Cricket:Stephen Moreton has been appointed as coach to the Irish women's national cricket squad on a temporary basis following the resignation of Paul Delany earlier in the season.
“Stephen emerged as the outstanding candidate in the recently concluded interview process, which included a number of high calibre applications,” said Mark Garaway, Cricket Ireland operations director.
“His understanding of modern coaching techniques and his experience in top flight cricket as a player and a coach shone through. It is a very exciting time for the Women's Senior team in the next 12 months and the systems and relationships that Stephen develops over that timescale will give Ireland the best chance of qualification for the next women's World Cup.”
Moreton is relishing the role and challenge of taking Irish women’s cricket to the highest level. “I’m delighted to be given the opportunity to coach the Irish side,” said Moreton, who was first introduced to the Irish team in August as interim coach. “I feel very lucky to have inherited such a talented group who are all extremely proud to be able to represent their country.
“We have a World Cup qualification tournament in November in Bangladesh, and it is within our own hands whether or not we do well enough to qualify for the T20 World Cup in 2012, (Ireland needs to finish third) and the ODI World Cup in 2013 (need to finish fourth).”