Former Australia captain Ricky Ponting is back with Hobart Hurricanes as Head of Strategy ahead of Season 12 of the Big Bash League (BBL).
Ponting, the highest run-scorer for Australia in Test cricket who had played eight matches for the Hurricanes in the first two editions of the BBL, has signed a three-year contract with the franchise.
His role as Head of Strategy will see Ponting having a say in the appointment of the Hurricanes’ new head coach and work on the match and list strategy with the then-appointed coach, the Hobart Hurricanes said in a release.
Former Australia men’s coach, Justin Langer, who is a close friend of Ponting’s, has previously been linked to the Hurricanes head coaching role, which has been vacant since Adam Griffith resigned at the end of BBL-11.
