Paul Shaw replaces Mark Lane as England women’s cricket coach – Cricket News
England and Wales Cricket Board appointed http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mark-Edward-Landon-Lane-c74598 on Monday. Lane stepped down as women’s head coach on May 13, after spending 5 years in the
coveted role.
Shaw, 45, has been promoted internally and with the role of the head coach becoming redundant, his area of responsibility becomes much wider than Lane. The Staffordshire born left-handed batsman will
be ECB Women’s and Girls' high performance manager and will also monitor the performance of the senior http://www.senore.com/Cricket/England-c56013 Women's team. He was previously head of England Women's performance.
Hailing Paul’s contributions to the development of women’s cricket, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Clare-Joanne-Connor-c51086, ECB’s head of England Women's cricket, said that the rationale for introducing the new role is to reflect the scope
and expansion of women’s cricket in the country.
"Paul has already made an excellent contribution and has considerable strengths in a range of areas, most notably in leadership, creating high performance cultures and talent development,” said Connor
while speaking to media reporters on Monday.
"I am wholly confident that Paul has the expertise and dynamism required to ensure that the England Women's team regains its number one world ranking as we embark on a new World Cup cycle," added
ECB head of England Women's cricket.
The England and Wales Cricket Board had earlier said in a statement that a successor to Lane would be hired for Women’s Ashes series, commencing on August 11 but Shaw’s appointment means a permanent
coach overseeing all the English women series that would be played this summer. The English women will kick start their 2013 home summer with a two-match ODI series against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Pakistan-c755 in July, which will be followed by a two-match T20 series against the same
opposition.
Shaw played for Staffordshire Minor Counties from 1992 until 2004, featuring in 12 List A matches, which saw him scoring 310 runs, including two half centuries as well. After retiring from cricket,
he started coaching career at Barnsley CC, before working for http://www.senore.com/Cricket/ICC-World-Cup-2011-c100625 Europe. He joined ECB in 2007 as education training manager and became the head of Women’s performance in 2010. He was one of the first graduates of the ECB's highly successful Level 4 coaching
programme.
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