CI has announced that Graeme West is set to take over as director of High Performance at Cricket Ireland (CI) and will take over the role in October.
Cricket Ireland’s CEO Warren Deutrom said West was the ideal candidate for the position.
West has been currently working at high performance on CWI since June 01, 2012, at Cave Hill and will be departing the role on September 30. West has spent five years at the Middlesex Academy. There, he worked with Ireland internationals Paul Stirling, Andy Balbirnie, Andrew Poynter, and Stuart Poynter.
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Graeme West has been appointed to the role of Director of High Performance at Cricket Ireland.
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“I am delighted to be joining Cricket Ireland as the organization continues to grow and strengthen,” West said in a statement.
“The Strategic Plan for 2024-27 is incredibly exciting and I look forward to applying my experience and philosophy to the wealth of talent and expertise that has been assembled as we further establish Ireland as a major cricketing nation.”
Meanwhile, Warren Deutrom, the chief executive at CI said the appointment was a step towards Ireland becoming a fit-for-purpose full member.
“When we set out to create and recruit for the role, the profile, initiative, and experience that Graeme possesses is exactly what we were looking for,” Deutrom said.
“We knew that in order to be successful in this new role, the candidate required leadership experience, exceptional people skills, and the ability to be a mentor as much as a manager. In Graeme, we believe we have found that candidate.
“As an organization, we are going through a process of reviewing and evolving our operations to ensure we are fit for purpose as a Full Member in a rapidly changing environment. One of the strategic decisions we made was to acknowledge the scale and scope of our work has outgrown our pre-Full Member structures.”
Ireland’s senior men’s team has a busy few weeks ahead, with a White-ball tour of the UAE to play South Africa later this month. The Ireland senior women’s team is set to host England on three ODIs and two T20Is starting on September 07, 2024, at Stormont.
