Jason Gillepsie to join England Lions coaching staff

Sussex Cricket head coach Jason Gillespie will be sharing his knowledge and experience with the England Lions during a 12-day spell with the red-ball squad starting 8 February.

The Adelaidean took over 400 international wickets with his right-arm quicks and will offer the Lions’ pacemen advice on how to take advantage of Australian conditions, working alongside his Somerset counterpart Jason Kerr.

A couple of the Lions seamers already have experience of playing Down Under with Craig Overton playing the final Test of the 2017/18 Ashes and Richard Gleeson playing in the recent Big Bash for Melbourne Renegades, while Ollie Robinson will be linking up with his county coach on his first overseas Lions tour.

Gillespie said: “I’m excited by the opportunity to work with Richard Dawson, his support staff and all the players.

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