling coach of the United States national cricket team on a short-term basis. In December 2019, he was appointed as the fast bowling coach of Sri Lanka national cricket team on two-year contract.[7]

See also

References
  1. "Saker named as England bowling coach". ESPN. 8 April 2010. Retrieved 5 January 2010.
  2. "Fast bowling coach David Saker extends England deal". BBC Sport. 6 January 2011. Retrieved 7 January 2011.
  3. "David Saker takes head coach role at Melbourne Renegades". BBC Sport. 16 March 2015. Retrieved 16 March 2015.
  4. Greg Buckle (15 May 2015). "David Saker appointed Victoria coach after leaving role as England bowling coach". Herald Sun. Retrieved 2 December 2015.
  5. Greg Buckle (14 July 2016). "David Saker appointed Australian bowling coach after guiding Victoria to Sheffield Shield title". Herald Sun. Melbourne, VIC. Retrieved 14 July 2016.
  6. sport, The Guardian (7 February 2019). "Bowling coach David Saker quits in latest Australian cricket shakeup". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 7 February 2019.
  7. "USA Cricket Announces New National Team Coaching Structure". USA Cricket. Retrieved 13 July 2019.
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