Alex Gidman appointed as England Women’s assistant coach

• Alex Gidman has been appointed as England Women’s assistant coach.
• India’s tour will be Gidman’s first assignment.
• Gidman said that he is delighted to join the coaching staff.

After leaving his position as Kent’s batting coach, Alex Gidman was named the assistant coach for England Women.

The England Women’s head coach Jon Lewis, whom Gidman succeeded as Gloucestershire captain in 2009, will be his boss. Gidman was a former Gloucestershire batter and later coached Worcestershire to the 2019 T20 Blast title.

With the addition of Matt Mason and Gareth Breese to the group, Lewis will now have three permanent assistant coaches to help him. Gidman’s first assignment will be for the team’s December trip to India, which includes three Twenty20 Internationals and a single Test match in Navi Mumbai.

“Alex joins us at a very exciting time as we start to prepare for what will be the busiest 15 months of women’s international cricket,” Jonathan Finch, the director of England Women’s Cricket, said. “To be able to bring in someone of Alex’s experience is fantastic news and will only add to the support we can provide to players to continuously move the team forward.

“I would also like to thank Kent CCC in allowing Alex to make the move to his new role so quickly and support our preparation for the upcoming tour to India.”

Gidman added: “I am delighted to join the England Women’s coaching team.

“There is a great blend of experienced and young players within the squad and I can’t wait to get started and add value over the next few years during what is an exciting period for the women’s game.

“I’d also like to say a huge thank you to Kent. I have thoroughly enjoyed my time there and wish them all the best for the future.”

This winter, an England A team will also travel to India. To get ready for this, another Jon Lewis—JJB Lewis, the former Durham head coach—has taken a permanent position as the ECB’s performance batting coach. In due course, a performance pace bowling coach will be appointed.

“The performance coach roles will ensure we can provide more consistent coaching and leadership to our England Women A and England Women U19s programs as we look to develop a group of players ready to perform for England Women moving forward,” Finch added.

“Having these roles will enable us to grow the opportunities to those players looking to make the transition into the England Women squads across all formats.”

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