Mark Alleyne named as Gloucestershire’s new head trainer

Alleyne gained 9 trophies all over his time as Gloucestershire’s captain and in addition oversaw the membership’s promotion to the highest flight of the County Championship. He’ll take over as head trainer in March, on a three-year deal.

Since retiring in 2004, Alleyne’s profession has encompassed spells as head trainer of the MCC Academy, and extra just lately as head of the cricket division at Marlborough School in Wiltshire.

He had a prior stint as Gloucestershire’s head trainer between 2005 and 2007, and in 2022 he coached England’s Males’s T20I squad all over their excursion of the Caribbean. He has additionally been a part of the set-up at Welsh Fireplace within the Males’s Hundred, having stood in as Glamorgan’s white-ball head trainer closing season.

“I am feeling really blessed to be given the chance to steer Gloucestershire, a county I’ve many glad reminiscences of from all over my taking part in days,” Alleyne stated.

“I am now at a time in my profession the place I have been uncovered to training proper on the best stage for various years and feature won a whole lot of enjoy, and I am hoping the talents I have picked up alongside the way in which will permit me to have a favorable affect at the crew.

“There’s a truly thrilling mix of sweet sixteen and enjoy at Gloucestershire and that’s the reason why when the chance got here up, I did not give it a 2d idea. I will be able to’t wait to get began and am excited to look what the longer term holds.”

Along with his achievements as captain, Alleyne may be the membership’s best run-scorer and wicket-taker in Record A cricket, with 15,327 runs and 393 wickets in 413 suits. He additionally made 14,214 runs and took 407 wickets in 314 first class suits for the membership.

Will Brown, Gloucestershire’s leader government, stated: “It’s completely unbelievable to welcome Mark again to the membership as our new Head Trainer; he has an extended and glittering historical past of profitable trophies right here at Gloucestershire and is solely as hungry for luck now as a trainer as he was once all over his taking part in days.

“We noticed some unbelievable folks all over the interview procedure nevertheless it was once transparent that Mark’s mixture of abilities and enjoy made him the stand-out candidate for the function and along assistant coaches like Will Porterfield and Tom Smith we all know now we have an exhilarating and revolutionary training crew.

Graeme van Buuren, Gloucestershire’s captain, added: “Mark’s wisdom of the sport is fantastic and he is accomplished good things right here as a participant, so all people avid gamers are truly excited to start running with him within the coming weeks.

“Something Mark is aware of tips on how to do is win and I am positive the teachings he has discovered over time shall be valuable to us. It is an exhilarating time to be at Gloucestershire and we are all having a look ahead to the beginning of the season.”

David ‘Syd’ Lawrence, Gloucestershire’s president and a former team-mate of Alleyne’s, added: “Mark has won a large number of training enjoy lately and I consider the avid gamers will truly get pleasure from drawing on Mark’s wisdom and enjoy to make enhancements as a crew. Mark has nice personality and is truly hooked in to Gloucestershire and serving to Gloucestershire prevail.”