Trevor Penney
Zimbabwean cricketer (born 1968)
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Trevor Lionel Penney (born 12 June 1968) is a Zimbabwean former cricketer who played for Warwickshire County Cricket Club. Noted particularly for his fielding, he had a first class career average of 39.28 runs per innings. Penney later became an assistant coach of the West Indies cricket team.
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| Full name | Trevor Lionel Penney | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 12 June 1968 Salisbury, Rhodesia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1991/92 | Boland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1991/92–2005 | Warwickshire | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1993/94–2000/01 | Mashonaland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 31 March 2012 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Personal life
Penney went to Blakiston Junior School, the same primary school in Zimbabwe as England cricketer Graeme Hick.[1]
Career
A right-handed occasional medium-pace bowler and batsman, he was chiefly recognised for his fielding, being described by The Guardian as 'one of the best fielders to have graced the county game'.[2] Penney played for Warwickshire in the match where Brian Lara scored a world record 501*.[3] In 2003, Penney scored 52 runs from 28 balls in the first Twenty20 match in England.[4]
Whilst still playing, he worked as a specialist fielding coach with the English cricket team, and was a substitute fielder used in the 2005 Ashes series, coming on for Simon Jones.[2] On 22 September 2005 he announced his retirement from first class cricket.[5]
Coaching career
Immediately after retiring as a player, Penney was appointed an assistant coach of Sri Lanka. Penney was later Sri Lankan head coach.[5]
In May 2007, the WACA announced Penney's appointment as assistant coach of the Western Warriors under Tom Moody for the next three years.[6] Penney has also worked as a coach for Indian Premier League teams Kings XI Punjab, Deccan Chargers and Kolkata Knight Riders, and has been assistant coach of Caribbean Premier League teams St Lucia Zouks, St Kitts & Nevis Patriots,[5] and Barbados Tridents.[7]
In 2015, he was appointed Sri Lankan fielding coach for the second time, and he has also worked as a coach for India,[8] and the United States.[7] Penney was later an assistant coach of the Netherlands,[9] and in December 2019, Penney was appointed as an assistant coach of the West Indies cricket team. His role is focused on limited overs cricket.[5][10] James Foster replaced Penney as Netherlands assistant coach.[9]
In February 2021, he was appointed as the lead assistant coach of Rajasthan Royals ahead of the 2021 Indian Premier League.[11] In April 2022, he was appointed as a head coach for Barbados Royals.[12][13]