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IPL powerhouse Punjab Kings XI snap up former Hurricanes coach Damien Wright for bowling role
A former Tasmanian cricket coach who lost his role with the state team has been headhunted by one of biggest and most lucrative cricket franchises in the world as an elite bowling coach.
Key points:
- Former Tasmanian Tigers and Hobart Hurricanes coach Damien Wright has signed an IPL contract as the bowling coach of Kings XI Punjab
- Wright will join fellow Tasmanian Riley Meredith as part of the Kings XI Punjab squad
- Wright’s last professional coaching stint was with Cricket Tasmania in 2017
Damien Wright — the 45-year-old former coach of the Hobart Hurricanes, along with several other specialist roles with other teams in his career — has just signed on with Kings XI Punjab in this year’s Indian Premier League (IPL).
Wright has been out of…
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