Bangladesh fast bowling coach Allan Donald will not renew his deal after the World Cup although Bangladesh Cricket Board offered an extension of the contract to the former legendary South African fast bowler.
Donald took charge as the Tigers' pace-bowling coach in March last year ahead of their tour of South Africa and his contract is supposed to end after this World Cup, on November 30.
“Donald is leaving due to family reasons. He has informed us about this. He told me at Dharamshala that he wants to leave due to family reasons. We have discussed about it in Kolkata as well. We wanted to continue with him as our fast-bowling coach. We told him you can continue if you want. But he said the same thing as he wants to leave due to family reasons,” said BCB cricket operations committee chairman Jalal Younus to the media.
Earlier, ESPNcricinfo reported that the BCB sought an explanation from Donald for his comments on Angelo Mathews' timed out dismissal following Monday’s World Cup match in New Delhi.
In an interview with CricBlog.net, conducted soon after the team returned to their hotel in the Indian capital, Donald had said "it was disappointing to see" that kind of a dismissal and he found it "really difficult to watch that unfold".
Meanwhile, Jalal informed that this incident has no relation with Donald’s decision of not extending the contract.
“Donald has informed us he wants to leave from the Dharamshala phase of Bangladesh’s World Cup campaign. There is no relation of him leaving with his comment (on Mathews’ timed out dismissal). He is a perfect gentleman. We have no problems with him,” Jalal said.
