Ahead of BBL 13, Tim Paine joins Adelaide Strikers as an assistant coach.

Tim Paine, a former captain of Australia‘s Test team, has accepted a position as assistant coach with Adelaide Strikers in time for the Big Bash League (BBL) 2023–24 season. Notably, the 13th season of the premier league will start on December 7 with a curtain-raiser match between Brisbane Heat and Melbourne Stars at Brisbane’s The Gabba.

For the uninitiated, after Tasmania’s Sheffield Shield First-class match against Queensland in March 2023, Paine announced his retirement. As he quickly expanded his portfolio and transitioned into coaching, Paine will now serve as Jason Gillespie’s assistant coach with Adelaide Strikers for the upcoming BBL season.

The new season’s arrival of Tim Paine, who may aid the players and improve their play, has been welcomed by Strikers coach Gillespie.

“Tim Paine is well qualified to make an excellent coach. Jason Gillespie was quoted by ESPN cricinfo as stating, “The experience he will bring is sure to improve our players in all parts of the game and offer more positive qualities to the way we play.

The 38-year-old keeper-batter has played in 154 First-class cricket games and amassed 6,490 runs, including 35 fifty-plus runs and three hundreds.

Australia’s Tim Paine will join Adam Voges’ coaching team a number

The red-ball matches in Australia A’s series versus New Zealand A, which is set to start on Monday, August 28, will also feature the previous captain of both the Hobart Hurricanes and Australia. Notably, Adam Voges will lead the coaching staff of Australia A. He has led Western Australia and the Perth Scorchers to back-to-back domestic trebles in the Sheffield Shield, Marsh Cup, and the BBL.

Voges acknowledged Paine’s part in the setup and said that his former comrade may help the team’s younger players by sharing his extensive expertise.

“I have worked with Tim quite a bit over the years, and I’m particularly looking forward to him joining the group and dipping his toe into coaching post-career. It will be fantastic to have a former Australian captain there so the younger players can learn from him and benefit from his experience, according to Voges.