England have appointed Freddie Wilde as their new men’s white ball analyst ahead of their trip to Bangladesh next month, replacing longtime incumbent Nathan Leamon.
The move is part of personnel changes within the ECB’s analytics division. Leamon, who has worked closely with the UK on all three formats and founded the data analytics firm CricViz in 2015, will move to the newly created Senior Data his Scientist role.
Although he is only 28 years old, Wilde has already amassed an impressive resume in his cricket franchise. He is currently working as a Strategic Recruiting Analyst at ILT20’s Desert Vipers and after his IPL for the 2022 season he will continue to work for the Royal Challengers team as his analyst in Bangalore. I plan to keep working. He has served as an advisor to the Rajasthan Royals and has been a senior analyst for the Oval Invincibles since the 2021 Men’s Hundreds began. He also maintained working relationships with the England and Australian national teams.
Prior to his career in analytics, Wilde, the son of Simon, a veteran Sunday Times correspondent, was a regular contributor to ESPNcricinfo’s county reports and co-author of the award-winning book “Cricket 2.0.” There was also.
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Wilde said that his director of men’s cricket, Rob, was invited by Key to apply for this position and was head of performance analysis. He left CricViz after seven years. He will start at his ECB in early February and will quickly focus on England’s hopes of keeping his 50+ World Cup in India later this year. In an Instagram post, Wilde admitted the role was “a dream job for me,” adding:
“I am honored to have the opportunity to work for such a great team with the goal of defending the ODI (and) T20 World Cup.”
Leamon, whose use of scrambled signals from his room dressing in his T20I series in the UK in South Africa made headlines in 2020, has welcomed the promotion of one of his in charge. bottom.
“Having made the difficult decision to retire from touring with the England whiteball team, it is a great comfort to have found such a wonderful replacement,” he wrote on Twitter. “The role is in very good hands.” There is. Goodbye, Fred.”
Led by Jos Buttler, Limited his team became the holders of both his ICC Whiteball trophies after winning his T20 World Cup earlier this winter.