Contest - 8 :: My Most Favorite Cricket Coach :: ||Dave Whatmore || 🏏🏏🏏

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Childhood

Dave Whatmore was born in Ceylon (now Sri Lanka). Educated at the Royal Preparatory School, Colombo. He and his family immigrated to Australia in 1982. Lives in Menton, near Melbourne. Menton attended the Grammar School there.

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Player life

From March 1979 to January 1970, he played in six Tests and one ODI. Victoria has scored over 6,000 runs in first-class cricket for the Bushrangers.

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After a 5-1 series defeat against hosts England in the 1986-89 season, the selectors decided to drop Peter Tuhi, Bruce Yardley and Phil Carlson. They were replaced by Dave Whatmore, Trevor Laughlin and Peter Slip. Laughlin later withdrew his name and was replaced by Wayne Clark.

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Coaching

Whatmore retired from cricket in the 1986-89 season. He then jumped into coaching for the purpose of earning money. He coached the Sri Lankan team for two terms. For the first time he was successful. Under his able management, the team won the 1998 Cricket World Cup. Between the two terms, Lancashire won the 1998 and 1999 National League titles. Also, the club won the NatWest Trophy in 1997.

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He was the coach of Bangladesh team from 2003 to 2006. In some cases, Bangladesh was successful against the top team. Bangladesh won their first Test match in early 2005. [3] That same year, Australia lost to the top-ranked team, which took the world of cricket by surprise.

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Also, in the 2007 Cricket World Cup, the top rivals reached the Super Eight stage by defeating India, including South Africa. He announced his resignation after the end of Bangladesh's game from the World Cup. He held the post until May 29 when he played against India at home.

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On March 4, 2012, the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) appointed Whatmore as its head coach. He replaces interim coach Mohsin Khan. The contract was signed for a period of two years. The team was successful in his first attempt. Pakistan won the 2012 Asia Cup against Bangladesh and became the champions.

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He was appointed by Zimbabwe Cricket as the head coach of the national team on December 30, 2014. He was relieved of his post nine months before the end of his contract.