Graeme Hick appointed batting coach at Australian centre of excellence

Graeme Hick appointed batting coach at Australian centre of excellence
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• Batsman won 65 Tests for England
• Hick will supervise Australia A and Under-19 players

The former England batsman Graeme Hick has been appointed as the high performance coach at Cricket Australia's centre of excellence in Brisbane.

Hick fills the role vacated by former Australia player Stuart Law, who replaced new national coach Darren Lehmann as Queensland coach in June.

Zimbabwe-born Hick, who played 65 Tests for England, will be charged mainly with looking after the Australia A and under-19 players.

He will also be used as a specialised batting coach for state and international players when they train at the centre.

"Graeme is a highly regarded former international batsman who has been a consultant coach this past winter working with our AIS scholars," the Cricket Australia performance manager, Pat Howard, said. "Graeme knows what it takes to compete at the top level and has had many years' experience playing in different conditions, which will be vital to the development of our young batters.

"He will complement the specialist skills with Troy Cooley and Tim Coyle who are responsible for our fast bowling and fielding programs respectively, as well as all national coaching staff in our pathway system including Darren Lehmann."

Hick will begin his role by attending a batting forum in Sydney next month. Several former Australian cricketers and current coaches are expected to use the forum to provide information for the creation of a national batting program.

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