Former Australia Test captain Tim Paine has joined the Adelaide Strikers in the BBL as an assistant coach.Strikers coach Jason Gillespie says luring Paine, who retired from first-class cricket at the end of last season, is a coup for the franchise.”Tim has all the skills to be a fantastic coach,” Gillespie said in a statement on Friday.”The experience he will bring is sure to help our players in all facets of the game and bring more positive elements to the way we play.”Related
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Paine is also having stints as a part-time coach of the Australian U19s and the Australia A team that plays New Zealand A in a series starting next week. Paine is working under former Australia teammate, Western Australia and Perth Scorchers coach Adam Voges for the red-ball portion of the Australia A series. Voges told ESPNcricinfo earlier this month that he was excited to have Paine join the coaching staff.”I have had a fair bit to do with Tim over the journey and I’m really excited for him to start to dip his toe into coaching post-career and looking forward to him being around the group,” Voges said.”To have a former Australian captain in amongst it and to be able to lean on him and for him to provide that experience to a couple of the younger players I think will be great.”Tasmanian-born Paine, who captained Australia in 23 of his 35 Tests, played for the Hobart Hurricanes 44 times, captaining them 25 times.
