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Chanderpaul, Ambrose join Jamaica Tallawahs coaching staff for CPL 2022

The pair have been appointed as head coach and bowling coach respectively

File photo -Shivnarine Chanderpaul also has extensive county experience  •  Getty Images

File photo -Shivnarine Chanderpaul also has extensive county experience  •  Getty Images

Former West Indies batter Shivnarine Chanderpaul has been named Jamaica Tallawahs head coach for the 2022 Caribbean Premier League (CPL) while Curtly Ambrose, the former West Indies quick, has been roped in as bowling coach.
Chanderpaul, 47, represented West Indies in 164 Tests, 264 ODIs, and 22 T20Is, scoring more than 20,000 international runs in an international career that began in 1994 and ended in 2015. He replaces Floyd Reifer, who quit the position after taking over as head coach of the West Indies Under-19 side.
Ambrose, 58, took 405 wickets in Tests and 225 wickets in ODIs in an international career spanning 274 matches over 12 years, from 1988 to 2000. He has had spells as bowling coach of West Indies - he was in the role when the team won the T20 World Cup in 2016 - as well as in the CPL (with Guyana Amazon Warriors for three years). He also spent three years as assistant coach of the Combined Campuses and Colleges in Caribbean regional cricket. He is qualified to Level 3 standard.
"Shivnarine has had an illustrious playing career and is one of the greats of the game. He has served West Indies cricket with distinction, and I know he will take the Tallawahs to new heights," Krishna Persaud, the Tallawahs owner, said. "Sir Curtly brings in a lot of technical expertise and experience to the Tallawahs and we look forward to having him in the team."
Chanderpaul said being appointed the head coach was an honour.
"It's an absolute honour to be appointed as the new Head Coach of the Jamaica Tallawahs and I am really looking forward to working with the players and support staff to bring another championship to Jamaica," Chanderpaul said.
Andre Coley will serve as the Tallawahs assistant coach. He was part of the inaugural management team at the High Performance Centre Programme in Barbados from 2010-2013.
Tallawahs finished fifth in the 2021 edition of the six-team CPL, winning only four of their ten matches.