Griffith appointed Cricket Australia national fast bowling coach

Cricket Australia (CA) has appointed Adam Griffith, a highly experienced coach and former Tasmania fast bowler, as the new national pace bowling coach in a role that has been recreated to help develop Australia's next generation of fast bowlers, reports espncricinfo.com.

The role was first advertised back in October as an Australia-based position to oversee the management of fast bowlers across international and domestic programmes, in a bid to prevent the spate of injuries that have been occurring and ensure a more co-ordinated approach to the handling of Australia's quicks.

Griffith, 46, brings a huge amount of experience to the role, sitting underneath Australia men's coach Andrew McDonald and current bowling coach Daniel Vettori who will continue to travel with the men's team.

He will also report to CA's head of national teams Ben Oliver, having worked previously with him in Western Australia.

Griffith is currently Victoria's bowling coach but has been head coach of Tasmania and Hobart Hurricanes. Prior to taking on the head coaching role in Tasmania, he was WA and Perth Scorchers senior assistant coach under Justin Langer.

He has also been a long-time bowling coach at Royal Challengers Bangalore [RCB] in the IPL and has worked with San Francisco Unicorns in the MLC.

He has done short stints with the Australia men's team on bilateral tours in 2012 and 2016 and the 2019 ODI World Cup.

Griffith's appointment comes at a time when Australia's fast bowling depth is coming into sharp focus with Australia's big three in Pat Cummins, 31, Mitchell Starc, soon to be 35, and Josh Hazlewood, 34, unlikely to continue to play all three formats consistently in the short to medium term.

Griffith will be based in Brisbane at CA's Centre of Excellence and implement a national strategy to develop fast bowlers.