21 Facts About Richard Pybus

Richard Pybus coached the Pakistan and Bangladesh national teams, and currently serves as the Director of Cricket for the West Indies Cricket Board.

Richard Pybus finished his school education at Ulverston Victoria High School in Cumbria.

Richard Pybus is a cricket coach and former coach of the Pakistan and Bangladesh national cricket teams, he was consultant coach to Pakistan during the 1999 Cricket World Cup when they progressed to the final.

Richard Pybus is currently the most successful coach in South African first-class cricket having guided the Titans and the Cape Cobras to nine championship titles over six seasons, winning the Supersport Series Four Day Competition four times.

Richard Pybus has completed the domestic double three times in a row as a coach, twice with the Titans and once with the Cape Cobras.

Richard Pybus played both rugby and minor county cricket for Suffolk, cricket from 1986 to 1991 cricket archive, and Worcestershire's 2nd XI in 1990.

Richard Pybus turned to coaching in his early twenties after five surgeries.

Richard Pybus began his professional coaching career at Selborne College in East London, South Africa.

Richard Pybus was Border U-19 Coach in this period and brought through Makhaya Ntini and Justin Kemp in a side unbeaten at the National U-19 week, captained by Boucher.

Richard Pybus joined Border Cricket in 1995 and ran the Youth Cricket department, before going on to set up Border Cricket's first cricket academy, The Mercedes Benz Border Cricket Academy, of whom Ntini was a graduate.

In 1998 Richard Pybus took up the position of Border Cricket head coach, with Ntini and Boucher being key players in this side.

Richard Pybus was approached by Pakistan to work with them for the 1999 Cricket World Cup where they went on to be losing finalists to Australia.

Richard Pybus was then invited to coach Pakistan full-time during the later half of 1999 on a two-year contract, one day into his new contract there was a military coup and the cricket board that had appointed him was dissolved.

Richard Pybus was sacked one month into the job, along with Wasim Akram after they lost the Test series to Australia.

Richard Pybus was not willing to come to Pakistan but he was persuaded and continued with Pakistan in September 2001 with the Asian Test Championship, beating Bangladesh in Multan.

In 2005, Richard Pybus took over as head coach and cricket manager at Titans between 2005 and 2009.

Richard Pybus was appointed 1st XI coach of Middlesex in February 2007.

Richard Pybus trained as an Executive Coach and did consultancy coaching work with the Natal Dolphins and with Eastern Province cricket.

On 25 September 2009 it was confirmed that Richard Pybus will be the coach of Kolkata Knight Riders Two days before the announcement KKR player Sourav Ganguly had stated that the coach of KKR was decided and would be announced soon.

Vernon Philander and Richard Pybus Levi emerged in this period as South African cricketers.

Richard Pybus left them after five months after a contract dispute with the Bangladesh cricket board.