{"id":547321,"date":"2026-03-18T01:03:10","date_gmt":"2026-03-18T01:03:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/547321\/"},"modified":"2026-03-18T01:03:10","modified_gmt":"2026-03-18T01:03:10","slug":"nsw-appoint-new-head-coach-bbl-yet-to-be-decided","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/547321\/","title":{"rendered":"NSW appoint new head coach, BBL yet to be decided"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Less than 24 hours after their 2025\/26 campaign wrapped up with a second last-placed finish in the Sheffield Shield, Cricket NSW has unveiled the State\u2019s next cricket head coach.<\/p>\n<p>Former Test wicketkeeper, Cricket NSW life member and commentator Brad Haddin will take over from veteran Greg Shipperd who departs the role a year early along with his two assistants Ali de Winter and Shawn Bradstreet.<\/p>\n<p>While Haddin will oversee the NSW Sheffield Shield and One-Day sides from next season, it was announced he will not be filling either of the vacant BBL coaching roles at the Sydney Sixers or Sydney Thunder.<\/p>\n<p>The 48-year-old will start his new role in June, returning to Cricket NSW in a formal capacity for the first time since he played his final match for the Blues more than decade ago in November 2014.<\/p>\n<p>MORE:\u00a0<a data-testid=\"card--article-thumbnail\" role=\"article\" target=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sportingnews.com\/au\/cricket\/news\/when-australia-cricket-team-next-test-match-2026-schedule\/9ee0435d69e3d5dfbdbf890b\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">When does Australia play its next Test match? Opponents, dates, venues for Australia\u2019s upcoming Test schedule<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cNSW cricket has been an integral part of my life and to rejoin the fold as Blues head coach is a proud moment for myself and my family,\u201d Haddin said in a <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cricket.com.au\/news\/4471211\/brad-haddin-appointed-nsw-coach-sheffield-shield-one-day-cup-2026-27-former-wicketkeeper-replaces-greg-shipperd\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">statement<\/a> from Cricket NSW.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWearing the baggy blue was incredibly special and gave me some of the greatest memories of my career.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am looking forward to working with our current crop of talented players to bring back an aura to NSW cricket and to have a team with a formidable and distinctive style of play we can all be proud of.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>NSW finished fifth in this season\u2019s Sheffield Shield and has not featured in a final since losing to Queensland in the 2020\/21 decider.<\/p>\n<p>Haddin is the second new state head coach to be appointed with WA earlier announcing that Beau Casson will replace Adam Voges in 2026\/27.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Less than 24 hours after their 2025\/26 campaign wrapped up with a second last-placed finish in the Sheffield&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":547322,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[564],"tags":[64,63,740,85],"class_list":["post-547321","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cricket","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-cricket","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/547321","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=547321"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/547321\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/547322"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=547321"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=547321"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=547321"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}