Hobart Hurricanes are on the hunt for a new coach after a Cricket Tasmania decision to part ways with Damien Wright.
Wright has been in charge of the Hurricanes’ BBL campaigns since 2013-14 when he guided the Hobart franchise into that season’s decider won by Perth.
But lean times have fallen on the side since it won through to a semi-final berth in the 2014 Champions League in India.
Despite securing England speedster Stuart Broad for the 2016-17 season, the Hurricanes struggled for much of the competition in winning three of their eight games.
The Hurricanes finished seventh on the BBL ladder, prompting a Cricket Tasmania review.
“The club’s on-field performance over the past couple of years has been below expectations and the board has decided to move forward with a coaching structure that is separate from the Tasmanian Tigers in the future,” Cricket Tasmania chairman Andrew Gaggin said.
Gaggin said Wright would continue as a senior assistant coach of the Tasmanian Sheffield Shield team.
Don Freo
Guest
Perhaps they should listen closely to Adam Voges, Mitchell Johnson and Michael Klinger for the reasons for The Scorchers' success. It was to do with the unity of the Scorchers/Warriors programme. Rather than players like Broad, they need their Shield players like Bird, Gulbis, Dunk and Doherty playing for the Hurricanes.