BCB appoints McMillan as batting consultant for SL tour

Former New Zealand batsman Craig McMillan has been appointed as the batting consultant of the Bangladesh national team for their upcoming tour of Sri Lanka, informed the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) through a media release today. 

"Former New Zealand batsman Craig McMillan has been appointed Bangladesh National Team Batting Consultant for the Tour of Sri Lanka 2020.  In a decade-long international career for the Black Caps, McMillan had scored over 8000 international runs for New Zealand in Test, ODI and T20 formats. Following his retirement as a player McMillan performed the role of New Zealand's batting/fielding coach from 2014-2019. He also has coaching experiences with Canterbury, Middlesex and Indian Premier League (IPL) team Kings XI Punjab," read the media release. 

McMillan will join the team during its pre-tour camp in Sri Lanka. 

McMillan replaced South African Neil McKenzie, who confirmed to The Daily Star on Monday that he had resigned from his role as batting consultant for the Bangladesh national team. 

McKenzie, who was originally drafted back in 2018 as Tigers' white-ball batting consultant, was supposed to join the Tigers for their upcoming three-Test tour of Sri Lanka starting from October 24 at the request of the BCB.