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- ↑ Cricket: Henderson Springer
- ↑ BCA Director of Coaching Henderson Springer named WI assistant coach for ICC Champions Trophy in South Africa
- ↑ "Leon Johnson to lead WICB President's XI". espncricinfo.com. 5 July 2016. Retrieved 24 September 2023.
