David James Saker (born 29 May 1966 in Melbourne, Victoria) is an Australian

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coach and former player who played

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for the

Victorian Bushrangers The Victoria men’s cricket team is an Australian first-class men's cricket team based in Melbourne, Victoria. The men’s team, which first played in 1851, represents the state of Victoria in the Marsh Sheffield Shield first-class compe ...

and then the

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later on in his career. He was the fast bowling coach for the Sri Lanka national cricket team. He has been replaced by Chaminda Vaas as the new national fast bowling coach .

Playing career

A right-arm fast-medium bowler, Saker made his first class debut in the 1994–95 season. He spent six years with the Bushrangers before accepting an offer to join the Tasmanian side at the start of the 2000–01 season. As a veteran in a fairly young side he was named as their Player of the Year for 2001–02. Saker was also a handy batsman, making four first class half-centuries, even opening the batting at times for the Bushrangers in limited-overs games. He retired in 2002–03 with 247 wickets to his name at 30.10.

Coaching

In 2004 he became an assistant coach at Victoria under Greg Shipperd. On 8 April 2010, Saker was appointed as the fast bowling coach of the

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, replacing the departing

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. After Saker's key role in the team winning the

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, he was handed a new three-year contract. Saker left the English job in early 2015, and was appointed head coach of the

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in the Big Bash League. Two months later, he was also appointed coach of the

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in first class and one day cricket. He led Victoria to the Sheffield Shield in his only season with the state, and was then appointed fast-bowling coach for the

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in July 2016. He resigned on 7 February 2019 with immediate effect following investigations into his role in the ball tampering saga. In July 2019, he was appointed as the fast bowling coach of the

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on a short-term basis. In December 2019, he was appointed as the fast bowling coach of Sri Lanka national cricket team on two-year contract.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Saker, David 1966 births Living people Victoria cricketers Tasmania cricketers Coaches of the England cricket team Australian cricketers Australian cricket coaches Cricketers from Melbourne Big Bash League coaches Melbourne Renegades coaches

Playing career

Coaching

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