Ben Sawyer, an Australian coach and cricket player had been named head coach of the White Ferns for a two-year period with him now winning the world cup with the New Zealand women’s cricket team
The 46-year-old, who worked under former Australia Women head coach Matthew Mott, had signed with the New Zealand side back in 2022.
Australian Ben Swayer, had also been appointed as head coach of Royal Challengers Bangalore for WPL in 2023.
Who is New Zealand women’s cricket team coach Ben Sawyer as side win’s T20 World Cup 2024
He is also the current coach of Birmingham Phoenix in The Hundred and has also served as head coach of the Sydney Sixers in the Womenโs Big Bash League (WBBL) besides being assistant coach of Australia women.
He has won three World Cups with Australia and is a fast-bowling expert. He has also won the BBL titles with Sydney Sixers and has made it to the finals of The Hundred as well.
Ben Sawyer comes to the White Ferns after most recently serving as head coach Matthew Mott’s assistant for the Australian women’s fast bowling team since 2018.
Ben Sawyer was the head coach of the Sydney Sixers WBBL squad before taking on the role of head coach of the Birmingham Phoenix in the Hundred.
Ben Sawyer was born in 1978. The 46-year-old father of two is working with the White Ferns and has ended up winning the New Zealand women’s cricket team first ever T20 World Cup after the side defeated South Africa in the final.
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Ben Sawyer career
Ben Sawyer had led the Sydney Sixers of the Women’s Big Bash League as their head coach. The Sixers were losing finalists in the WBBL seasons of 2015โ16 and 2018โ19 and won two WBBL competitions in 2016โ17 and 2017โ18 under his direction.
Sawyer has also coached fast bowling for the New South Wales Breakers and served as an assistant coach for the Australia women’s under-19 team. Sawyer was named head coach of Birmingham Phoenix, a women’s team in The Hundred, in 2019.
The COVID-19 pandemic forced the cancellation of The Hundred in 2020; Sawyer assumed the position in 2021. Sawyer started working as a full-time coach for the New South Wales Breakers in 2020.
Sawyer was named Australia’s first full-time fast bowling coach in July 2021. He therefore resigned from his position at NSW Breakers. Sawyer first announced his retirement from the Sydney Sixers as well, but he ultimately consented to take over as their coach for the 2021โ2022 Women’s Big Bash League because the WBBL schedule did not coincide with any Australia womenโs international matches.
Charlotte Edwards took over as Sydney Sixers head coach after the season. Prior to the 2022 Commonwealth Games, Sawyer was named head coach of the New Zealand women’s national cricket team in June 2022. He was appointed head coach of the Women’s Premier League’s Royal Challengers Bangalore in February 2023.