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Full name | Trevor Lionel Penney | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Salisbury, Rhodesia | 12 June 1968||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | Right-arm
medium Leg break | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1997/98–1998/99 | Mashonaland A | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1993/94–2000/01 | Mashonaland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1991/92–2005 | Warwickshire | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1991/92 | Boland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source:
Cricinfo, 31 March 2012 |
Trevor Lionel Penney (born 12 June 1968) is a former Zimbabwean cricketer who played for Warwickshire County Cricket Club, noted particularly for his fielding. He was a substitute fielder for England during the 2005 Ashes series. He had a first class career average of 39.28 runs per innings. Penney later became an assistant coach of the West Indies cricket team.
Penney went to Blakiston Junior School; the same primary school in Zimbabwe as England cricketer Graeme Hick. [1]
A right-handed occasional medium-pace bowler and batsman, he was chiefly recognised for his fielding, being described by The Guardian as 'one of the best fielders to have graced the county game'. [2] Penney played for Warwickshire in the match where Brian Lara scored a world record 501 *. [3] In 2003, Penney scored 52 runs from 28 balls in the first Twenty20 match in England. [4]
Whilst still playing, he worked as a specialist fielding coach with the English cricket team, and was a substitute fielder used in the 2005 Ashes series, coming on for Simon Jones. [2] On 22 September 2005 he announced his retirement from first class cricket. [5]
Immediately after retiring as a player, Penney was appointed an assistant coach of Sri Lanka. Penney was later Sri Lankan head coach. [5]
In May 2007, the WACA announced Penney's appointment as assistant coach of the Western Warriors under Tom Moody for the next three years. [6] Penney has also worked as a coach for Indian Premier League teams Kings XI Punjab, Deccan Chargers and Kolkata Knight Riders, and has been assistant coach of Caribbean Premier League teams St Lucia Zouks, St Kitts & Nevis Patriots, [5] and Barbados Tridents. [7]
In 2015, he was appointed Sri Lankan fielding coach for the second time, and he has also worked as a coach for India, [8] and the United States. [7] Penney was later an assistant coach of the Netherlands, [9] and in December 2019, Penney was appointed as an assistant coach of the West Indies cricket team. His role is focused on limited overs cricket. [5] [10] James Foster replaced Penney as Netherlands assistant coach. [9]
In February 2021, he was appointed as the lead assistant coach of Rajasthan Royals ahead of the 14th season of IPL (2021). [11] In April 2022, he was appointed as a head coach for Barbados Royals. [12] [13]