19 Facts About Damien Wright

Damien Geoffrey Wright was born on 25 July 1975 and is an Australian cricket coach and former first-class cricketer who coached Hobart Hurricanes cricket team.

Damien Wright is a right-handed batsman and right-arm fast-medium bowler.

Damien Wright has a side-on bowling action and an ability to bounce the ball sharply.

Damien Wright then coached the Hurricanes to the semi-finals in the Champions League T20 2014 in India.

Damien Wright made his first-class debut for Tasmania on 15 October 1997 against South Australia, claiming a wicket in each innings and scoring 19 runs in the first-innings.

Damien Wright made four further appearances during his debut season, and finished the summer with five first-class wickets at a bowling average of 56.40, and five List A wickets at an average of 20.20.

Damien Wright began the season with an economical three wickets in the opening one-day match against South Australia, Wickets came steadily, but not prolifically through the rest of the season.

Damien Wright spent the Australian winter playing club cricket in Scotland, where he helped Grange Cricket Club reach the final of the Scottish Cup.

Damien Wright made another half-century in the second-round match, and was named as man of the match as Scotland completed a ten-wicket win with Wright remaining 53 not out.

Damien Wright continued to show an improvement with the bat, averaging 34.08 in the Pura Cup, making four half-centuries.

Damien Wright finished with identical figures in his following one-day match against the same opponents, but Western Australia secured victory thanks to a century from Michael Hussey.

Damien Wright was selected to play for the Prime Minister's XI against New Zealand in a 50-over contest, and claimed the solitary wicket of Mathew Sinclair and conceded 51 runs in his nine overs.

Damien Wright batted in all three matches, remaining not out on each occasion, with a 26-ball score of 24* in the first match being his highest score of the tour.

Damien Wright followed this up with another three wickets in the first-innings of the next match, against New South Wales, and achieved his maiden first-class five-wicket haul by taking six wickets in the second-innings of the same game.

In 2003, Damien Wright played a few games for Northamptonshire, playing two County Championship matches, and four one-day games, two of which came against the touring Pakistanis and South Africans.

Damien Wright followed this up with three wickets in each innings against Queensland, In the final three matches of the season, Wright failed to continue his wicket-taking form, and claimed three wickets between them, to finish the season with 37 Pura Cup wickets, the second-most in the competition.

Damien Wright signed with Somerset for the first four weeks of the 2010 season, while their main overseas player, Murali Kartik was playing in the IPL.

In 2018, Damien Wright was appointed Head Coach of the Bangladesh under-19 team and led his side in the U-19 World Cup.

In March 2021, Damien Wright was appointed as the bowling coach of Punjab Kings ahead of IPL 2021.