Matt Mason becomes Head Bowling Coach
Fri 26 Jan 2018
Leicestershire CCC is delighted to announce that Matt Mason has joined as the club’s new Head Bowling Coach.
Mason has had a long association with Worcestershire CCC as a player and coach, including roles as Assistant Coach and Bowling Coach when the Pears won promotion to Specsavers County Championship Division One in 2017.
The 43-year-old has extensive experience with the ECB and is currently working as a coach with the Pace Programme alongside Leicestershire CCC seamer Zak Chappell in Potchefstroom, South Africa.
Mason has also worked with England Women at senior and junior level as well as the Junior Development Programme and Elite Fast Bowling Group.
A successful first-class career, which also took in a spell with Western Australia, saw Mason claim a total of 318 wickets at an average of 27.35. Mason took 103 wickets in white ball cricket in his playing career before working with the professional players and Academy at New Road.
Mason has helped to develop a very exciting crop of young seam bowlers over the years at Worcestershire CCC including Josh Tongue, George Scrimshaw, Dillon Pennington and Adam Finch.
Tongue was with England Lions in Australia on their pre-Christmas camp, Scrimshaw is currently on the ECB Pace Programme with Chappell, while Pennington and Finch have been away with England U19s at the ICC World Cup.
He said: “I am really pleased to be coming to Leicestershire County Cricket Club in the role of Head Bowling Coach. I am excited by this new challenge and it will be great to work alongside Nico [Paul Nixon], Sads [John Sadler] and the rest of the backroom team and players.”
Leicestershire CCC Head Coach Paul Nixon said: “Matt [Mason] is a very good bowling coach with lots of experience of both county cricket and working with the ECB. He has helped to develop a number of very good young seam bowlers in his time at Worcestershire CCC.
“I know that Matt is the perfect fit for our coaching team and our bowlers will enjoy working alongside him. It’s great to have Matt on board with us and he will offer valuable knowledge and expertise to our bowling group.”
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