Bangladesh hire James Pamment as new fielding coach

James Pamment has been appointed as the new fielding coach of the Bangladesh men's national team. He will join the Test squad ahead of the two-match series against Zimbabwe at home later this month. Pamment has been given a long-term contract that ends after the ODI World Cup in 2027.

"I am really excited about the opportunity to get involved with a very talented Bangladesh side," he said in a statement. "I am eagerly looking forward to joining the players and the backroom staff ahead of the Zimbabwe series."

Pamment effectively replaced assistant coach Nic Pothas, who oversaw the side's fielding improvement in the past few months before leaving the job in January this year. Bangladesh have had a number of fielding coaches in the recent past - Ryan Cook and Shane McDermott also worked with the team in the last few years.

Pamment comes with an impressive resume as a fielding coach. He was the assistant coach at Mumbai Indians (MI) in the IPL since 2018, and specialised in fielding and running between the wickets for the franchise.

Prior to the IPL role, Pamment's international experience was with New Zealand, where he was the fielding coach and specialist technical advisor. He also worked in NZC as a high-performance coach.

Pamment, 56, was born in Yorkshire but is a New Zealand national who played all his first-class cricket for Auckland.