Eric Owen Simons (born 9 March 1962) is a South African cricket coach and former

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er. He was an

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who played 23

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s for

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in the 1990s. He later became coach of the national side for two years but he was replaced in 2004 by

Ray Jennings Raymond Vernon Jennings (born 9 August 1954) is a former South African cricketer. He was one of South Africa's leading wicket-keepers during the suspension of the South African national team from international cricket during the apartheid era. ...

. He was the Indian Cricket Team's Bowling Consultant from 10 January 2010 to 14 February 2012 after India's tour of Australia in 2011–2012. He is the assistant coach of Chennai super kings from the past 7 years and also he was appointed as the assistant coach for the CSK owned Joburg super kings in the SA20 league recently.He was one of the guy who was trusted by the CSK owners for their successful journey in the IPL seasons.

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