Trevor Penney
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Trevor Lionel Penney is the largest city and capital of Zimbabwe. It has an estimated population of 1,600,000, with 2,800,000 in its metropolitan area . Administratively, Harare is an independent city equivalent to a province. It is Zimbabwe's largest city and its...
, Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe is a landlocked country located in the southern part of the African continent, between the Zambezi and Limpopo rivers. It is bordered by South Africa to the south, Botswana to the southwest, Zambia and a tip of Namibia to the northwest and Mozambique to the east. Zimbabwe has three...
) is a former cricketer
Cricketer
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who played for Warwickshire County Cricket Club
Warwickshire County Cricket Club
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, noted particularly for his fielding
Fielding (cricket)
Fielding in the sport of cricket is the action of fielders in collecting the ball after it is struck by the batsman, in such a way as to either limit the number of runs that the batsman scores or get the batsman out by catching the ball in flight or running the batsman out.Cricket fielding position...
. He had a career average of almost 40 runs
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per innings.
Whilst still playing, he worked as a specialist fielding coach with the English cricket team
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, and was one of the controversial substitute fielders used in the 2005 Ashes series
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, coming on for Simon Jones
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A right-handed occasional medium-pace bowler and batsman, he was chiefly recognised for his fielding, being described by The Guardian
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as 'one of the best fielders to have graced the county game
County cricket
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'. http://www.guardian.co.uk/frontpage/story/0,16518,1596281,00.html.
On September 22, 2005, he announced his retirement from first class cricket to become an assistant coach of the Sri Lankan cricket team
Sri Lankan cricket team
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.Penney is the current fielding coach of the Indian Cricket team and is currently working under Duncan Fletcher
On 14 May 2007, the WACA
WACA Ground
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announced Penney's appointment as assistant coach of the Western Warriors
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under Tom Moody
Tom Moody
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for the next three years.