Inverarity to stay on for third term at Warwickshire

Warwickshire's coach John Inverarity will remain at Edgbaston for a third season, after he was persuaded to stay on by the club.

Inverarity, 60, was considering a return to education after having retired from a 36-year teaching career which included being Headmaster of Hale School in Perth. His tenure in education had previously been briefly interrupted by a couple of inspirational stints as Kent's coach, and then in 2003 he announced that he had called time on teaching as he took up the coaching position at Edgbaston.

However, after considering his options, he has now agreed to stay on with Warwickshire in a bid to spur them to further success, as they try to repeat this year's Championship-winning triumph. Inverarity, who played six Tests for Australia, struck up a winning partnership with Warwickshire's captain, Nick Knight and the club are relieved to have secured his services for another term.

"Everybody at the club is delighted with news that John will be back with us again next season," Dennis Amiss, Warwickshire's chief executive, told Warwickshire CCC's official website. "He and Nick Knight work so well together, and now they can keep building."