Tigers’ get McKenzie as batting consultant

The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) appointed former South African international player Neil McKenzie as their batting consultant until next year’s World Cup, source cricbuzz.
Earlier, McKenzie was scheduled to join the team on July 7 but according to the BCB chief executive, he will now team up with the squad in the West Indies on July 22.
Neil McKenzie, the former South African right handed opening batsman has represented South Africa in 124 matches, will take over his charge from former Sri Lankan batsman Thilan Samaraweera.
Talking to the pressmen today at Mirpur, BCB Chief Executive Officer Nizamuddin Chowdhury said they have appointed McKenzie as batting consultant for the team until the next ICC World Cup.
He said they are confident that McKenzie’s vast experience would help the team as well as batsmen in particular.
Bangladesh will be keenly looking forward to working with him on an immediate basis especially after their recent failures in the just concluded two-match Test series. The visitors lost both the Tests inside three days and it was largely due to the failure of their batsmen to apply in testing conditions.
The 42-year old McKenzie, who had previously served as the batting coach of South Africa in two terms- 2016 and 2018, will begin his stint with the three-match ODI series that is scheduled to begin at Guyana from July 22.