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Tim Paine prepares for life after international career, takes up coaching role

Mayank Kumar

In a move that can provide a glimpse of his future post-retirement from international cricket, Australia Test captain Tim Paine has taken up the responsibility of overseeing the development of budding Australian players by signing up to the coaching panel of Cricket Australia XI. 

The Cricket Australia XI squad was announced last week and it is full of prospective Australia Under 19 players who will be vying for spots in the squad for the World Cup scheduled to take place in January 2022. The three one-day games against NT outfit will be played next month in Darwin.

Notably, Tim Paine has already earned the credentials of a level-three coach and hence, the move does not seem out of order.

Cricket Australia's National Talent and Pathways Manager, Graham Manou, too believes that Paine is keen to help Australia in “talent identification” and talent management”. He called the upcoming stint in Darwin a prospectively positive development as he will get time to see through the development and processes involved in the management of players at the junior level.

"We know he's got a keen interest in talent identification and talent management. He's obviously thinking about his future beyond playing days, and it's nice that we've got the opportunity to be able to support him in that. He's undertaken his level-three, or high-performance coach accreditation so he's starting that process,”," Manou told cricket.com.au. 

“It gives him a chance to see what's happening and learn a little bit from some of the other coaches who will be involved in Darwin. And it also means he can continue to impart some of those behaviours and values the Australian team are wanting, from not only their current players but future players as well.”

Tim Paine has a lot of time in his hands with Australia scheduled to play not a single Test in the year before November when Afghanistan will visit down under for their first Test against them. The solitary Test will be followed by an all-important Ashes series which could well be Paine’s swansong moment at the international stage.




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