David Hussey

Following a nightmarish 2019 season, Kolkata Knight Riders revamped their coaching set-up and added some key players, but went on with Dinesh Karthik as captain

The Chinaman bowler got just four wickets from nine matches in 2019 and was dropped from KKR after logging an average of 71.50 and an economy rate of 8.66

I enjoyed playing with Brendon McCullum and excited to work again with the KKR coach, says Kolkata Knight Riders' (KKR) chief mentor David Hussey

Both Hussey and Mills will work under former New Zealand wicket-keeper batsman Brendon McCullum, who has been appointed as the head coach of KKR for the next IPL.

Former Australia all-rounder David Hussey was appointed as the head coach of Melbourne Stars on Wednesday. Hussey succeeds Stephen Flaming, with a two-year contract with the Melbourne Stars."I am really honoured and incredibly excited by the opportunity to lead the Stars," Melbourne Stars official website quoted Hussey, as saying.Hussey played 69 one-day internationals (ODI) for Australia and scored 1796 runs with an average of 32.65, taking 18 wickets. He featured in 39 T20I games where he scored 756 runs with an average of almost 23 and took 19 wickets."Stephen (Fleming) has done some remarkable things with this team over the period and I'll be looking to capitalise on this while bringing in some strategy and style of my own," he said.Hussey, who played 48 matches for the Stars and scored 855 runs in seven seasons, will now guide the team for the upcoming Big Bash League (BBL) season. He expressed his desire to clinch the maiden title to the Stars."From my perspective, to make the ..