The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) has appointed Australian Damien Wright as the head coach of Under-19 team.
Wright, 41, will be in charge of the youth side up to the end of their campaign in the ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup-2018 in New Zealand, said a BCB press release on Tuesday.
The Cricket Australia (Level 3) coach Wright is a former pace bowler who played first class cricket for Tasmania, Victoria and English counties Glamorgan, Northamptonshire, Somerset, Sussex and Worcestershire.
He has also appeared for Australia A. Since his retirement from cricket as a player in 2011, he has been involved in a coaching capacity with the New Zealand National Team (bowling coach), Hobart Hurricanes (head coach), Cricket Tasmania (senior assistant coach), Cricket Victoria (bowling coach) and Melbourne Stars T20 (assistant coach/bowling coach).
