Head coach Chandika Hathurusingha along with the newly appointed assistant Nick Pothas will be playing the role as the Bangladesh national team's batting coach after Jamie Siddons stepped down from the position.
Seeking anonymity, a Bangladesh Cricket Board official said on Tuesday that they neither demoted Siddons nor removed him from his role.
‘Neither the BCB has removed nor demoted Siddons from his role. He has just been relocated to our ‘A’ team and also to the Bangladesh Tigers, where he would be working with the national discards to regain their form,’ said the official.
‘Hathurusingha and Potahs will supervise the Tigers batting from now on,’ he added.
Earlier on Monday, Siddons revealed that he would no longer be working as the Bangladesh national team batting consultant.
‘I'm back in Dhaka after a short break. I won't be working with the National team anymore as I feel my best value to BCB is working with the next generation to ensure the players just outside of the team are being well looked after and are improving each day in preparation for their next opportunity to play for their country,’ the post read.
He made it clear that the decision was taken by the mutual understanding between him and the Bangladesh Cricket Board.
‘I love coaching the skills of the game to young players and so the BCB and I have made it happen! The glory is being with the National team and I love that, but most of the skill development, improvement and training takes place in the nets and heat when grinding it out in the nets at Mirpur!.
Looking forward to working with our future players with the A Team and the Tigers!!’ he added.
Siddons joined the BCB for a second sting as a batting coach. He earlier served Bangladesh as the head coach from 2007-2011. He was credited to make the likes of Tamim Iqbal, Shakib Al Hasan, Mahmudullah and Mushfiqur Rahim as batting genius during his first stint.
Under his supervision, the quartet honed their skill and made them integral part of Bangladesh's cricket history.
As Bangladesh need some skilled batters to replace those four players who are now in the twilight of their career, BCB brought back Siddons for the second stint as batting coach.
