Former England spinner Richard Dawson has been named as the Interim Head Coach for the 2025 season. Dawson made seven test appearances between 2001 and 2003 during a first-class career at Gloucestershire, Northamptonshire and Yorkshire.
Dawson had mostly recently been part of the England Men’s white-ball coaching team, having previously overseen England U-19s.
He has been coaching Gloucestershire for over six years, securing promotion from Division One in 2019 and a T20 finals day appearance in 2020, before moving on to work with the ECB’s performance pathway in 2021.
“I’m delighted to be joining Glamorgan as head coach for the coming season,” Dawson told the official club website.
“I’ve got a good idea of how the club works having spent time with Welsh Fire over the years.
“I’m looking forward to getting involved with the players and coaches at the club and building on the success achieved in the 50 over competition last season.”
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Dawson has played capped seven times in Tests, spent most of his playing career with Yorkshire, before short stint at Northamptonshire and Gloucestershire.
He is currently working with England Lions on their tour of Australia, and will then continue his coaching duties at the Women’s Premier League before taking up his role with Glamorgan from March.
He will also continue as Welsh Fire Assistant coach during the Hundred, with a replacement for the One-Day Cup which Glamorgan won last year, to be announced in due course.
Meanwhile, Glamorgan’s director of cricket, Mark Wallace said, “It’s great news for the club that we have been able to appoint a coach of Richard Dawson’s standing and quality as interim head coach until the end of the season.”
“We were keen to move quickly and get someone in place for the 2025 season and we see Richard as the perfect fit to develop the squad and continue to move us forward this season,” concluded Glamorgan‘s director of Cricket Mark Wallace.
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