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| Full name | Anton Roux | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 5 June 1981 New York City, United States | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nickname | "Rooster" [1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm off-break | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | All-rounder | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 2008–2009 | Northerns | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2013–2016 | Netherlands | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Anton Roux (born 5 June 1981) is a former South African cricketer who is the current fielding coach of the Sri Lanka Men's National Cricket Team.
Roux was born in New York City to South African parents. [2] He moved back to South Africa aged five,playing both underage representative cricket and football,and later attended Pretoria Boys High School. [3]
At South African domestic level,Roux played for Northerns. An off-spinner and competent lower-order batsman,he made his first-class and List-A debut during the 2007–08 season. [4] He retired at the end of the following season to concentrate on his coaching career. [3]
In the 2005 and 2006 Dutch seasons,Roux served as playing coach of the Amstelveen-based Amsterdamsche Cricket Club (ACC),which plays in the top-level Topklasse competition. During his playing career in South Africa,he held a coaching position with the University of Pretoria's academy,and he later served as head coach of the Northerns Cricket Academy,following his retirement from playing. [3]
In July 2011,Roux was appointed head coach of the Pietermaritzburg-based KwaZulu-Natal Inland team for the 2011–12 season,which played in both the List-A and first-class provincial competitions. [5]
At the end of the 2011–12 season,Roux returned to the Netherlands to again coach ACC. Roux had been involved in the coaching set-up of the Dutch national team since 2011, [6] and was later made a full-time assistant coach and statistical analyst. [7] After Peter Drinnen vacated the head coach position in October 2013,Roux took over,initially on an interim basis. [8] He coached the team at the 2014 World Twenty20 and the 2016 World Twenty20,amongst others. [9]
In August 2016,Roux took up a position as assistant coach of New Zealand provincial team,Otago,where fellow South African,Rob Walter,served as head coach. [10] It was during this period that he was also called up as bowling coach to the New Zealand XI and assistant coach to New Zealand A. [11] [12] [13]
Roux was named as pathway coach of English county,Nottinghamshire,in March 2020,working alongside head coach,Peter Moores. [14]
In March 2022,Roux was appointed fielding coach of the Sri Lankan Men's National Team. [15]
1 [Category:Sri Lanka https://www.islandcricket.lk/news/featured/anton-roux-appointed-as-fielding-coach-of-sri-lanka/]