Bennett Alfred King (born 19 December 1964 in Mossman,

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, Australia) is an Australian

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coach and former professional

rugby league Rugby league football, commonly known as just rugby league and sometimes football, footy, rugby or league, is a full-contact sport played by two teams of thirteen players on a rectangular field measuring 68 metres (75 yards) wide and 112 ...

footballer. He played first-grade for the

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in the

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. King was the former coach of the

West Indies national cricket team The West Indies cricket team, nicknamed the Windies, is a multi-national men's cricket team representing the mainly English-speaking countries and territories in the Caribbean region and administered by Cricket West Indies. The players on ...

. Before taking over the West Indies coaching role from Gus Logie, Bennett King was the

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' first team coach. In the 1999–2000 Australian domestic season, Bennett King was appointed as head coach after the departure of John Buchanan to the

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. In his first season, King led the Bulls to victory in the

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competition, the

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. He then led them to victory in that same competition for the following two years, until he was appointed as the head coach at the

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. It was from there that he went on to be appointed as the head coach of the West Indies cricket team. With King in charge the Windies won the 2006 home ODI series against India, later reaching the finals of both the 2006 DLF Cup along with the 2006 Champions Trophy. After a moderate showing from at the

2007 Cricket World Cup The 2007 ICC Cricket World Cup was the ninth Cricket World Cup, a One Day International (ODI) cricket tournament that took place in the West Indies from 13 March to 28 April 2007. There were a total of 51 matches played, three fewer than at the ...

King stepped down as the Caribbean side's head coach. Currently King assumes the role of

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's General Manager of Performance, Pathways, Coaching and Community Cricket.

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* Australian cricket coaches 1964 births Living people Coaches of the West Indies cricket team Australian rugby league players Gold Coast Chargers players Rugby league players from Queensland People from Mossman, Queensland {{Australia-cricket-bio-1960s-stub