Tim Coyle to coach Hobart Hurricanes for Big Bash League 2 – Cricket News Update
Tim Coyle, head coach of the Tasmanian Tigers, will be taking on a dual role this season, as he prepares to add the Hobart Hurricanes to his list of coaching duties for the upcoming second season of the Big Bash League, 2012-13, with http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Michael-Di-Venuto-c1954 set
to serve as his assistant.
“Tasmania and the Hurricanes have been involved in T20 final action but we have never claimed the title,” Coyle said, explaining that prior to the establishment of the Big Bash League, he served as coach for the Tasmanian Tigers’ T20 team. “... there are
certainly some challenges with the new format which I'm looking forward to tackling.”
Coyle takes up the responsibility after the Hurricanes’ original coach, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Tasmania-c854, during which he played a total of
7 first-class Sheffield Shield matches as wicketkeeper for the team in 1990-91 (scoring a total of 207 runs and taking 23 catches) after which Tasmania replaced him with a new gloveman in the form of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mark-Neville-Atkinson-c74687.
Coyle then moved on to Launceston, where he served as coaching and development manager for up to ten years. Tasmanian Cricket Association chose him to be their game development manager during 2000, and after a stint as the Tigers’ fielding and wicketkeeping
coach from 2002 to 2005, he was appointed head coach of the state side after http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Brian-Allan-McFadyen-c48449, mid-2005. Coyle went on to justify the appointment by coaching Tasmania to their maiden Pura Cup title in 2006-07.
His expertise is bound to benefit the Hurricanes in a major way, after a disappointing first BBL season last year, which saw the team come tantalisingly close to the tournament finals before being knocked out of the semis by the Sydney Sixers, who eventually
went on to lift the cup.
“There is no doubt that the Big Bash League was a success and the Hurricanes had success on and off the field, however 2012-13 is a new season and finding the balance between state, Big Bash League and national cricket will again be a real test for the players
and coaching staff,” observed Coyle, whose appointment sees Tasmania joining the ranks of the Adelaide Strikers, Brisbane Heat, and Perth Scorchers – all teams that are coached by the same men who mentor their city’s state side teams.
The Hurricanes, who have yet to finalise their playing list prior to the November deadline, finished the league stage of the 2011-12 tournament at number two on the points table, having won 5 of the 7 matches they played. However, a narrow 7-run defeat at
the hands of the Sydney Sixers in a semi-final saw them crashing out of the tournament on January 22, 2012.
The upcoming second edition of the tournament is due to kick off on December 7, with the Hurricanes’ first match due to be played against Brisbane Heat on December 9 at the Gabba.
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