Head coach Ian Pont with the trophy after leading Dhaka Gladiators to victory in the inaugural Bangladesh Premier League
By Nick Garnham
Sunday, June 10, 2012
9:00 AM
THE appointment of former Suffolk cricketer Richard Pybus as coach of Bangladesh has re-affirmed the rich seam of coaching talent with Suffolk and Essex links.
Former Sudbury and Halstead pace bowler Pybus, 47, who has been living and coaching in South Africa for several years now, worked with Pakistan at two World Cups.
He was appointed coach of Pakistan in 1999 but sacked just a month into the job after losing three Tests in Australia, and returning to work in South Africa, where he has led Border and Titans to ten championship finals, winning six of them and twice doing the double.
Pybus, who turned to coaching after his playing career was cut short by injury, has now taken on the challenge of coaching Bangladesh on a two-year contract.
Below is a list of cricketers with Suffolk and Essex links who have made their mark in recent years in the coaching world at international level.
Stuart Law: Pybus replaces the former Essex batsman as coach of Bangladesh. Law stood down less than a year into his two-year contract for family reasons. The Australian was a popular player at Chelmsford between 1996 and 2001 before a falling out saw him move to Lancashire.
Andy Flower: The former Zimbabwe wicket-keeper and batsman played for Essex from 2002 until 2006, before being assistant coach of the England team in 2007. Following the departure of Peter Moores in 2009, Flower became the full-time England team director.
Graham Gooch: The former Essex and England captain took over as head coach of Essex from 2001 until 2005. He remained as the county’s batting coach and in 2009 he was appointed as England’s ‘temporary’ batting coach, which subsequently became a permanent role. He stepped down as Essex’s batting coach after he was appointed full-time to the England role earlier this year.
Keith Fletcher: The ex-Essex and England captain was England team manager from 1993-1995. He subsequently returned to Essex as first-team coach before stepping down in 2001.
Alan Butcher: The former Surrey and Glamorgan batsman was coach of Essex in 1993 and later coached Surrey from 2005 until 2008. Butcher, who won one Test cap for England, was appointed coach of Zimbabwe in 2011 and has overseen their return to Test cricket.
Grant Flower: Following his retirement from Test cricket in 2004, Grant followed his brother Andy to Essex, where he played for six seasons, combining playing with being batting coach in 2010 before retiring to take up the role as Zimbabwe’s batting coach. He made a surprise, but brief return to the national side, before retiring in January last year to concentrate on his role as batting coach.
Ian Pont: The ex-Essex fast bowler was named as Bangladesh bowling coach in September 2010, but decided not to extend his contract beyond the World Cup early last year when they had a chance to qualify for the quarter-finals after beating England. In March this year he was head coach of the Dhaka Gladiators side that won the inaugural Bangladesh Premier League.
Don Topley: The former Essex bowler, who is now a cricket coach at the Royal Hospital School at Holbrook, just outside Ipswich, coached Zimbabwe between 1990 and 1992, famously leading the minnows to victory over England, captained by Gooch, by nine runs at the 1992 World Cup in Australia.
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I'm ready for my close up! TOWIE new girl Danni Park-Dempsey goes from extra to leading lady in short white skirt on night out - Daily Mail
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The Only Way Is Essex has proved to be very lucrative for all those who have bagged starring roles in the popular ITV show.
Having joined the cast towards the end of series five Danni Park-Dempsey didn't really get a chance to make an impact with viewers.
So now that the cast are having some downtime new girl Danni stepped out last night in Essex in an outfit that would have made anyone think she has a leading role in the show.
New girl in town: TOWIE's Danni Park-Dempsey (centre) shows off her toned legs as she heads to Funky Mojoe
The bubbly Essex girl stunned in a very short flowing white chiffon skirt which showed off her toned legs as she headed to Funky Mojoe in South Woodford.
She teamed the skirt with a beige shirt which was unbuttoned to ensure her ample cleavage was on display as she hit up TOWIE's hotspot.
Danni completed her look with a pair of strapped metallic skyscraper heels and she accessorised with a silver crucifix necklace and several beaded bracelets.
Popular girl: The Essex beauty received a kiss from one of her friends as they made their way to the club
Excited to hit the town with her girl pals, earlier in the day the reality TV star took to her Twitter page to update her followers.
She tweeted, 'Can't wait for @FUNKYMOJOE tonight with all my girls x'
Enjoying the evening and starting to feel the effects of the alcohol, she tweeted, 'Wow I let my hair down for one night and one night only #tipsy #love x'
Showing off her assets: The 21-year-old tweeted that she had allowed herself to let her hair down for once
Last night before the 21-year-old retired to her bed she posted one more tweet which read, 'Night had the best night x'
Danni's appearance last night differed in comparison to the few times she received cameos in the Bafta award-winning show where she seemed to be plain Jane.
In the last episode of TOWIE Danni looked dressed down as she sat comforting Lucy Mecklenburgh alongside her BFF Lydia Bright when she donned a navy blue play suit.
In the shadow: Danni showed off a more demure side to her wardrobe when she featured in TOWIE
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Blunkett defends new cannabis law - Daily Mail
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The Home Office today defended its decision to relax the law on cannabis in the face of criticism from a United Nations anti-drugs panel that it is "sending the wrong signal".
Leading drugs charity DrugScope said credibility of the International Narcotics Control Board (INCB) had been damaged by its report, published today, which concluded Home Secretary David Blunkett's policy would damage the UK's health and could increase cannabis supplies on Britain's streets.
In the 90-page report the INCB said it was "concerned" about the move to downgrade the drug so possession will not be an arrestable offence for the vast majority of users.
The board's Nigerian president, Philip Emafo, said: "It is important that consensus prevails in international drug control.
"No government should take unilateral measures without considering the impact of its actions and ultimately the consequences for an entire system that took governments almost a century to establish."
Asked if Mr Blunkett's policy was sending a bad message to the world, the INCB's Professor Hamid Ghodse told reporters in London: "Indeed. That stands to any logic.
"Our young people are confused. On one hand you are telling them not to go to clubs and use Ecstasy because it is dangerous, but on the other hand you are not doing anything about cannabis."
Mr Blunkett is due to take final steps towards reclassifying cannabis from Class B to Class C this summer.
Once new police guidelines from the Association of Chief Police Officers are in place, people found in possession of small amounts of cannabis will only be arrested in "exceptional" cases, such as when they cause a disturbance or blow smoke in a police officer's face.
A Home Office spokesman said: "We do not accept the INCB's statement that the decision to reclassify will lead to confusion and they are wrong to say that this sends a signal that we have decriminalised cannabis.
"Reclassification, based on scientific evidence from the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs, does not legalise cannabis but does make clearer the distinction between cannabis and Class A drugs like heroin, crack and cocaine - the drugs that cause the most harm to individuals and families, that tear apart communities and turn law-abiding citizens into thieves.
"Reclassification of cannabis enables us to put out a more credible - and therefore effective - message about the harmfulness of different drugs and allows the police to focus its resources on tackling the drugs that cause the most harm and this is a view shared by communities up and down the country.
"Cannabis is a harmful substance that still requires strict controls to be maintained.
"That is why we intend to reclassify it as a Class C drug."
Today's report on the international drug situation said the UK Government's reclassification of cannabis "could lead to increased cultivation of cannabis destined for the UK and other European countries".
A conference in Nairobi last September heard that the UK's reclassification would "undermine the efforts of governments of African countries to counter illicit cannabis cultivation, trafficking and abuse," said the document.
Mr Blunkett's initiative had led to "worldwide repercussions ... including confusion and widespread misunderstanding."
The report said cannabis was "not a harmless drug as advocates of its legalisation tend to portray".
It can affect the functioning of the brain, is linked with heart attacks in young people, lung disease and cancer, it added.
A recent study by the British Lung Foundation found smoking three cannabis joints caused the same damage to the linings of the airways as 20 cigarettes, said the document.
However, leading drugs charity DrugScope said the INCB's credibility had been thrown into doubt by its reliance on "dubious science and misleading conclusions".
When the British Lung Foundation research quoted in the report was published last year, it was wholly rejected by anti-smoking group Action on Smoking on Health (ASH), said DrugScope.
There had also been concerns that the research drew misleading conclusions from research more than 15 years old.
DrugScope chief executive Roger Howard said: "The credibility of the INCB is thrown into doubt when its criticism of the UK government's sensible proposal to re-classify cannabis is based on dubious science and misleading conclusions."
He pointed out that the UK's Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs supported the Home Secretary's proposal to re-classify cannabis after a "thorough review of the international scientific evidence".
Mr Howard continued: "Throughout Europe, Australasia and Canada, scientific experts and a growing number of politicians agree that very strict regimes applied to the control of cannabis causes disproportionately more harm to society than the harm caused by the substance itself."
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The only difference between her and the other TOWIE girls is the colour of her skin, so that would make all you haters....dare I say the word it's so obvious.......!
- Enough, London, 11/6/2012 01:07
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