Andrew Leipus (born 9 January 1970,

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) is a

physiotherapist Physical therapy (PT), also known as physiotherapy, is one of the allied health professions. It is provided by physical therapists who promote, maintain, or restore health through physical examination, diagnosis, management, prognosis, patient ...

. Since October 1999, he has worked for the

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as the physiotherapist of the

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. Leipus retired at the end of 2004. He was credited for substantially upgrading the Cricket team's medical conditions and treatment. In addition to improving facilities and treatment options (he legendarily found on his first day that the team's first aid kit was out of Band-Aids), he encouraged the team to start training in gyms. These training sessions led to a great improvement in the team's fitness level and, eventually, its level of play. In cricket-crazy

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, Leipus became a media fixture whenever key players suffered injuries. Media pressure is said to be one of the reasons Leipus declined to renew his contract. He was replaced by

John Gloster John Gloster is a physiotherapist who works with cricket teams. He was appointed the physiotherapist to the Indian team in February 2005. Early career Gloster graduated from the University of South Australia, and then worked with the Surrey C ...

. He is now contracted with the

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team

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as its physiotherapist . In 2017, he was named as physiotherapist of

Multan Sultans Multan Sultans (Urdu: ) is a Pakistani professional Twenty20 franchise cricket team representing the city of Multan in southern Pakistan in the Pakistan Super League (PSL). The team was founded in 2017 as an additional sixth team added to the P ...

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External links

Cricinfo page on Andrew Leipus
People from Adelaide Australian cricket coaches 1970 births Living people Australian physiotherapists Indian Premier League coaches Coaches of the Indian national cricket team Pakistan Super League coaches {{Australia-cricket-bio-1970s-stub