Mark Ramprakash has been appointed as England's new batting coach this week, the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) announced Thursday. Ramprakash, 45, had long been tipped to be Graham Gooch's successor after the ex-England opener was axed earlier this year.
The former Middlesex and Surrey batsman emerged as the standout candidate when it became clear Graham Thorpe, who is highly valued at the ECB and previously worked as limited-overs batting coach under Ashley Giles, was reluctant to commit to England's gruelling tour commitments.
Ramprakash had previously worked with squad members at the National Performance Centre Loughborough and had already accepted an offer to travel with the England side for this month's one-day international tour of Sri Lanka. That trip will now mark his first series on head coach Peter Moores's permanent backroom team. "I am delighted to have appointed Mark as England batting coach," said ECB managing director Paul Downton.
Meanwhile Ramprakash said: "I am hugely excited to have been appointed England batting coach and am looking forward to building on the relationships I have established during the summer. "I will draw on my 25 years of experience as a cricketer but also am open to learning all the time. I feel we have a very exciting group of players and am relishing the opportunity to continue working with them."
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