David James Saker is a former Australian first-class cricket

First-class cricket

First-class cricket is a class of cricket that consists of matches of three or more days' scheduled duration, that are between two sides of eleven players and are officially adjudged first-class by virtue of the standard of the competing teams...

er who played for the Victorian Bushrangers

Victorian Bushrangers

The Victorian cricket team, nicknamed the Bushrangers, is an Australian cricket team based in Melbourne, that represents the state of Victoria. It is administered by Cricket Victoria and draws its players from Melbourne's Premier Cricket competition...

 and then the Tasmanian Tigers

Tasmanian Tigers

The Tasmanian cricket team, nicknamed the Tigers, represents the Australian state of Tasmania in cricket tournaments. They compete annually in the Australian domestic senior men's cricket season, which currently consists of the first-class Sheffield Shield, the limited overs Ford Ranger Cup, and...

 later on in his career. He is currently the fast bowling coach for the England cricket team.

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 at limited-overs level. 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

Greg Shipperd

Gregory Shipperd is an Australian first-class cricketer who is the current coach of the Delhi DareDevils and Victorian Bushrangers...

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On 8th April, 2010, Saker was appointed as the fast bowling coach of the England cricket team, replacing the departing Ottis Gibson

Ottis Gibson

Ottis Delroy Gibson is a cricket coach and former player from Barbados. A pace bowler and exploiter of the older cricket ball for the West Indies, Gibson is now head coach for the West Indies. He previously worked as bowling coach for England.- International career :Gibson made two Test...

. After Saker's key role in the team winning the 2010-11 Ashes series, he was handed a new three year contract.

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