Adam Richard Griffith (born 11 February 1978) is a former Australian

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player and Australian bowling coach. He was appointed as the cricket coach for

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for the 2017–2018 season. He played

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for

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and also had a spell at Leicestershire. He played his club cricket for

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& North Hobart Cricket Club.

Playing career

Griffith represented his native state of Tasmania between 2002 and 2010, and was a member of Tasmania's first-ever

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winning team in 2006–07. He took 158 first-class wickets for Tasmania; at the time of his retirement he was the fifth-highest wicket taker in the state's history. He also represented Australia A in limited overs cricket and had a spell playing in England for Leicestershire. As his career became increasingly affected by injuries, he retired in May 2011 at the age of 33.

Coaching career

In 2011 Adam immediately moved into coaching, first as the bowling coach for the

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, working under

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. When Arthur was appointed the coach of Australia, Griffith was promoted to the role of Western Australia's assistant coach. Griffith was named the Australian bowling coach on 15 April 2016. After working with

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at the Western Warriors and

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, he was chosen after

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stepped down after the World 20. On 27 April 2017 Griffith was appointed head coach of

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Griffith, Adam Leicestershire cricketers 1978 births Living people Australian cricketers Australian expatriate sportspeople in England Australian expatriate cricketers in the United Kingdom Tasmania cricketers Cricketers from Launceston, Tasmania Australian cricket coaches