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Wright sets the trend in return as specialist T20 coach
- Updated: October 19, 2016
Derbyshire have become the first English county to employ a specialist T20 head coach.
Contemporary thinking, though, has rarely seemed more of a throwback as they have turned to John Wright, the former New Zealand Test batsman, who first set foot in Derbyshire nearly 40 years ago.
Wright, 62, is steeped in experience with coaching spells for India for five years from 2000 and his native New Zealand as well as guiding Mumbai Indians to the IPL title in 2013. He currently has a scouting role with Mumbai Indians.
Specialist T20 coaches have been logistically unappealing in England because the NatWest Blast has stretched over three months of the season. But the competition is back in a tighter block for 2017 – something tried only once before – and Derbyshire have been quick to take advantage.
After a dismal 2016 season in which poor T20 form was allied to a failure to win a single match in the …
