Anju Jain to take over as Bangladesh women coach

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  Shashank KishoreESPN

Former India women wicketkeeper Anju Jain is set to take over as head coach of the Bangladesh women team. She will replace former England allrounder David Capel, who has been in the job since October 2016.

Capel will step down after the ongoing South Africa tour consisting of five ODIs and three T20Is, that serve as preparation as Bangladesh seek to qualify for the Women's World T20 to be played in the West Indies in November.

While the finer details of Jain's deal are yet to be worked out, it is understood that she will join the national team on a six-month contract and take over as soon as they return from South Africa on May 21. She will be joined by her former India colleague Devika Palshikar and Anuja Dalvi, who are already onboard as assistant coach and physiotherapist respectively.

"An opportunity to coach a national team at this stage is quite exciting," Jain told ESPNcricinfo. "At this moment, the biggest challenge is to help the team qualify for the Women's World T20 in West Indies. There is talent, but you need to give them games. Our primary responsibility as a coaching group will be to ensure they develop the finer skill sets, and that will come with experience."

The BCB has penciled in a 10-day tour of Ireland in preparation for the eight-team Women's World T20 Qualifiers to be held in Netherlands in July. Bangladesh, who lost all their four matches at the previous edition in 2016, are the top-ranked side in the group that consists of Ireland, Papua New Guinea, Scotland, Netherlands, Uganda, Thailand and United Arab Emirates. Two teams from the qualifiers will join the top eight at the World T20.

Jain is a Level-B certified BCCI coach and has extensively taken part in exchange programmes with Cricket Australia. Her involvement with Bangladesh will mean she will step down as head coach of Vidarbha women's team. She previously coached India at the 2012 Women's World T20 and the 2013 World Cup.

Jain is the second India woman cricketer to land the Bangladesh job. Former captain Mamta Maben was previously in-charge of Bangladesh across two stints in 2011 and 2013.

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Van Niekerk, Tryon thump Bangladesh with all-round skills

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South Africa women 270 for 9 (Tryon 65, Lee 54, van Niekerk 44, Akter 2-22) beat Bangladesh women 164 (Hoque 69, Tryon 2-14, van Niekerk 3-23) by 106 runs

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Captain Dane van Niekerk and Chloe Tryon's all-round shows handed South Africa a 106-run win against Bangladesh in Potchefstroom. Van Niekerk's 52-ball 44 and Tryon's 42-ball 65 took South Africa to 270 for 9, and then the duo shared five wickets between them to skittle out the visitors for 164.

South Africa were off to a strong start after opting to bat. Openers Lizelle Lee and Laura Wolvaardt put together a 67-run stand which was broken by legspinner Fahima Khatun. A couple of quick wickets followed, but Van Niekerk, at No. 5, steadied things with a 63-run stand with Mignon du Preez. Tryon came in after that and stayed on till the 49th over to push the total past 250. Left-arm spinner Nahida Akhter was Bangladesh's most successful bowler with 2 for 22 in eight overs.

In reply, Bangladesh lost opener Murshida Khatun in the second over to pacer Marizanne Kapp. Sanjida Islam partnered Fargana Hoque in a 63-run second-wicket stand, the pair putting up the only two noteworthy performances with the bat for Bangladesh. It was the legspin of van Niekerk that caused the breakthrough, as Sanjida stepped out, missed the line, and was stumped. South Africa used as many as nine bowlers, with five out of them picking up at least one wicket.

Bangladesh crumbled from 74 for 2 to 112 for 9, as van Niekerk ripped through the middle order with two wickets in four overs. The left-arm pace of Tryon helped wrap up the tail; she picked two in her five overs and conceded at 2.80.

Hoque kept going with a 146-ball 69 before du Preez struck in the 50th over to dismiss the No. 11 Panna Ghosh to end the game.

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